Delusional US ‘Group Think’ on Syria, Ukraine - Robert Parry / Consortium News
http://consortiumnews.com/2014/11/20/delusional-us-group-think-on-syria-ukraine/
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Exclusive: Official Washingtons group think on Syria and Ukraine is so delusional that it is putting the whole world in danger, but as with the Iraq War the mainstream U.S. news media is part of the problem, not part of any solution, writes Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry
Neocon ideology appears to have seized near total control over the editorial pages of Americas premier news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, contributing to an information crisis inside the worlds superpower, a development that should unnerve both Americans and the world community.
A Washington Post editorial, for instance, took President Barack Obama to task on Wednesday for one of the few moments when he was making sense, when he answered no to whether he was actively discussing ways to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Obama added, we are looking for a political solution eventually within Syria.
But were not even close to being at that stage yet.
The question itself from Kristen Welker of NBC News would have been remarkable enough if you werent steeped in the arrogance of Official Washington where its common to engage in casual speculation about overthrowing another countrys government. In Neocon Land, it goes without saying that once the United States judges some world leader guilty for having violated international law or human rights or whatever, it is fine for the U.S. government to take out that leader, even if the supposed facts are a jumble of reality and propaganda that no one has bothered to seriously sort out.