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In reply to the discussion: Look, I thought I was the most cynical person on Earth. But these [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Yeah, right and we all know tape cannot be altered. Not ever! (A good movie to watch on this subject would be "Rising Sun."
Sort a like where we were back in '63 and '64. I confess as an twelve year old child, the photos of Oswald were convincing - a grown man with the rifle model and type used to shoot the President held in his hands. Only years later does someone come out and point out the discrepancy between the shadows of the top of the body, and the lower half.
Then a few years later, and the Bay of Tonkin incident occurs. I saw that as further proof that the Green Beret needed backup and needed it soon. I was relieved that that the President of the USA saw it that way too.
then came NIne Eleven, and we were told that to be patriotic, we must realize that there were many WMD's held in control of one Saddam Hussein. We were told "don't question this!" and we can all remember what that got us - a Three trillion dollar war, and a loss of many of our civil rights, and over 6,000 of our service people, and one million people in Iraq who were civilians. Oh and then there weren't any WMD's!!!
Now there are so many things I can add to the above list, and since it is a very nice day out, and I want to get back to my garden, I confess that yes, I am a cynic. Yes, I am less than willing to go back to my twelve year old behavior.
Especially since it means putting aside my personal feelings about hings, and also it means that I should friggin' shut up. After all, we all have to limit discussions of anything that happens in our society, as we need an infinite number of limits on our discussions and our behaviors in order to be free!! I can think of one other nation that felt that way, some eighty years ago.
Anyway I will say this: Monday's event was a success from whatever alphabet agency thinks these things out. I am sure the crowd in charge of the Tonkin Bay incident long ago retired. But whereas two weeks ago, the WH was under a storm of protest regarding military spending and Obama's obsession with cutting Back Social Security, now everyone in charge can relax. The population is once again subdued. For it has been accomplished. We have been shown the terror that lurks inside America, and we need to be vigilante, and start realizing our 19 year old college neighbors, and that pesty sixty something woman out in her garden, are perhaps terrorists.