Document Type
Article
Abstract
[First paragraph]
The American-led victory in Baghdad was announced to the world with scenes of Iraqi citizens dragging down the statues of the deposed tyrant. Like the spectacle of World Cup Soccer or the Olympic Games, the image was transmitted live through the global media network to the billions of people who had been closely watching the three week invasion. President Bush shared in the celebration, announcing the dawn of a new age for freedom and democracy in the Middle East. This new democracy, the president proclaimed, would bring stability and prosperity to the region through the obliteration of terrorism and the installation of a truly representative people's government. Supporters of the invasion and the Coalition perspective were vindicated by the scenes of jubilation and the knowledge that the American-led forces had achieved in three weeks what the United Nations had failed to do in twelve years (Salusinszky, 2003: 11).
Repository Citation
Lewis, Jeff, and Kirsty Best. "The Electronic Polis: Media Democracy and the Invasion of Iraq." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 3, no. 3, 2003, pp. 1–22. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol3/iss3/7
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