Phil Donohue: Bush took nation & whole media establishment by the ear & led it right into the sword

[kpete]

PHIL DONAHUE: And interesting—interesting, really. At that time, half the political voice in this nation was silenced, really. And I believe most people at that time opposed this war. Most people did. What are we—why—how come over there? And yet, every metropolitan—every major metropolitan newspaper in this country supported the invasion of Iraq. Think about that for a minute. Every major metropolitan—this is what you can do with the politics of fear, that Bush took this whole nation and the whole media establishment by the ear and led it right into the sword. Amazing, in the land of free speech, free press.

AMY GOODMAN: Do you see the same thing happening again right now?

PHIL DONAHUE: Well, obviously, you can see that it has slowed us up. But it looks like that's all it's done. And while we have been, you know, hesitant and not "bring them on" with the war lust that we had then, mission creep is underway. What happens when somebody is taken prisoner? I mean, we have become a warrior nation, and we have no respect for diplomacy. And we've just stood mute while the Constitution has been just shredded. This is a nation of law, unless we're scared.



http://truth-out.org/news/item/27402-legendary-talk-show-host-phil-donahue-on-the-silencing-of-antiwar-voices-in-us-media

[enough]

1. Not exactly a "warrior nation," a war-profiteer nation.

That is how Bush led us into the sword. I hope everyone reads Risen's book "Pay Any Price."

[L0oniX]

2. War is easy. Peace is hard.

[JEB]

3. we have no respect for diplomacy

We only solve our problems with violence. Killing is our only solution. Fear and weakness are our core values.

[JonLP24]

4. He should know as well as anyone

He was the last one until the emergence of Keith Olbermann.

I remember the only way to get accurate war coverage was The Daily Show.

[mahannah]

5. " 'bring them on' with the war lust that we had then"

Not certain to whom Donahue is speaking, but that "we" does not include a large group.

[pansypoo53219]

6. the gnewz are still georgee's cheerleaders.

confederacy of dunces.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. "Home of the brave" my ass.

[Skittles]

8. not me

I did not vote for the lying bastard, and I was among the 10% who did not rally around his warmongering chickenhawk ass after 9/11 - as far as I am concerned, everyone who did has BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS and should feel ASHAMED.

[Cha]

9. Oh yeah, he did.. and we had to stand by and watch.. Not In Our Name.