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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: goldworldnet who wrote (153416)12/6/2004 11:52:38 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Everyone is capable of saying things which are lying or misleading. Nevertheless, we presume that most people tell the truth most of the time. I do not see a reason to assume that the government is much more prone to lie, especially if "raisons d'etat" are absent. Thus, I assume that what is factually asserted by the government is pretty close to the truth, or the result of normal error, until the evidence of deceit strongly accumulates. I have known a lot of people in government, in political office, in the bureaucracy, and in the military. By and large, they are good people, not saints, but not uniquely sinful.......
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