Throughout the Propaganda Webring, you will find links to pictures, audio, and video propaganda, from various wars throughout our history.
Propaganda has been used in all facets of war. On many occassions, it was used to bolster support for wars the government had decided were required. In other cases, the propaganda was used to increase morale or support for difficult domestic policies during wartime.
Often the propaganda is not generated by the government at all, but by private news organizations.
Given the uproar surrounding the justifications and propaganda used to support the War in Iraq, a new section has been added to the analysis of each war contrasting the historical wartime propaganda to that of our current war.
Please use the links to the left of this page to view the analysis of each war.
1. Iraqi WMD
- definately had them prior to 1995
- had lied about having them
- had used them
- kicked weapons inspectors out 1998
- did they still have them?
- was intelligence "made up" or
"trumped up" or just wrong?
Iraq WMD timelines @CNN
What Went Wrong @ Newsweek
2. Links to Terrorism
- Iraq supported Palestinian terrorists
- paid suicide bombers families
- links to Al Qaeda
- Answar al-Islam
- Musawi
- Mohammed Atta in Hungary
- Iraqi passports for Al Qaeda
- Could Saddam have provided Al
Qaeda with WMD in the future?
Iraq-Al Qaeda links @ Time
3. Saddam Hussein
- Killed hundreds of thousands
- Attacked his neighbors Iran&Kuwait
4. Gulf War 1991
5. 18 UN Resolutions ending with 1441
6. Oil
- Oil makes this region of the utmost
importance to the US and world
economies
Problems
1. Past US support for Saddam
- supported him throughout '80's even
though most of the reasons above
were known.
- Ignored attrocities such as use of
wmd and mass murder in '80's
2. War of preemption
3. Lack of international support
4. Where are the WMD's?
David Kay @ CNN
5. Will Iraq stabilize or disintegrate into
civil war?
6. Have we created new terrorists in
Iraq?
