Donald's Rumsfeld's ability to lie is stunning.
He was heckled by several people today in Atlanta during a speechCNN.com Video.
He is very good at lying---he has had a helluva lot of practice.
A great book I've read The Exception to the Rulers : Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them by Amy Goodman & David Goodman talks about how Rumsfeld repeatedly lied about meeting with Saddam Hussein in December of 1983 to aid him with his chemical weapons program. Even when confronted with the video from CNN's Jamie McIntyre, Rummy only went on the attack, shouting "Where did you get this video?" From the Iraqi television?" As it continues to play he says, "Isn't that interesting? There I am."
Where did Saddam get his chemical weapons to attack the Kurdish people? Rummy helped facilitate Saddam's buying spree.
Amy Goodman does point out in her book that there is some dispute over whether the 1988 gassing was done by Saddam against the Kurds, or by the Iranian soldiers fighting in the area. The CIA analysts raised the possibility of a third point-Iraq did it, but the intended target was Iranian soldiers.
Bottom line: the Kurds are still dead & our government put forth effort to supply the dictator.
Any thoughts?
Peace,
Deanna
2 comments:
We have a lovely history of helping dictators..in South America, Asia and of course the Arab countries. This doesn't surprize me one iota m'dear.
Good post! :)
Are you going to read "American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips? I am going to...soon as the elections are over..MoveOn is keeping me very busy lately..
My book list is a long one.......will have to add that one too. With all the info out there, it boggles my mind that there are still 32% of the people out there that are not getting it! Oh yeah....must be the ones waiting for Georgie to lead them to the rapture.
Peace,
Deanna
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