The Power of Self-Reflection

There was a bitter blend of irony and déjà vu about how the U.S. media reported the industrialized killings in Iraq this week and a single gunman’s murder of 12 filmgoers in America. Coverage of the latter obscured the former, which is not surprising given how Iraq ceased to be of interest to most Americans after the bulk of U.S. troops withdrew from the country last year. The two incidents, however, are extraordinary in their normality and are doomed to repeat themselves thanks to Washin...

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