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Podcast: The Real News Podcast
Episode: 'War Made Invisible': Gaza, the War on Terror, and America's crisis of democracy
Description: War is a daily fixture of American life—the US military occupies at least 750 overseas bases, and it has executed military operations in nations around the globe over the past 20 years. But most Americans have remained unaware of this, thanks to a coordinated effort by politicians, corporate media, and the military-industrial complex to make the realities of American militarism invisible to the public. As author Norman Solomon writes in his new book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of the Military Machine, "America has been conditioned to accept ongoing wars without ever really knowing what they’re doin...