The Shock and Awe of Genocide and Lies

Making an Example of Gaza for the Non-West World?

In US military doctrine there is a special name, introduced in the 1990s, for using so much brutal force that an enemy – or, more usually, a victim – of the American military will be pulverized not only physically but psychologically. That approach is known semi-colloquially as “shock and awe” and, more officially, as “rapid dominance.” The doctrine is …