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Douglas Kellner is related to the Persian Gulf because he authored critical analyses of U.S. military interventions in the region, specifically regarding troop deployments [1], [2], and the strategic disinformation campaigns used to justify them [3], [4].
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The Persian Gulf TV War by Douglas Kellner (http://www.gseis.ucla ... pages.gseis.ucla.edu 4 facts
claimDouglas Kellner asserts that Democratic Party leaders failed to criticize the U.S. military deployment to the Persian Gulf, which he characterizes as a 'crisis of liberalism.'
claimDouglas Kellner asserts that U.S. claims regarding an imminent Iraqi threat to Saudi Arabia were disinformation intended to justify U.S. military intervention in the Persian Gulf.
accountAn anonymous soldier told Douglas Kellner in December 1990 that he had been sent to the Persian Gulf region some days before the official U.S. deployment was announced.
perspectiveDouglas Kellner argues that the United States' claim that its troop deployment in the Persian Gulf was merely a defensive force was a cover for a planned offensive military strike intended to destroy Iraq.