Propaganda

[Richard Fiero]

Otto wrote:
>  . . .
>The rest of the Chomsky-article isn't much better. As I share his critical
>view of American foreign policy throughout the post WW-2-decades
>and especially on Vietnam, I see that he fails to explain how the
>Vietnam-war could become so unpopular that it even gave birth to a
>counterforce, if the US really had been under that massive
>propagandistic influence since 1921 as he asserts in the article generally.
>  . . .

A mental lapse on my part makes it impossible for me to follow 
the logic in the above.  The Vietnam-war (an undeclared war, 
certainly) has never been unpopular in the U.S. for any reason 
other than the fact that the U.S. lost it.  It would be a 
national treasure had it been won, I'm sure.
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davemarc wrote:
>From: Doug Millison <millison at online-journalist.com>
>
> > We simply don't have enough
> > information to judge whether or not this is a just war
>
>I agree, which is why I'm surprised and put off by the many judgmental
>diatribes and polemics put forth on "both sides" of the "debate" on this
>Pynchon mailing list.
>
>d.

What war? No declaration of war exists.