In his article,"Rumsfeld's Handshake Deal with Saddam", Norman Solomon discusses the extreme hypocrisy and selective historical memory exhibited by many commentators. He writes:
Today, inside the corporate media frame, history can be supremely relevant when it focuses on Hussein's torture and genocide. But the historic assistance of the US government and American firms is largely off the subject and beside the point. Apparently, in the world according to US mass media, some history matters profoundly and some doesn't matter at all. Read more.
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