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Weapons of Mass Distraction

After catastrophe in Ohio and "shocking" revelations about what happened under the Baltic, we see how absurdities are used to obscure the obvious.

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JD Breen
Feb 15, 2023
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Atlanta, GA

February 15, 2023

More than a year passed before the US government acknowledged its role in the massacre at Mỹ Lai. A similar interlude separated the crimes at Abu Ghraib from the initial reporting that made them public. 

Seymour Hersh revealed each outrage, both of which the government denied or downplayed. But Hersh exposed the blood on their…

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