All Videos Tagged Persian-Gulf (Tulsa Peace Fellowship) - Tulsa Peace Fellowship2024-03-28T21:03:52Zhttps://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=Persian-Gulf&rss=yes&xn_auth=noHow False Testimony and a Massive U.S. Propaganda Machine Bolstered George H.W. Bush’s War on Iraqtag:tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com,2018-12-06:2567841:Video:400662018-12-06T22:08:33.057ZTony Nusplhttps://tulsapeacefellowship.ning.com/profile/TonyNuspl
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</a> <br></br>This is what propaganda looks like, people. Nayirah al-Sabah, with her crocodile tears and trumped-up testimony, was the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States, Saud Nasser al-Sabah, when she was coached by the public relations firm Hill & Knowlton, on behalf of their client, the Kuwaiti government, the inveterate enemy of…
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</a><br />This is what propaganda looks like, people. Nayirah al-Sabah, with her crocodile tears and trumped-up testimony, was the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States, Saud Nasser al-Sabah, when she was coached by the public relations firm Hill & Knowlton, on behalf of their client, the Kuwaiti government, the inveterate enemy of Iraq, to make false claims on tv.<br />
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Bush Sr.'s 1991 invasion of Iraq depended on his former role as CIA director of disinformation, ginning up a war with phony evidence, such as this video testimony. Amnesty Intl fell for this war propaganda--hook, line and sinker. A few reporters went "off the reservation", such as Chris Hedges, to question the Bush Sr's administration's case for war in the Gulf, in 1991.<br />
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This was the beginnings of #fakenews in the late 20th century, used to convince the mainstream media and the general public to go to war, even when starting an unnecessary war is recognized as a war crime. This playbook was used against by Bush Jr. and Cheney to gin up the next U.S. invasion of Iraq, in 2003.<br />
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Full transcript of this critical journalism available at <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/5/how_false_testimony_and_a_massive">https://democracynow.org</a> -