war lies from the Ministry of Truth?

[malignd at aol.com]

Another sober, well-reasoned argument from Mr. Tracy.



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From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
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Sent: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 11:38 am
Subject: Re: war lies from the Ministry of Truth?


If you think Obama secretly wants to get the US involved in Syria, then I suggest your logic is akin to the Egyptians who think we are secretly allied with the Muslim Brotherhod.  No matter what the US does in Syria, its interests would be better served by NOT doing.  Most everybody can see that reality, but some would like to ignore it.


David Morris

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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