%0 Journal Article
%T The Obama/Pentagon War Narrative, the Real War and Where Afghan Civilian Deaths Do Matter
%A Marc W. Herold
%J Revista de Paz y Conflictos
%D 2012
%I 
%X This essay explores upon two inter-related issues: (1) the course of America¡¯s raging Afghan war as actually experienced on the ground as contrasted with the Pentagon and mainstream media narrative and (2) the unrelenting Obama/Pentagon efforts to control the public narrative of that war.[1] As the real war on the ground spread geographically and violence intensified, U.S. efforts to construct a positive spin re-doubled. An examination of bodies ¨C of foreign occupation forces and innocent Afghan civilians ¨C reveals a clear trade-off. NATO country elites understand the quagmire and have begun pulling-back.
%K body trade-offs
%K civilian deaths caused by the US/NATO (2001-2010)
%K critical analysis of Afghan civilian body counts
%K Pentagon means to control war narrative
%K phases of America¡¯s war in Afghanistan
%U http://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/revpaz/article/view/465