“It has been said that the United States was deceived into entering and expanding the Vietnam War by its own overoptimistic propaganda. The record suggests, however, that the policy-makers stayed in Vietnam not so much because of overly optimistic hopes of winning ... as because of overly pessimistic assessments of the consequences of losing.” Has BeensSaidWarStatesWinningUnitedUnited StatesRecordsPolicyLosingConsequenceOptimisticPropagandaMakersVietnamEnteringExpandingDeceivedVietnam WarPessimisticAssessmentPolicy Makers Book:The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay Source: The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay
“The United States is more reliant on the technical systems. We're more reliant on the critical infrastructure of the internet than any other nation out there. And when there's such a low barrier to entering the domain of cyber-attacks we're starting a fight that we can't win.” StatesFightingWinningNationsUnitedUnited StatesInternetLowsStartingCriticalBarriersEnteringInfrastructureDomainCan't WinCyberCyber Attacks Author:Edward Snowden
“The fact that the CIA knew that two of the 9/11 hijackers were entering the United States and didn't notify the FBI and that nobody lost their job is shocking. Instead, we occupied Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11. I mean, how did those choices get made?” MeanMadeTwoStatesFactsJobsChoicesLostUnitedUnited StatesIraqEnteringShockingCiaFbiNotify Author:Laura Poitras
“With the Republican Party`s presidential front-runner proposing that all Muslims should be banned from entering the United States, that perhaps there ought to be a national registry of Muslims, that we ought to looking into Muslims having to carry government ID cards that state their religion, now, the word fascist is being used to describe this ascending and leading Republican politician.” ShouldStatesGovernmentUsedUnitedPartyUnited StatesFrontsOughtPoliticianRepublicanCardsPresidentialRunnersRepublican PartyEnteringFascistsBannedAscending Author:Rachel Maddow
“The Republican front-runner, has made a name for himself in the last months by trafficking prejudice and paranoia. His latest insult is his call to stop all Muslims from entering the United States.” MadeStatesLastsNamesUnitedUnited StatesFrontsMonthsRepublicanPrejudiceInsultRunnersEnteringParanoiaTrafficking Author:Rachel Maddow
“The Republican presidential candidate [Donald Trump] provoked condemnation from leaders in both parties and around the world. He did that by proposing to bar all Muslims from entering the United States.” WorldStatesUnitedPartyLeaderUnited StatesTrumpRepublicanBarsAround The WorldPresidentialCandidatesEnteringCondemnationPresidential CandidateProvoked Author:Steve Inskeep