Bush's War Propaganda is pathetic

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October 10, 2003

US WAR PROPAGANDA IS PATHETIC
Your government at work: Iraq war PR campaign a flop before it begins

by Justin Raimondo


The U.S. government is launching a public relations blitz designed to show the American people that they shouldn't believe the evidence right in front of their eyes, because our success (or lack of it) in Iraq is all in how you look at it. The President has complained that the "good news" about Iraq has been blocked by the "filter" of a hostile news media, as MSNBC reports: "Bush said he was concerned that 'perceptions' didn't reflect the reality of 'progress' in Iraq."

Meanwhile, in Iraq, another suicide bombing blasted a Baghdad police station, killing 8 Iraqis; a Spanish military attaché was assassinated by three Iraqis, one of whom was dressed as a Shi'ite cleric, and we suffered our 92nd American casualty since "victory" was declared.

Who do you believe, asks Bush: me, or your own lyin' eyes?

According to the President's epistemology, it's all a matter of "perception." There is no objective reality: just spin. That is a politician's mindset, one that the chief executive of the most powerful nation on earth might prove particularly prone to. Us ordinary people, however, are governed by different rules.


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