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With the stated aim of providing “context,” The Guardian instead has destroyed the historical context that puts Western foreign policy towards the Middle East in a very grim light, writes Joe Lauria.
American political leaders display a widening disconnect from reality intended to mask their complicity in the seizure of power by global corporations and billionaires.