{"id":738,"date":"2009-07-02T19:27:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T23:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2009-07-02T19:34:44","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T23:34:44","slug":"demonizing-iran-from-the-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=738","title":{"rendered":"Demonizing Iran from the grave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, an article<\/a> titled, “Why Saddam Hussein lied about Iraq\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weapons of mass destruction” appeared on the Christian Science Monitor<\/em>‘s Global News Blog. I immediately smelled a rat. The smell got especially strong when I read the part about how Hussein believed Iran “will be a greater threat” in the future. How nice of the doomed head of state to play into the hands of his murderers so neatly. <\/p>\n

Hussein may have been a monster, but he was the head of state of a sovereign nation which we illegally invaded, and no one in Iraq is better off now than they were under Hussein. Arguable most Iragis are worse off. Frankly I don’t see a lot of distinction between Hussein and George W. Bush. Except Hussein is dead. <\/p>\n

Back to the article. The only good rats are dead rats, and the rat I smelled is not dead; it is the NSA, the National Security Administration. I am sure they will read this before anyone else, because no one else reads what I write here. (Jeesh, the things you have to do for readership!) <\/p>\n

I left a comment there, at the Monitor’s blog site:<\/p>\n

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Not that I would ever be suspicious of a project called the National Security Archive (smirk), but isn’t the real issue the unconscionable manufacture by the US of disinformation, codified as ‘intelligence’, with the treasonable intent of justifying a criminal war? <\/p>\n

The story of Hussein’s handling while in US custody is undoubtedly an interesting one. Unfortunately the custodians of that information are cold-blooded liars. The Monitor would do well to keep that in mind when reporting information obtained from them. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They post comments only after review. We shall see if it gets posted. (It probably will.) <\/p>\n

This is the most egregious example, that I can imagine, of the axiom, “the winner gets to write the history.” To the careful observer it is a cautionary tale. The rats intend to overthrow Iran as well. <\/p>\n

Since my paranoia-addled mind is convinced that they will find a reason to lock me up, is there anyone out there I can rely on to uphold the truth? Is this why desperate people, feeling truth has forsaken the world, appeal to something other-worldly for aid; God help us? Isn’t there someone here<\/strong> who can help us? <\/p>\n

Isn’t it us? <\/p>\n

Maybe my paranoia is not a delusion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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