{"id":2638,"date":"2006-11-29T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-29T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2006-11-29T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-29T14:50:00","slug":"dodging-godwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2006\/11\/29\/10\/50\/dodging-godwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodging Godwin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most literal shock of recognition was the repulsively callous arrogance of the term “shock and awe.” (The Iraqi people were supposed to pause and be impressed by our bombs before being incinerated\/liberated by them?) Airstrikes as propaganda had been the invention of the German Luftwaffe, whose signature work, the terror-bombing Blitz of England, did not awe the British people into submission, either.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most literal shock of recognition was the repulsively callous arrogance of the term “shock and awe.” (The Iraqi people were supposed to pause and be impressed by our bombs before being incinerated\/liberated by...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t