Zinn Chapter 25, 2000 election and war on terrorism

Zinn starts this chapter by commenting on the 2000 presidential election. His main points:

-Bush and Gore had same political ideas.

-Ralph Nader was the best candidate, but he didn't have enough money to compete.

-Bush only won the election because his buddies in the Supreme Court voted to not recount the votes.

Zinn continues on by criticizing George Bush's decisions after the September 11 attacks. He says:

-Bush overreacted by calling for a war on terror.

-The bombings in Afghanistan weren't justified.

-The US government is corrupt and militaristic.

The rest of the chapter focuses on how the media affected public opinion on the war. Zinn gives accounts of Afghanis injured and killed during the bombing, while only mentioning American victims of the violence when proving a point about the use of propaganda in the news. All of the information and sources he presents are one-sided and sympathetic towards the Middle East. Zinn’s viewpoints are hateful and anti-American, and I disagree with almost everything he says.