Trump’s War and Murky Messages From the Mainstream Media

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George W. Bush lied about Iraq and non-existent weapons of mass destruction to go to war in 2003.  Donald Trump lied about an “imminent threat” from Iran to go to war in 2026.  There’s nothing new here in view of the disinformation that was used to justify the Mexican-American and Spanish-American Wars in the 19th century as well as the Vietnam War in the 20th century.

It is interesting, however, to compare the murky and jingoist...