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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (25491)	12/5/2003 10:31:23 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 25898

VIEW "UNCOVERED: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War" Message 19563938 TP, I get your point and it is well made. President Harry Truman said it well, "The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know." It's the frontispiece of Stephen Kinzer's marvelous book "All the Shah's Men" which should be required reading for every American high school senior. Understanding the degree to which corruption of democratic values and processes is at the heart of our government, and has been since the National Security Act of 1947 is something that citizens need to comprehend, and which they sadly seem to have little clue about. Iran/Contra is a lot more meaty that the Hinckle matter. Well worth our time to understand..... among many other issues. Currently I'm boning up on the Iraq War propaganda story in anticipating participating in a MoveOn.org discussion on Sunday night. MoveOn has done democracy a wonderful turn by organizing screening at 2,500 venues across the country of "Uncovered". More at: Message 19563938