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Bush Made the World Hate the U.S.A. (VIDEO)

February 25th, 2006 at 10:55 by MsUnderestimated

Ah, the ever-brilliant Neal Gabler. Today on Fox News Watch, one of the topics was the media propaganda war, and who was winning - and why?

The segment began with a piece from Rumsfeld’s speech to the Council on Foreign Relations from Feb. 17th about that very subject, on whether or not we were winning that media war.

Neal: Pointing out a contradiction he sees “…one the one hand, he seems to be promoting the idea of American propaganda; that we ought to go out there and propagandize (Cal makes a face, seen below) just the way that Al Qaeda is doing. And frankly, you know, this Administration doesn’t have that much credibility when it comes to putting anything out there, much less propaganda.”

The discussion continued…

Cal: “It’s not just the Al Qaeda types with their almost universal message and their censorship of other information. It’s also Western press. I watch a lot of the BBC, especially when I’m in the U.K. I don’t even recognize my own country. They almost always take the side of not only the political left, but the Palestinians in the Middle East - the Arab side - they go out of their way not to give the Israeli side. And so I think it’s more than just the Arab world. I think there’s a lot of media in Europe, in the U.K., that is hostile to all things American…”

Neal: (putting arm around Cal, as seen below) “Aw, are we beating up on George Bush, Cal?”

Cal: “No, I didn’t say just Bush – the United States period, regardless of the Administration!”

Jane opines about how the United States is held to a higher standard, and that’s one of the reasons why we can’t top their propaganda levels. Then she explains further:

Jane: “Our policies are being used against us. The propagandists in the Muslim world are using the fact that we were not greeted with dates and flowers, but we’re seen as an occupying force. They’re using that against us, and they are cannier. I mean, we don’t put beheadings on the air…”

They then began to debate the disparity between the propaganda from the terrorists versus pro-Western media.

Jim: “I don’t think we lack for people spending money on communications and propaganda and things like that. I think what we’re up against is, and this is a little bit where Cal’s coming in: a) the Western media on the whole are kind of anti-American. And second of all, let’s face it; if the battle is over images and ideas, all the magazines of Bush shaking hands with some little kid and patting him on the head and stuff like that are kind of dwarfed by… in terms of the impact of blowing up that Mosque. It’s what the Italian anarchists call the “propaganda of the deed.” Blowing up that Mosque in Samarra is front-page news before and after.

“If you want to foment trouble in Iraq, they’ve found a way to do it. And whether it was the Iranians, or Al Qaeda, or just some free-lancer in Iraq, who knows? But that’s why we’re in so much trouble. We can win the military war, we’ve proven that, but the media war, with all its components, is kind of beyond that…”

Jane then laments about the near-civil-war sectarian violence being more than just a symbol, then Cal reminds us that a lot of “facts” on the ground are being attributed to being created by the enemies of the United States.

Cal: “If the elections had been allowed to work without the invaders coming in from other countries…they’re not really portrayed as invaders. They’re coming from other nations. Their goal is to create chaos in order to make the United States look back and stay longer.”

The discussion begins to talk about our need for more unity in the Western world….then Jim points out that the UAE Arabs are a lot different than the Al Qaeda Arabs. (getting the message out in the Arab world vs. the Western world)

Neal: “Well, Democracy is a mess! But let me say that perception…let me pick up on something Jane was saying. Perception is not just a function of media coverage; media coverage is also a function of perception. Let’s face it – five years ago, we weren’t hated by every single country in the world. The Bush Administration has contributed mightily to the fact, and the war in Iraq, has contributed mightily to the fact that people hate this country now. And, whether we like it or not, that’s a fact! That’s not just the media’s…“

Jim then dares to say something positive about our relations with the UAE, and Neal sarcastically pipes in “Oh, yeah the UAE LOVES us now!”

Okay, besides the smart-ass comments about the Democracy being a mess, and about the UAE, does Neal really believe that NO other country hated us before Bush took office? Let’s see… hmmm.. I seem to recall that Carter was in office when the U.S. hostages were taken by Iranians, Clinton was in office when the atrocities portrayed in the movie Blackhawk Down were permitted (by him, nonetheless), and I don’t believe G.W. was in office when the U.S.S. Cole was attacked. So, I guess AQ Khan, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Ba’athists, etcs., were all truly fans of the U.S.A. until Bush took office. Yeah… that’s sounds about right, doesn’t it?

Watch Neal implode here

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