The Economist (May 19-25 2012) Page 57
There are so many events covered by the media these days it becomes hard to keep up with all the world updates. But one issue that has been consistently priorities for years is the Iranian nuclear issue. Senators, congress members, presidents and kings have been standing strongly against Iran for some time now, all with their own political interest, but let's leave that aside shall we? I am not a supporter of Iran having nuclear arms, but I do not see any reason to panic over it. Israel, Pakistan, India, the US, Russia and many other countries have nuclear bombs and they don't seem to be using them quite often. So why is it fair to assume that Iran will strike the moment they develop this massive weapon?
What do we see in the picture above? It isn't rocket science to try to figure out the language of this photo; in fact it is multi lingual. Typical American fantasy has the "bio hazardous" clock reaching the last minute before Iran is apparently going to blow the world up. The famous mushroom cloud is another sight feared to be seen if Iranians get their nuclear arms; funny how it resembles the ones America dropped on Japan. Even down to the last detail, an empty desert is feared to become of one of "the allies of peace," which I'm assuming is Israel.
This is not the first time the United States uses images like these to promote their propaganda, and I'm sure it won't be the last; it is just sad to see that media outlets, which are supposed to be objective, fair, and balanced, amplify the government's propaganda by drawing little pictures like this one and misleading the masses.
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