Bush and Blair, a couple of comedians: Four types of lies

By: Mark Franklin

It was Benjamin Disraeli who once remarked, “There are three types of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.” Some attribute the origin of that statement to Mark Twain, but that is another lie. With the advent of the Bush War and all the propaganda, all three types of lies mentioned by Disraeli have come to pass, but there is another lie too “the funny lie” that has been used a bit recently. A funny lie is something you might hear Bush or Blair say, usually by accident. Think a minute about how all four lies have been used recently.

The basic lie: The basic lie used initially is that we in America were to liberate the Iraqis. We were told that these people wanted to be “liberated,” that they would greet us with rose petals on the streets. And we were also told that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that he would use too. In reality, we are not liberating anyone. No rose petals for us. We are engaged in a pre-emptive war and trying to take over a beleaguered country that posed no immediate danger to the U.S. In fact, Iraqi civilians are taking up arms against U.S. troops. And, as those with a bit of intelligence noted, if Hussein does have such weapons, it seems that he is much more likely to use them now that he is being attacked than if let alone.

The damn lie: In order to get Americans to support Bush War, President George W. Bush told us some “damn lies.” For instance, he said that the International Atomic Energy Commission had issued a report that said Saddam was months away from developing a nuclear bomb. The Commission said no such thing, and issued no such report. Bush also said that Hussein gassed several thousand of his own people. However, when scientists examined the corpses of these people who were caught in a cross-fire between Iran, who was using a cyanide-type of gas, and Iraq, who was using mustard gas, the scientists determined that the deaths were due to the cyanide-gas. And it was a few hundred people who died, not tens of thousands. Bush also told us that Hussein couldn’t prove that he doesn’t have such weapons. Of course, you can’t disprove a negative. Statistics More recently, I’ve seen a few statistics’ that seem to suggest Americans want this war, which I think is the third type of lie. Now, I’ve always questioned these “statistics,” which always say they have an error rate of “plus or minus 3 percent.” Somehow, 1,500 surveyed are representative of 280 million in the U.S. Of course, if the statisticians survey New York City, Miami, and other areas with a heavy Jewish (who are, for the most part, pro-Zionist) population, I think this might skew the results. In reality, these surveys probably have a plus/minus error rate of 80 percent. I think most Americans support our troops. I think most Americans do not want to see our troops die. So I have difficulty believing that most Americans support sending our children off to a foreign land to get killed in a pre-emptive strike. (Bush himself refused to serve in Vietnam when he was enlisted, as reported by Talion.com.)

The funny lie: It is important to understand, however, that Bush and Blair are not always so far removed from their constituents (who they’re supposed to serve). Every once in a while, you can hear them do or say something funny. Hence, we come to that “funny lie” that I mentioned at the beginning. Now, a funny-lie is something you might hear a comedian say, something that makes you laugh. It need not even be planned that way. What I read the other day was certainly that funny-lie: Bush and Blair met to discuss making Palestine a separate state in 2005. What was so funny is that they actually expect people to believe that they’re sincere. It was in an article that appeared in the London Times (‘Blair Wants Debt Repaid with Push for Mideast Peace,’ March 29): http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5944-627244,00.html

You have to wonder if these two charlatans, Bush and Blair, are going to liberate the Palestinians in the same manner as the Iraqis. Are American troops next to go to Palestine and “liberate” them from their duly elected President. If not for the British and American governments, the Palestinians wouldn’t have been kicked out of their homes and murdered on a regular basis in the first place. Everyone knows that Bush, Blair, and their Zionist plutocrats would just as soon see all Palestinians dead. For them to suggest that they want to bring their own special brand of “peace” to the Mideast, that’s almost comical. More people to be liberated Bush’s crony, Defense Secretary Donny Rumsfeld, has already suggested that America go after Syria and Iran (for the benefit of Israel, no doubt). This was also mentioned in an article appearing in the London Times (“US Turns Sights on Syria and Iran,” March 29):

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5944-627288,00.html

So, it might not be too surprising if, after America liberates Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Libya from its rulers (assuming that there is still an America after that and Russia and China don’t join together in a desperate attempt to restore some sense to this nation being run by Zionist plutocrats), America’s leaders then choose to share their dreams of “liberation” with the Palestinian people as well. One has to wonder if Bush and Blair are insane.

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