. . .
K “Each statement and every utterance made by each and every American bureaucrat and official is presumptively a lie scripted with malice aforethought and designed to conscript the underclass into a war for the benefit of the overclass.”
J “They are like lawyers. Most of them are lawyers. When asked how you can tell that a lawyer is lying, the answer is that she or he is moving her or his lips.”
. . .
K “The lies about Afghanistan by the Democrats and the Republicans are far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far worse than anything that Trumpi has been accused of by the Democrats in the House of Representatives.”
J “I would say far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far worse. And the nearly complete silence by the MSM is an even greater crime than anything that Trumpi has been accused of by the Democrats in the House of Representatives.”
. . .
[See “I Knew the War in Afghanistan Was a Lie” in “Truthdig” by Danny Sjursen, the 2018 recipient of the Pushitzer Prize In Commentary, dated December 9, 2019; “Our Lying Military, Our Lying Government” in “The American Conservative” by Rod Dreher dated December 9, 2019; “The Afghanistan Papers Confirm America’s Longest War Is a Lie” in “Truthdig” by Sonali Kolhatkar dated December 12, 2019 and “Washington Post’s Afghanistan Story Reveals Core Folly of American Defense Strategy” in “Rolling Stone” by Matt Taibbi dated December 13, 2019.]
[See the e-commentary ten years ago at “The Audacity of Afghanistan (Dec. 7, 2009)”; “Smedley And Ernest On Our Friend ‘War’; The ‘Racket’ Continues (September 7, 2015)” and “On Courage and Truth (March 17, 2008)”.]
Bumper stickers of the week:
“All governments lie.” I.F. Stone
“Let everyone who advocates war be enrolled in a special regiment of advance guards, for the front of every storm, of every attack, to lead them all!” Leo Tolstoy
Plow Shares And Swords. Oh, And Happy Memorial Day! (May 28, 2018)
. . .
K “A sword in one hand, a plow share in the other.”
J “On this planet, you cannot carry one without the other.”
. . .
K “I’ll put down the plow and pick up the sword in defense of the village, but not based on a lie.”
J “If not for lies, there would be far fewer wars.”
K “They lied, kids died.”
J “But not their kids.”
. . .
[See the e-ssay titled “The Flag (May 31, 2010)” and the e-commentary at “In Memoriam (May 26, 2014)” and “Reinstate The Draft; Reduce The Demand For War (Somewhat). Oh, And Happy Veterans Day! (November 6, 2017)”.]
Bumper stickers of the week: [Big bumper]
When considering the reliability of information provided to you by the government of the United States of America, it is important that you recall and reflect:
They fibbed about Viet Nam.
They fibbed about Cambodia.
They fibbed about Laos.
They fibbed about Cuba.
They fibbed about El Salvador.
They fibbed about Nicaragua.
They fibbed about Guatemala.
They fibbed about Panama.
They fibbed about Honduras.
They fibbed about Venezuela.
They fibbed about Chile.
They fibbed about the Spanish American War.
They fibbed about the Mexican War.
They fibbed about Pearl Harbor.
They fibbed about 9/11.
They fibbed about Osama bin Laden.
They fibbed about Afghanistan.
They fibbed about Kuwait.
They fibbed about Iraq.
They fibbed about Saddam Hussein.
They fibbed about Libya.
They fibbed about Muammar Gaddafi.
They are fibbing about Yemen.
They are fibbing about Somalia.
They are fibbing about Sudan.
They are fibbing about Syria.
They are fibbing about Palestine.
They are fibbing about Iran.
They are fibbing about Ukraine.
They are fibbing about Niger.
They are fibbing about the War on Terror.
They are fibbing.
They do not seem to be telling the truth.
Things really did not turn out so super in Nicaragua, Grenada, Panama, Haiti, Bosnia, Serbia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, but who is counting?
But who cares?
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