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Friend,

In the days and weeks before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2002 and early
2003, I spent a lot of time yelling at the television amid the palpable
march toward war.

It was clear that lies were winning out over facts and common sense. It
was clear that a profit-hungry corporate media was part of the problem,
not the solution.

In those days, both before and then after the U.S. invasion, it was hard
to find information you could trust or news coverage that tracked the
anti-war arguments-but we had Common Dreams. In those days I was a
reader, not a staff writer or an editor, but I found its pages to be a
shining light in an otherwise dark and deceitful media landscape.

Now we're facing the threat of a new conflict-this time with
nuclear-armed Russia-and we're hearing the familiar and dangerous
beating of war drums by the corporate media. Instead of voices urging
diplomacy and warning against civilian harm, retired generals-now
sitting on the boards of Raytheon, DynCorp, and General Dynamics-are
once again invited to prognosticate about how best to wage war.

Like it did all those years ago, this pro-war propaganda makes me
furious. It also makes me terribly sad.

As a news outlet, Common Dreams stands not openly rooting for violent
conflict. Instead, our commitment to quality journalism means we lift
the voices of those calling for peace, ask tough questions, and provide
key analysis to counter the misinformation of the war machine.

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