Johansson, March 23 2006

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Johansson, Olle. "Three Years" (cartoon). Cagle Cartoons (www.caglecartoons.com. March 23 2006): http://www.caglecartoons.com/preview.asp?previewType=download&imageID={4F093B1C-D099-48D9-B873-A45C662A475B}.

Message Unit 1 - an example of patriotized history



		core myths: self-sacrifice myth



		unpatriotized history: The US is the conqueror; the US project is to gain enormous power by creating a new US-dominated Iraq and killing all Iraqi citizens who get in the way of this objective. For the US, Iraq is a tasty prize, not an onerous task.



		message (of patriotized history): The US is the victim; the US is suffering.



		patriotic change (of history): attacker as victim



		technique: transparent redefinition



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