Newsweek: America is dead (U.S. Flag Shown in Trashcan on Cover!)

Riding Sun Blog ^ | 5/23/2005 01:17:00 | GaijinBiker

[FreedomCalls]

Newsweek's false, retracted story about American guards flushing the Koran down a toilet at Guantanamo doesn't necessarily mean the magazine's staff hates America or Bush, or wants us to lose in Iraq. To be charitable, let's just chalk that one up to sloppy journalism.

But I'm at a loss to explain this, from the February 2 issue of Newsweek's Japanese edition:

As you can see, the cover story shows an American flag, dirtied and tossed in a trash can, its staff snapped in two. The large white text reads, "Amerika ga shinda hi", which translates to "The day America died."

The equivalent international edition of Newsweek, the January 31 issue, featured a picture of Bush on the cover, with the caption "America Leads ...But is Anyone Following?":

Both of the above editions featured a cover-story article by Andrew Moravcsik, titled "Dream on, America". (This was translated into Japanese as "Yume no kuni Amerika ga kuchihateru toki", which is even harsher; it means, roughly, "America, the dream country, is rotting away".) According to Newsweek itself, the article described "the world's rejection of the American way of life."

Moravcsik's article did not run in the American edition of that same issue. The cover was also a bit different. It featured Hilary Swank, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx, with the title "Oscar Confidential:

If you look carefully, you'll see that one of the articles from the other two editions is mentioned in a small blurb at the top: Fareed Zakaria's "High Hopes, Hard Facts" — here billed as "A reality check on Bush & 'Freedom'". Sure, they put scare quotes around "Freedom", but pretty tame stuff, all things considered.

It's one thing for Newsweek to actively promote the notion that America is a "dead", "rotting" country overseas. But it's quite another thing indeed to hide those efforts from its American readers. If Newsweek really thinks America is dead, and our flag belongs in the trash, why won't it tell us?

If I were to offer Newsweek a suggestion, it would be this: Any story or cover you're ashamed to run in America probably shouldn't be used in other countries, either.

Source

[FreedomCalls]

Here:

http://www.nwj.ne.jp/public/toppage/20050202/toppage.html

Top left.

[Darksheare]

Afraid not.

[mystery-ak]

I wish I could...makes you wanna cry, doesn't it....it did me..

[Stellar Dendrite]

Will this be another BIG Newsweek blunder? Can we get drudge, rush, etc to run with this?

[paul_fromatlanta]

We need to look inward.

We had the support of the world after 9/11.
We kept that support as we liberated Afghanistan.

Then we lost that support more completely than I would have thought possible... even in allied countries most of the people think we wrong and only 35% of Americans think the Iraq invasion was worthwhile.

It's fine to blame others but we need to look at what we may have done wrong too - we used UN rules as the reason to invade when the UN didn't support that invasion. That was a serious error.

Now Newsweek is exploiting that fact and I'm not defending that exploitation but let's not remember the support we had and how we lost it - because of a serious mistake.

[Mo1]

I wish I could...makes you wanna cry, doesn't it....it did me..

No .. it makes me extremely angry

I just wanted to make sure these are real before I send this out in emails

I knew Newsweek was anti war ...

But I had no idea just how much they hated our country

They print BS like this .. and then have the nerve to ask why the rest of the world hates up??

[FreedomCalls]

They did it a different time as well.

American Cover (left), "The Secrets of Spider-man".

International Cover (right), "Moore's War: How He's Waging It and How It's Sweeping The World."

[Stellar Dendrite]

Go back to DU idiot!!

[Stellar Dendrite]

Check out what the DUmmie Paul_FromAtlanta said:



"We need to look inward.

We had the support of the world after 9/11.
We kept that support as we liberated Afghanistan.

Then we lost that support more completely than I would have thought possible... even in allied countries most of the people think we wrong and only 35% of Americans think the Iraq invasion was worthwhile.

It's fine to blame others but we need to look at what we may have done wrong too - we used UN rules as the reason to invade when the UN didn't support that invasion. That was a serious error.

Now Newsweek is exploiting that fact and I'm not defending that exploitation but let's not remember the support we had and how we lost it - because of a serious mistake."

[onyx]

Pound sand, buddy, in Iran.

[OPS4]

A full court press has begun, from the left wing Media outlets. Newsweek is only one of themany that have begun a concerted effort to damage all George W Bush has tried to
fix.

Warren Beatty is attacking, Faith and Values Media on Hallmark Channel ran a documnetary on comparing George W's, faith based intiative to the Islamic rulers of Iran.

Get ready for the onslaught, we must counter I will be posting a counter overview this week, stay tuned.
Ops4 God Bless America!

[bdeaner]

Newsweek and the Quran. Both make good toilet paper. That's about all they're good for.

[paul_fromatlanta]

>>Go back to DU idiot!!<<

That's your response?

I suggest looking inward and you figure that means I belong at DU and then you resort to name calling. Do you think conservatives can't look inward? I have a higher opinion of the people here than you seem to.

[Stellar Dendrite]

Paul, as I suspected I have looked through your posting history and it is apparent that you've been accused of the same by other posters here. Maybe YOU should look inward....TROLL

[bd476]

paul_fromatlanta wrote: "I have a higher opinion of the people here...

Well, aren't you special.

Like Onyx said earlier: Go pound sand!

[onyx]

Nauseous pedestrian drivel, of a "blame America firster."

[GVnana]

How can they do this yet claim to be apologetic for the Koran desecration story?

Lies, lies, lies.

[paul_fromatlanta]

>>Paul, as I suspected I have looked through your posting history and it is apparent that you've been accused of the same by other posters here. Maybe YOU should look inward...<<

As a Christian and an American, it's part of my job to look inward. I do it imperfectly though.

There is a basic flaw in the logic we used to justify the invasion.. we based it on UN rules and international law when the UN didn;t support the action.... it look really bad to do something in someone else's name while they are in the middle of disavowing your effort.

I believe a way could have been found to remove Saddam without putting us in this wretched situation.

Fortunately, the war was well executed and we are doing well at establishing democracy in Iraq so I am hopeful it will still work out and I absolutely support our troops and want them to win and to be safe.

But I'm not going to pretend that we went to war properly - if we delude ourselves on that point we might do it again.

I hope we will learn a lesson - if we have to fight in North Korea or Iran, I hope we will will either do on our own based on US interests being threatened or not do it at all... this going to the UN, getting turned down and doing it anyway in their name is harmful.

[paul_fromatlanta]

bd476
>>paul_fromatlanta wrote: "I have a higher opinion of the people here...

---

Well, aren't you special.

Like Onyx said earlier: Go pound sand!<<

Well, that opinion may not be completely uniform. :)

[Stellar Dendrite]

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