{"article":{"id":265355,"heading":"No laughing matter:Comedian Robin Williams' longstanding contribution to US war propaganda","author":"Cem Ert\u00fcr","created":"2014-08-13 20:19:22","modified":"2014-08-13 20:19:22","last_modified":"Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:19:22","article":"



No laughing matter: Comedian\r\nRobin Williams' longstanding contribution to U.S. war propaganda<\/b>




\r\nPropaganda alert

\r\ncompiled by Cem Ertür

\r\n13 August 2014





The late actor and comedian\r\nRobin Williams has consistently devoted his fame, talent and charm to\r\nU.S. Army's propaganda events for the genocidal wars on Afghanistan and\r\nIraq.<\/i>





\r\nAccording to the United Service Organizations (USO):


“\r\n[Robin] Williams went on six USO tours from 2002 to 2013, including\r\nfive overseas. He visited [U.S.] troops in 12 foreign countries, making\r\nthree stops to both Iraq and Afghanistan. [...]  The\r\nUSO’s Entertainment team estimates [Robin] Williams performed\r\nfor or visited with more than 89,000 [U.S. Army] service members during\r\nhis 12-plus years of volunteering.”  [1]
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\r\nAccording to U.S. Defense Minister Chuck Hagel:


“The\r\nentire [U.S.] Department of Defense community mourns the loss of Robin\r\nWilliams. Robin was a gifted actor and comedian, but he was also a true\r\nfriend and supporter of our troops. From entertaining thousands of\r\nservice men and women in war zones, to his philanthropy that helped\r\nveterans struggling with hidden wounds of war, he was a loyal and\r\ncompassionate advocate for all who serve this nation in\r\nuniform.”  [2]
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\r\nStanding next to a RQ-1B Predator drone, actor Robin Williams\r\nentertains the 776th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron crew during his\r\nvisit to
\r\nan overseas U.S. Air Force base used in the war on Afghanistan, 19\r\nOctober 2002










\r\nActor Robin Williams poses with the 776th Expeditionary Airlift\r\nSquadron crew during his visit to visit to an overseas U.S. Air Force\r\nbase
\r\nused in the war on Afghanistan, 19 October 2002









\r\nActor Robin Williams gets a briefing on the equipment of 438th Air\r\nExpeditionary Group during his visit to an overseas U.S. Air Force base
\r\nused in the war on Afghanistan, 19 October 2002









\r\nChairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers, USCENTCOM\r\ncommander John Abizaid, U.S. 4th Infantry Division commander Ray
\r\nOdierno, 173rd Airborne Brigade commander William Mayville, wrestler\r\nKurt Angle, model Leeann Tweeden and racing driver Mike Wallace
\r\npose during a United Service Organizations (USO) show, U.S. Kirkuk Air\r\nBase, Iraq, 17 December 2003











\r\nActor Robin Williams entertains the crew aboard USS Enterprise aircraft\r\ncarrier which has been deployed for the war on Iraq, 19 December
\r\n2003










\r\nActor Robin Williams greets U.S. troops prior to his show at a U.S.\r\nmilitary base in Ramadi, Iraq, 19 December 2007









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\r\nActor Robin Williams performs in a United Service Organizations (USO)\r\nshow at the U.S. military base Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq,
\r\n13 December 2010. The show, hosted by Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs\r\nof Staff Mike Mullen and his wife, Deborah Mullen, also featured
\r\nperformances by comedians Lewis Black and Kathleen Madigan, country\r\nsinger Kix Brooks, country songwriter Bob DiPiero and racing
\r\ncyclist Lance Armstrong.



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Notes:<\/b>


\r\n[1]   ‘He\r\nBrought Them Light’: How Robin Williams Turned his USO Tours\r\ninto Personal Experiences for Troops
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\r\nUnited Service Organizations (USO) website, 12 August 2014



\r\n[2]   Statement\r\nby Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the Passing of Robin Williams
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\r\nU.S. Department of Defense website, 11 August 2014



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From the archives:
<\/b>

Flashback\r\nto 2001: Hollywood stars salute Afghanistan's 'enduring freedom'

\r\nby Cem Ertür, Global Research, 25 December 2012



Britain’s\r\nsports stars at the service of war propaganda

\r\nby Cem Ertür, Indybay, 11 November 2011


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