http://jimbovard.com/blog/2009/08/09/irans-worst-barbarism-honesty-about-torture/ Author James Bovard Mon, 21 May 2012 18:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2009/08/09/irans-worst-barbarism-honesty-about-torture/#comment-121165 Dirk W. Sabin Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:14:21 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-121165 When the United States refers to the Geneva Conventions as "antiquated" and embarks upon legal maneuvering contrary to its professed traditions and institutions, it is open season globally on the practice and one can count on it escalating. That said, the State is on a roll across the globe and as tensions mount over energy and other resources and as cultures abrade against one another, one should fully expect to see barbarism institutionalized. The propaganda machinery of the State will be put in high gear, providing a civilizational gloss on the backsliding into barbarism we are now entering apace. When the United States refers to the Geneva Conventions as “antiquated” and embarks upon legal maneuvering contrary to its professed traditions and institutions, it is open season globally on the practice and one can count on it escalating. That said, the State is on a roll across the globe and as tensions mount over energy and other resources and as cultures abrade against one another, one should fully expect to see barbarism institutionalized. The propaganda machinery of the State will be put in high gear, providing a civilizational gloss on the backsliding into barbarism we are now entering apace.

]]> http://jimbovard.com/blog/2009/08/09/irans-worst-barbarism-honesty-about-torture/#comment-121104 Lawrence Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:07:06 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-121104 Jim, don't worry. I'm sure that some bright soul in the Iranian government will either begin to study (and copy) the tactics of the true masters in deception (the U.S. Government) or perhaps will enroll in one of our government's many disinformation-training and opinion-management seminars. After all, isn't Gov-Co the world's leader in training for torture, agit-prop, and lying with patriotic music in the background? Jim, don’t worry. I’m sure that some bright soul in the Iranian government will either begin to study (and copy) the tactics of the true masters in deception (the U.S. Government) or perhaps will enroll in one of our government’s many disinformation-training and opinion-management seminars. After all, isn’t Gov-Co the world’s leader in training for torture, agit-prop, and lying with patriotic music in the background?

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