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In reply to the discussion: "Official Secrets"/Bush 1 & 2 and Blair should have been jailed for war crimes [View all]RSherman
(576 posts)Ben Franklin cautioned of religion When a religion is good, I conceive that it will support itself; and when it cannot support itself
.it is a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.
I will substitute the word war:
When a war is good (justifiable?), I conceive that it will support itself; and when it cannot support itself, so that its professors are obliged to call for the help of a PR firm, it is a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.
Or, Thomas Jefferson it is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Making Jeffersons quote applicable to the first Gulf War:
it is error alone which needs the support of PR firms. Truth can stand by itself.
Americans were deceived; lives were lost. Period.
Suggested reading: Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War by John R. MacArthur