Fog of war

Here is a truly shocking report on atrocities: 119 women and children have been burned to death in Kursk, South Russia.  Note the date, August 1881; don’t blame Vladimir Putin. This is a truly horrible tale, what is claimed to have been not an accident but an act of mass murder against ordinary peasant women. […]

Jeune fille posant une lanterne sur le fleuve Ōta pour les âmes des victimes du bombardement d’Hiroshima. A l’arrière-plan, le dôme de Genbaku, mémorial de la paix d’Hiroshima (K. Mayama/EPA)

MINNEAPOLIS — The “fog of war” erupts in the confusion caused by the chaos of war. And in the media, it’s an intentional phenomenon that makes it difficult to separate fact from fiction.
While the battles over war narratives evolve, they all have a common goal: to distort reality on the ground.
Such is the case on the crisis in Syria, the new cold war with Russia, and even the buildup for President Bush’s support for Kuwait’s “humanitarian” war against Iraq.

Jeune fille posant une lanterne sur le fleuve Ōta pour les âmes des victimes du bombardement d’Hiroshima. A l’arrière-plan, le dôme de Genbaku, mémorial de la paix d’Hiroshima (K. Mayama/EPA)