ThiChi,
Very simplistic nonsense......but it fits you.
This is a personal attack and of course diminishes the credibility of your arguments, such as they are! Incidentally, have you read the guidelines for this site? You are in violation of a Simon Resolution...lol
Who would have known that this Devil was so tricky?
Remember that was the question that you asked? Nothing simplistic in my answer, most of the information within provided by Henry Kissinger in his book 'Diplomacy', another book that you would do well to read for its piercing insights on US Foreign Policy this past century.
As to the book that you suggest that I read, which seems to deal with Media ethics and not Foreign policy, well as it is not 'on topic' or 'apropos' in the least. I think I will give it a miss this time, the reason being that it has little if anything to do with the subject at hand. I will evidence this by quoting the following regarding this book:
Intended for courses in media ethics in departments of mass communication and journalism. This course is usually offered at the junior or senior levels and is a required course for journalism majors. This text's strength is its extensive use of case studies throughout each chapter. Accessible writing style and coherency between chapters allow for coverage of advanced topics such as morally offensive content and media and privacy. Twenty-one new cases studies, including: "Crisis Management on the Web and the Framing of Truth" (a PR case); "Vow of Silence" (the issue of truth in docudramas); "Smallpox As a Weapon of Mass Destruction" (the public's right to know versus national security); "A PR Challenge: Fraud in a University's Basketball Program" (academic fraud); "DNA Testing: A Journalist's Call for Justice" (Should news organizations pay for testing if it leads to justice?); "Online Ads for AIDS Drugs and the Promotion of Unsafe Sex"; "Video Games and the Promotion of Incivility"; "Diversity in the PR Workplace: Race and Social Justice"; "Framing the Gay and Lesbian Issue for the Public Square" (exemplifies the difficulties with stereotypes).
I would be very pleased if you might inform the readers as to what this book might have to do with Foreign Policy, the US guilt in arming the 'Devil' and overseas Intelligence Agencies and finally whether opposing the war in Iraq equates with passive support of Saddam Hussein.
Many thanks - HS