Articles by Aisling Byrne
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Covering Syria: The Information War
Aisling Byrne – Asia Times,
16 Jul 2012
What we are witnessing is a new generation of warfare – an information war where, by using what is in effect propaganda, the aim is to construct a consensual consciousness to provide overwhelming public support for regime change. Paul Pillar, a former CIA official, notes that the neocon case for arming the Syrian opposition “is a continuation of the same patterns of neoconservative thinking that led to [president George W] Bush’s war [on Iraq]. There is the same wishful thinking substituting for careful analysis about consequences.”
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