war lies from the Ministry of Truth?

[rich]

to quote the invaluable Malcolm Tucker: "How much fucking shit is there on
the *menu* and what fucking flavour is it?"


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:40 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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