--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> My interpretation of Joanna's comment that it
> "...was
> all made up to begin with" (and I'll take my
> corrective medicine without complaint if wrong) is
> that the lies in question were the Bush
> Administration’s interlocking web of false
> statements
> about the imminent threat Iraq posed to the world
> under Hussein.
>
> The American media (with notable exceptions like
> Seymour Hersh), despite abundant opportunities, did
> not debunk even the most egregious and glaring lies.
> Now, they are starting to do their job, with the
> Niger
> uranium story acting as the opening crowbar.
>
> Why the change from then to now? This was Joanna's
> question.
>
> From Secretary Powell's astoundingly absurd UN
> presentation to 'Phony' Tony Blair's claim that Iraq
> could launch horribly war headed missiles within 45
> minutes of the go order, we were bombarded with
> propaganda that tried to portray Iraq as a sort of
> new
> Hitlerian Germany, Soviet Union and one-stop
> terrorist
> supply shop all rolled up into one heavily weaponed
> package. And, crucially, bent on world terrorism.
>
> So yes, everyone with an interest knew that Iraq had
> weapons programs in the past. But weapons or no,
> these statements about super-threat were incredible
> as
> even non-lefty critics like former inspector Scott
> Ritter pointed out again and again and again.
>
> I suppose that now the war's 'over', and the
> Administration got what it wanted and elites see the
> results (which do not seem, to date, to tend towards
> the accumulation of capital or influence) there is
> greater room for critical reportage.
>
> Which, as Doug stated, is probably the working out
> of
> elite infighting in plain view.
>
> DRM
>
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