Abject Lies

Railroading us into war with Iraq to benefit Israel, President Bush declared that in order to win the war against terror, it was necessary to defeat Saddam Hussein, who had weapons of mass destruction. This was, of course, an abject lie, but it is what the Israel Lobby told him to say. Currently, some presidential candidates are trying to railroad us into war with Iran to benefit Israel. On the CBS Evening News, December 12, 2007, Mitt Romney said, "Iran is a nation which speaks of genocide and is rushing headlong to develop weapons that will allow them to carry it out...." "Iran speaks about giving nuclear material to other groups, not just nations, to other groups that would oppose the West." Rudy Giuliani said, "Iran is moving toward accomplishing the worst nightmare of the Cold War....nuclear weapons in the hands of an irresponsible regime, and then they're threatening the use of these weapons."....Iran "tells us they want to destroy Israel and kind of take us over as well." These candidates' statements are also abject lies but this is what the Israel Lobby tells them to say. We are supposedly trying to spread our democracy around the world, but is our version of democracy worth spreading? Time will tell.