war lies from the Ministry of Truth?

[David Morris]

BTW, all this equivalency of killing talk is pointless.

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> Anyone else wondering about the convenient setting up and crossing of the
> chemical weapons red line in Syria. Those photos of children who look like
> they are holding their eyes closed make anyone else a bit nervous? Anyone
> else smell a little yellow cake, some WMD, Gulf of Tonkin? Why should we
> trust the people who start these wars, and then go to extreme lengths to
> prevent the truth of what they do from being known? Haven't they lied every
>  time?
>
> What makes it ok to kill children in a drone strike, or to endorse
> Saddam's use of nerve gas against Iran but wrong for the Syrian government
> to " defend itself" .  We sell every weapon known to man except nuclear, ok
> Israel's use of white phosphorus,  use cluster bombs, depleted uranium.
> Isn't Killing civilians just wrong? Shouldn't we start by cleaning our own
> house?  Is the US government the one in a position to scold and set things
> right after the debacle in Iraq?
>
> Why is it that we are only deeply concerned about the human rights of a
> people when we want to go to war with them or starve them?
>
> Is there really some massive groundswell of US citizens desperate to
> intervene in a civil war in Syria?
>
> Is Obama really  the superman of truth, justice and the American way whose
> only problem is the nefarious use of kryptonite by evil republicans?  Stay
> tuned for the next exciting episode of American militarism on the go! We
> spy on you because we love you. It's for your own good.
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