The cruise missile left is best represented by the likes of Democracy Now! and The Intercept.
Both sources have worked together to subtly forward the agenda of US
imperialism. Since 2011, Amy Goodman has never strayed from the NATO
line on countries such as Libya, Syria, and Russia. Like the corporate
media, Goodman and her staff at Democracy Now! have provided
positive coverage of so-called humanitarian groups like the White
Helmets which have long been proven to work directly with NATO-armed jihadist mercenaries ravaging Syria . The Intercept and Democracy Now! have refused to invite any guests on their show that deviate from the NATO line on Syria.
These sources have benefited from the corporate takeover of the US media. Democracy Now! and The Intercept act
as an escape valve from corporate media lies, which make them more
difficult to criticize when they serve the same interests as the
corporate media outlets that spurred their formation. In their coverage
of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, both Amy Goodman and Glenn
Greenwald joined the imperial chorus that the Syrian government bore
responsibility for an attack that had yet to be proven even happened.
Even Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis admitted that the US lacked evidence backing up their claims against Assad. The Intercept and Democracy Now! staked
their firm position against the Syrian government despite the
overwhelming evidence that Syria destroyed its chemical weapons in the
OPCW brokered deal between Russia and the US in 2013 and that Syria,
Russia, and their allies are the only parties interested in coming to a
peaceful resolution to the war.
Cruise missile leftists thus bear much of the responsibility for the
US, UK, and French airstrikes conducted against Syria on April 14th.
After the strikes, Amy Goodman invited Chelsea Manning and so-called
activist Rahmah Kudaimi to her show. Manning was given little time to
speak while over seventy percent of the joint interview was taken up by
Kudaimi’s assertions that US airstrikes “enable” the Syrian “regime.”
Kudaimi practically begged the US to conduct the airstrikes correctly
and fulfill the legitimate demand of the Syrian people to overthrow the
Syrian government. Nowhere did Amy Goodman challenge such blatant
support of US imperial objectives in Syria and beyond.
-- Danny Haiphong, "'Cruise Missile Left' Complicit in American Escalation Toward World War III" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).