By Marwan Bishara
Al-Jazeera
"Surprise, surprise ... the US government did not tell the whole truth, yet again, about its war conduct, and indeed misled the public about the true record of the war.
I personally have not met anyone who has been shocked by the revelations in the documents published by WikiLeaks, but many are surprised - not so much by the novelty of it all, but rather by the mundane repetition of more of the same deception.
It is déjà vu all over again. Governments lie, especially about war and violence. And the media as well as the elites remain numb and indifferent until their wars go sour and begin to hurt at home as we saw in Iraq after 2005 and today in Afghanistan.
Unlike what mainstream conventional media would have you believe, democratic governments are worse at lying than autocratic or totalitarian ones.
Because unlike their democratically elected counterparts, autocratic or totalitarian governments just do not have the same need for it because they do not seek public approval or ratings.
In fact, the more accountable they are to their citizens, the more sinister and dangerous are the leaders' lies......
History of US wars
.....
Bob Dylan's With God on Our Side summarised two centuries of war. As you read it and preferably hear it, you will notice that the lyrics finish in the early 1960s. Perhaps you could write back to me with your suggested update to the lyrics ..."
Al-Jazeera
"Surprise, surprise ... the US government did not tell the whole truth, yet again, about its war conduct, and indeed misled the public about the true record of the war.
I personally have not met anyone who has been shocked by the revelations in the documents published by WikiLeaks, but many are surprised - not so much by the novelty of it all, but rather by the mundane repetition of more of the same deception.
It is déjà vu all over again. Governments lie, especially about war and violence. And the media as well as the elites remain numb and indifferent until their wars go sour and begin to hurt at home as we saw in Iraq after 2005 and today in Afghanistan.
Unlike what mainstream conventional media would have you believe, democratic governments are worse at lying than autocratic or totalitarian ones.
Because unlike their democratically elected counterparts, autocratic or totalitarian governments just do not have the same need for it because they do not seek public approval or ratings.
In fact, the more accountable they are to their citizens, the more sinister and dangerous are the leaders' lies......
History of US wars
.....
Bob Dylan's With God on Our Side summarised two centuries of war. As you read it and preferably hear it, you will notice that the lyrics finish in the early 1960s. Perhaps you could write back to me with your suggested update to the lyrics ..."
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