Faking War Atrocities -- Again

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It gets so tiring -- the endless victory of war propaganda against common sense -- pour zillions of dollars in arms into a country, fake some pictures of babies being killed (or as in the case of one of the World Wars, nuns being raped), and voila - a free for all for arms corporations, carpet baggers, and all who profit from the chaos of the breakdown of government. It is happening again in Syria -- but after Iraq 1 and 2, and Libya, and Afghanistan, who can be anything but weary of the gullibility and evil of it all?  Read the case on Houla here:

http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?itemid=12267

The Media Lens also has an analysis of the BBC beginning to examine the Shades of Grey here. By the way, if you are interested in how the "news" gets shaped and pruned, the Media Lens is well worth subscribing too.