You are being very naive and being very funny!
You say "Honesty is the best policy."
Modern folks say, "Bah! That's humbug."
The truth of the matter is politics is such a dirty game that no politicians can remain 100% honest for long.
Take a good look at America.
Way back in 1941, Roosevelt knew from having cracked the Japanese secret code that the Japanese were going to attack. Yet he kept that fact from his countrymen because he wanted to get everyone to support him in his war against Japan. So, when the Japanese attacked at Pearl Harbor, he called the attack a sneaky/sly/cowardly attack that must not go unanswered. And, as he had expected, he succeeded in galvanizing the entire country for war against Japan!
Eisenhower lied about Americans not engaged in spying against the Soviets. Yet when Gary Power and his U2 spy plane was shot down, he admitted to spying on the Soviets. But he also added that spying was being done by almost every country as if saying that would excuse him somewhat.
President Nixon's VP Agnew was found guilty of corruption and he had to resign in disgrace. Then the Watergate scandal broke and Nixon himself had to go but not before saying to the whole world, "I'm not a crook." Ain't that funny, eh?
Closer to our time, we saw that President Clinton repeatedly lied about his involvement with Monica until his spunk's DNA nailed him for good. Before the Monica scandal he was involved in the Whitewater scandal. He was a pastmaster at the deny-deny-deny game. Though he was a consumate liar, the American people did not kick him out of office. Like it or not, it would appear that all Americans were dishonest in a way for not having booted Clinton out when he was caught lying through and through!
Amd now you waxed enthusiastic about this guy and that guy being honest. What a joke!
I believe you have a magnificent obsession and you are laboring under the delusion that you have a mission to tell others take Saddam is evil and so must be deposed, that not all Moslems are evil, and that Jews and Arabs have a destiny together etc.
Don't pull wool over your eyes! Stop gathering wool in your upper storey. You will do well to read "The Prince" (The Art of Government by Artifice and Subterfuge) by Machiavelli, and "Politics Among Nations" by Hans Morgenthau. Then you will see why successful politicians had to be consumate LIARS!!!, that is they have to be DISHONEST. If the man at the top does not lie, then his underlings will do the lying for him! I.C., never, never take no wooden nickels!!! |
