Anderson Cooper stirring up contention against Iran
On 60 minutes Sunday night Anderson Cooper interviewed Ahmad Batebi, an Iranian dissent who was imprisoned and d for several years.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/03/60minutes/main4917...
I felt sympathy for Mr. Batebi suffering. He seems like a good man who was working to change things in Iran. However, I could not help but notice how Anderson Cooper seem to be spoon-feeding him his lines during the interview. At the end of the segment we discover that following Mr. Batebi's escape, he now lives in Washington DC and works at the Voice of America, a US government funded broadcasting service.
Coopers’ interview decrying Iran’s human rights abuse to political prisoners and public executions of criminals reminded me of the false media story about the Kuwait’s diplomat’s 15 year-old daughter who testified that she witnessed Iraqi soldiers pulling babies out of incubators and putting them out on the street to die following the invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Now I do not doubt that Mr. Batebi story is indeed true. Or that Iran has serious human rights issues. I just question the slant of the interview, especially by Mr.Cooper, who I think is a tool of the CIA. (I never liked him after I watched him serve as a moderator the Republican debate in the California and lie to Ron Paul’s face that he would allow Dr. Paul to say his piece) The fact that Mr. Batebi now works for Voice America encourages me to think this interview is merely a CIA set-up piece to get US citizens riled up to support future military intervention against Iran.
if this isn't the pot
if this isn't the pot calling the kettle black ....I don't know what is....but don't go after china who truly tortures and enslaves thousands....or don't stop the genocide in Darfur...no...let's stick it to Iran....btw...that is an amazing cell phone battery....it lasts for 3 days by car and donkey...did the donkey have a charger connected?????????
"and the truth shall make you free"
John 8:32
I think you are calling this one right
Whenever the media goes on a demonizing witch hunt, there is cause for concern. I remember the incubator story that you refer to. I was in college at the time. I remember the story coming out and thinking how awful it was, and then a little while later it came to light that the story was a complete fabrication (but not before it was used to propel us into war with Iraq). All of the media outlets were talking about it, and then one day they all stopped talking about it and never (as far as I can tell) mentioned it again. I also remember thinking about how corrupt it was to fabricate the story, and how odd it was that all the media outlets dropped it at the same time. That was well before I understood how the world really works. I had completely forgotten about the incident until I read about it in a book over a decade later and it relit a lost spark. Stories like this are now always suspicious to me. In retrospect, only one thing surprises me about the whole incident - that the fact of it being a fabrication came out on MSM. Somebody apparently slipped up, but it was quickly and effectively quashed.
Cooper's handling of the "debate" was disgusting. In my opinion, he proved himself to be a NWO shrill. The highly limited number of questions and speaking time offered to Ron Paul was obviously designed to limit his exposure. And the Ron Paul video just happened to be aired last (probably after millions of bored numbskulls had already changed the channel.)
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