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Lying is Not Patriotic

source: http://www.infowars.com/lying-is-not-patriotic/

rodstradamus
Ron Paul
Texas Straight Talk
December 14, 2010

WikiLeaks’ release of classified information has generated a lot of attention world-wide in the past few weeks.

The hysterical reaction makes one wonder if this is not an example of killing the messenger for the bad news.

Any information that challenges the official propaganda for the war in the Middle East is unwelcome by the administration and supporters of these unnecessary wars. Few are interested in understanding the relationship of our foreign policy and our presence in the Middle East to the threat of terrorism. Revealing the real nature and goal for our presence in so many Muslim countries is a threat to our empire and any revelation of this truth is highly resented by those in charge.

Questions to consider:

1. Do the American people deserve to know the truth regarding the ongoing war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen?

2. Could a larger question be: how can an Army Private gain access to so much secret material?

3. Why is the hostility mostly directed at Assange, the publisher, and not our government’s failure to protect classified information?

4. Are we getting our money’s worth from the $80 billion per year we spend on our intelligence agencies?

5. Which has resulted in the greatest number of deaths; lying us into war, or WikiLeaks’ revelations or the release of the Pentagon Papers?

6. If Assange can be convicted of a crime for publishing information, that he did not steal, what does this say about the future of the First Amendment and the independence of the internet?

7. Could it be that the real reason for the near universal attacks on WikiLeaks is more about secretly maintaining a seriously flawed foreign policy of empire than it is about national security?

8. Is there not a huge difference between releasing secret information to help the enemy in the time of a declared war—which is treason—and the releasing of information to expose our government lies that promote secret wars, death, and corruption?

9. Was it not once considered patriotic to stand up to our government when it’s wrong?

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  • BoB__Yandenberlom
  • cantucwearebrothers
    • 0
      cantucwearebrothers  

    • Scapegoat:

      1) a: goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
      2) a : one that bears the blame for others
      b : one that is the object of irrational hostility

    • 1 year ago
  • noxidereus
  • noxidereus
    • +1
      noxidereus  

    • Why do we just accept the well-known fact that politicians lie to us? I've never understood that. What is wrong with the American people? Why don't we boot out any politician who lies? We should not accept that politicians lie. A lying politician in my opinion is committing treason because they are fraudulently representing reality in order to purposefully cause someone to unwittingly vote against their own best interest. Any form of democracy, such as our republic, absolutely requires a well informed population of voters. We don't have that. Therefore we do not have a functioning democracy, and this is the direct result of the treasonous lies ejaculated all over our ignorant faces by dishonest politicians and reiterated by the media. A bukake of lies!

    • 1 year ago
  • thedirtman
    • 0
      thedirtman  

    • '9. Was it not once considered patriotic to stand up to our government when it’s wrong?'

      On comparing the forefathers with today's leaders three things come to mind immediately.

      1. THEY FOUGHT HARD. The two classic examples were the Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel, and the fight for the Bill of Rights.

      2. THEY WERE JUST AS MAD. In opposing ratification of the Constitution because it lacked the bill of rights George Mason was accused of madness. His response, "When you, sir, lose your mind, no one will notice."

      3. LIES? I don't remember any of the forefathers having a reputation for lies. I think they were able to recount the lies. Credibility was serious then.

    • 1 year ago
  • CreditFigaro
  • Conniepae
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      Conniepae  

    • Important post. No one should be afforded the luxury of lies. The American people deserve the truth! Things won't 'change' until we require honesty! Honesty should not be a choice, it should be a requirement.

      It's time to expose the lies! Not cover them up! Been there, done that. Lies are hurting us, deep in our core.

    • 1 year ago
  • ras_menelik
  • ras_menelik
  • artemis6
  • CalgarC
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