Radio War Nerd EP #179 — Max Blumenthal on "The Management Of Savagery"

Wow, gives some interesting context to recent reports of organized crime at Fort Bragg..

When I see people being easily Manipulated and Propagandised by the Mass Propaganda and Disinformation campaigns, I always recommend them The Radio War Nerd and Moderate Rebels, two of my favourite podcasts that challenges every single lie of the Mainstream Narrative. Seeing this episode is also a sign of hope. I deeply hope many people will get to these great podcasts as possible. All the best guys !

I put a hold on this book at the local library. Looking forward to it.

Mark is right about how most western media outlets completely bought any and every piece of pro-war propaganda served up to them. I remember hearing all kinds of stories about, for example how there was a massive dungeon under the Pristina stadium where Gestapo style tortures were occurring. That turned out not to be true, but on the other hand, there were certain anti-interventionists (not you guys) who completely bought the Serbian propaganda. The counter insurgency campaign that was happening before the NATO bombing was pretty brutal, although mostly localized to certain areas. In many ways it was not unlike the Turkish campaign against the Kurds which was going on in the 90s. However, it is a fact that the entire province was being ruled under a kind of apartheid system that systemically oppressed a majority of the population, a fact often ignored by those towing the pro-Serbian line. What isn’t often mentioned, is that the worst atrocities occurred only after the bombing had started. I have always found it hard to believe that NATO didn’t know that this kind of retaliatory violence was going to happen. A vast majority of the biggest massacres and mass sexual violence occurred then. That and the expulsion and displacement of nearly the entire Albanian population. That’s also when they started giving some of the paramilitaries who were active in Bosnia free reign to terrorize the locals. One former member of the “Jackals” unit talked about how their commander Mrtvi (The dead one) could walk around town and not have to answer to anyone from the real army. He also at one point described the unit as a “business”, which makes sense if you think about what happened to all of the stuff looted from people’s houses: cars, TVs, gold, livestock…. I guess what I’m trying to say is that Mark is right in that there were very few western journalists who had a good grasp on the situation and very many with very stupid ideas, both pro-war and against. It is possible to be against Milosevic, the KLA, and the NATO bombing, yet very few western journalists were interested in that kind of nuance. Let’s not forget about the journalists in Serbia (and Kosovo) that risked their lives to expose lies and atrocities during this war that got little to no recognition for it abroad.

Excellent episode. Will definitely read the book. Hopefully it crossed your minds that the empire's backing of the secessionist YPG is not a far cry from what happened on other fronts with Islamist and other extremist elements. Think about it.

The web is so complex, I just bought Max's book to learn more. Can't wait to read

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