None of the talking heads in the US media or government are addressing the central issue, which is this: can you build, keep, and/or inspire democracy in a first world country, or in a third world country, by lying to and cheating its people or by undermining its Constitution and the rule of law?
"American government is the entertainment division of the Military Industrial Complex."
"One deluded president plus an army of paralyzed editorialists = many more years of a war that is one big atrocity." - Greg Mitchell, Editor&Publisher "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job." - George W. Bush
1.10.2007
Can You Build A Democracy By Lying And Cheating (And Incredible Senseless Violence)?
OK, the phrase in parentheses in the headline is mine, but the rest is from Mark Goldman in a piece entitled, "To Surge Or Not To Surge", and IMHO, it's worth a read on the subject of Iraq and America's involvement there:
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