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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:18 PM
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Toronto Sun columnist on DSM: "Lie after lie. Scare upon scare..."
Edited on Tue Jun-14-05 03:26 PM by ailsagirl
Web of Cold-Blooded Lies
Eric Margolis
June 12, 2005

=snip=

Sir Richard Dearlove ("M" to James Bond fans) reported that U.S. President George Bush had decided to invade oil-rich Iraq in March 2003, in a war "to be justified by the conjunction of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. The intelligence and facts are being fixed around the policy."

Translation: The U.S. and British governments would concoct charges against Iraq to justify war.

After Britain's attorney general warned that unprovoked invasion of Iraq would violate international law, Dearlove opined with oily cynicism, "If the political context were right, people would support regime change." Translation: Use propaganda and scare tactics to whip up war fever.

=snip=

And so it went. Lie after lie. Scare upon scare. Fakery after fakery, trumpeted by the tame media that came to resemble the lickspittle press of the old Soviet Union. Ironically, in the end, horrid Saddam Hussein turned out to be telling the truth all along, while Bush and Blair were not.


http://torontosun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Margolis_Eric/2005/06/12/1083345-sun.html
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:21 PM
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1. I like that line, Lie after Lie, Scare upon Scare. That's kinda catchy.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:27 PM
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2. But in Amerika, the pundits just spin, spin, spin. I wonder how they
spin their approval ratings.
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Catfight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:30 PM
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3. We always knew Bush was the king of liars. n/t
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:32 PM
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4. Saddam told the truth, Bush and Blair did not. About time someone
pointed this out.
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left is right Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:51 PM
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5. horrid Saddam Hussein turned out to be telling the truth all along,
horrid Saddam Hussein turned out to be telling the truth all along, while Bush and Blair were not.
The other day posters were looking for a sound bite concerning DSM. I think this is it.
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 03:53 PM
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6. So Saddam is more trustworthy than * or Blair. Well, well...
Unbelievable
:spank:
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 10:27 PM
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7. love this sentence
'...The U.S. Congress clapped for war like trained seals...'

What an image 'n ain't it the truth!!
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 10:45 PM
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8. Yeh, except seals are smarter and much cuter :=)
:evilgrin:
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