Comments on: Deceptions http://www.speedkill.org/2008/06/05/1994/ Radioactive Toy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:08:16 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark T http://www.speedkill.org/2008/06/05/1994/comment-page-1/#comment-469997 Mark T Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:13:48 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2008/06/05/1994/#comment-469997 "They will always lie" - not "like" “They will always lie” – not “like”

]]> By: Mark T http://www.speedkill.org/2008/06/05/1994/comment-page-1/#comment-469996 Mark T Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:50:11 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2008/06/05/1994/#comment-469996 Bush knew days in advance to talking to Congress and the American people that there was no threat posed by Iraq. It is apparent that he either didn't read the intelligence (incompetence) or ignored it (lied). But it's far more endemic than that - people talk as if it is something new. In my lifetime the U.S. has gone to war many, many times, never for stated reasons. Truth is, people like wars, and there's a type of person among us who likes to fight and kill, and we've got to keep them occupied. So there will always be a war of some kind bubbling, declared and open, or secret and hidden. When a war effort is so large as to require support of the American public, they will always like - they will also do things like make up foreign attacks, as they did at Tonkin, or goad someone into provocative action, as they did with Hussein in 1990 and with the Russians in Afghanistan in 1979. Get over it guys. That's how the country is run. Not gonna change anytime soon. Got to keep our warriors occupied, our defense contractors fed. Bush knew days in advance to talking to Congress and the American people that there was no threat posed by Iraq. It is apparent that he either didn’t read the intelligence (incompetence) or ignored it (lied).

But it’s far more endemic than that – people talk as if it is something new. In my lifetime the U.S. has gone to war many, many times, never for stated reasons. Truth is, people like wars, and there’s a type of person among us who likes to fight and kill, and we’ve got to keep them occupied. So there will always be a war of some kind bubbling, declared and open, or secret and hidden. When a war effort is so large as to require support of the American public, they will always like – they will also do things like make up foreign attacks, as they did at Tonkin, or goad someone into provocative action, as they did with Hussein in 1990 and with the Russians in Afghanistan in 1979.

Get over it guys. That’s how the country is run. Not gonna change anytime soon. Got to keep our warriors occupied, our defense contractors fed.

]]> By: Rook's Rant http://www.speedkill.org/2008/06/05/1994/comment-page-1/#comment-469754 Rook's Rant Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:53:17 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2008/06/05/1994/#comment-469754 <strong>Friday Stolen Code Blogging...</strong> Friday code stolen from Mustang Bobby, and a bit of a bitch about being misunderstood.... Friday Stolen Code Blogging…

Friday code stolen from Mustang Bobby, and a bit of a bitch about being misunderstood….

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