By William Pfaff, Future Fastforward, April 25, 2010
Tribune Media,
It is a dismaying reflection that the facilitator of major violence thus far in the twenty-first century have been lies told by democratic governments. The lies are continuing to be told, about the supposed “existential” menace posed by Iran to Israel, America and (if you believe some European leaders) to Western Europe.
One can say there is nothing new about lies. I would argue that the influence of mendacious official propaganda in the western democracies is probably greater today than in the last century.
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Lies and Wars
By William Pfaff, Future Fastforward, April 25, 2010
Tribune Media,
It is a dismaying reflection that the facilitator of major violence thus far in the twenty-first century have been lies told by democratic governments. The lies are continuing to be told, about the supposed “existential” menace posed by Iran to Israel, America and (if you believe some European leaders) to Western Europe.
One can say there is nothing new about lies. I would argue that the influence of mendacious official propaganda in the western democracies is probably greater today than in the last century.
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Tags: fascists, Germany under hitler, Glasnost, Iran, Iraq, United States, William Pfaff
This entry was posted on April 26, 2010 at 5:17 pm and is filed under Commentary, President Barack Obama, Uncategorized, US policy, USA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.