by Roy » Fri 04 Dec 2009, 07:59:19
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hey must think people reading these articles are retarded.
Or just completely ignorant of what actually happened. Most people I talk to have no idea why the Iranians stormed our embassy in 1979. They assume the Iranians hate us for our freedoms and that they are a threat to our way of life.
This is the goal. To bamboozle people. Our schools don't teach much real history. To learn that stuff, one has to actually go to a library and pick up a book or two. Most people don't have time and would rather just read the short little articles on sites like yahoo. This allows more time for them to twitter, facebook (verb), watch reality shows, and to download Iphone apps.
Intellectual pursuits are frowned upon. Science, at least in America, is viewed as fiction or at least with skepticism by about half the population. I believe this is by design.
Critical thinkers and people who have a modicum of understanding of our current situation on the planet (energy, geopolitics, history, climate changing) don't buy the
Expletive deleted.such as what is presented as truth in the OP's article and Neocone you are, IMHO, 100% correct.
Sadly, based on my anecdotal evidence, that is less than 10% of the people in the US. Can't speak for Europe or Australia.
A nations military should only be used in a nations self defense, not to entertain liberal cravings for shaping poor nations into images of themselves by force. -- Eastbay
Shooting the messenger is typical when you are incapable of arguing against them. -- Airline Pilot