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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: one_less who wrote (146204)9/22/2004 5:33:27 PM
From: GST  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Re: lies. Ask Larry Lindsey what happens to people in this administration when they tell the truth -- they get fired. Ask Rusmfeld, Rice and Cheney what happens when they tell extremely tall tales and turn out to be completely wrong both in substance and in emphasis -- the answer? Nothing happens to them because this Administration favors the misrepresentation of flaky assertions that support ideological bias as if they are facts, and sweeps facts under the carpet.

What were the estimates of what the war would cost? Lindsey was stupid enough to speak the truth. What was the quality and quantity of our intel? Anybody who spoke the truth was muzzled and/or ignored. Ask people at senior levels of the military if their views were considered in the deciding on how and when to invade Iraq. Answer? They were ignored.

You can say that all the things that have gone on in Iraq are a "big surprise" but that is not true. When you have an Adminstration that will only tolerate the hard-core neocon party line, and will allow even the flimsiest of data to be hyped to the sky and when sober and experienced people are silenced, you have created a climate where dishonesty will thrive and honest people will be pushed out of the process.
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