Monday, March 07, 2005
The Development Of War Propaganda
The Development Of War Propaganda by David Miller.
...Needless to say we didn’t see any of the footage of either the ‘dumb’ bombs or the smart bombs which missed. But even when the smart weapons hit their targets, civilians died, as in the case of the al-Amariyah bunker in Baghdad which was not a military installation but an air raid shelter. This time the US and UK are claiming that most bombs will be of the smart variety and that the technology has been improved. According to the British Ministry of Defence, ‘greater attention to precision-guided weapons means we could have a war with zero civilian casualties’. [6] This statement was falsified on the first night of bombing when between three and five Iraqi civilians were hit by shrapnel.
The emphasis on the clean war again is an attempt to divert attention from the fact that weapons of mass destruction such as depleted uranium tipped shells and ‘bunker buster’ and ‘daisy cutter’ bombs will be used. Conjuring up the smell of freshly mowed grass, the daisy cutter is actually a bomb the size of a small car which destroys everything in an area the size of a football pitch. It is said to resemble a small nuclear bomb...
Very interesting article. I hadn't thought about the way the names of these weapons would be perceived, but reading Miller's comments, I understand what he's saying. "Daisy Cutter" does bring the image of daisies to me.
...Needless to say we didn’t see any of the footage of either the ‘dumb’ bombs or the smart bombs which missed. But even when the smart weapons hit their targets, civilians died, as in the case of the al-Amariyah bunker in Baghdad which was not a military installation but an air raid shelter. This time the US and UK are claiming that most bombs will be of the smart variety and that the technology has been improved. According to the British Ministry of Defence, ‘greater attention to precision-guided weapons means we could have a war with zero civilian casualties’. [6] This statement was falsified on the first night of bombing when between three and five Iraqi civilians were hit by shrapnel.
The emphasis on the clean war again is an attempt to divert attention from the fact that weapons of mass destruction such as depleted uranium tipped shells and ‘bunker buster’ and ‘daisy cutter’ bombs will be used. Conjuring up the smell of freshly mowed grass, the daisy cutter is actually a bomb the size of a small car which destroys everything in an area the size of a football pitch. It is said to resemble a small nuclear bomb...
Very interesting article. I hadn't thought about the way the names of these weapons would be perceived, but reading Miller's comments, I understand what he's saying. "Daisy Cutter" does bring the image of daisies to me.
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marketing...its all marketing. look at how the pork industry convinced so many that "the other white meat" is as healthy as chicken? I'm in marketing... I love it.
Saying Daisy Cutter and bomb in the same sentence brings visions of fields of daisies cut down and destroyed in the prime of their beauty. Which is pretty close to what happens, if you substitute humans for daisies.
As for Smart bombs , well if the bombs are smart then we shouldn't see innocents being injured or killed by them should we? Yet we do. Every day. do we not? So either the US and the UK are lying about their bombs being smart or they consider all those killed or injured by them to be enemy combatants. I suspect it's a combination of the two.
As for Smart bombs , well if the bombs are smart then we shouldn't see innocents being injured or killed by them should we? Yet we do. Every day. do we not? So either the US and the UK are lying about their bombs being smart or they consider all those killed or injured by them to be enemy combatants. I suspect it's a combination of the two.
pattygal, I agree. It certainly is in the marketing.
wanda, that sure is what happens. I think the ones I hate the worst are those "cluster bombs". We don't realize how horrible they are by the name, either. As for the smart bombs, yeah, they can't be all that smart. No truth in advertising.
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wanda, that sure is what happens. I think the ones I hate the worst are those "cluster bombs". We don't realize how horrible they are by the name, either. As for the smart bombs, yeah, they can't be all that smart. No truth in advertising.
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