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There was no escaping the arl propaganda as war raged in The Gulf. Whilst all reports being sent out from Iraq by our own reporters were under scrutiny by the Iraqi authorities, so we're told, obviously reports that were reported to us by our own media services were not screened by our own censors? Amazingly, Blair was sussed as merely speculating, or lying, however you want to view it, with regards to statements he made during the conflict. Like it or not, lying is one thing that governments do well.

 

Every time Saddam appeared on screen that familiar reminder that as to exactly which one of the several Saddam Hussein look-a-likes should be taking the credit wasn't 'quite clear'. After all, only our enemies lie don't they? The KGB used to murder its own people to keep the status quo, we would never do that. And that was it, we could do no wrong. Anyone who thought that this war was over the imperial interests of the US and UK was branded a 'conspiracy nut', whereas anyone who refused to believe that those tv images of Hussein during the war were, in fact, look-a-likes and not the man himself were presented as naive. Amazingly, that's how many dim [****!!****] saw it. So top marks to those who planned it that way.

 

 

 

30 years ago in Chile a coup was carried out against a democratically elected government which resulted in the murder of many under orders from General Augusto Pinochet. A little while back, the former dictator was in a situation which could have saw the UK government hand him over to the Spanish authorities to answer charges concerning violation of human rights with murder and torture. However, the government which now takes human rights so seriously as to constantly remind the UK public of the 'former' Iraq's lack of 'em did not see things that way when Pinochet was in their hands and could have been dealt with accordingly. Instead they let him go and he shuffled frailly to his awaiting aircraft in the UK and on touching down at Santiago airport perfected a somersault and forward roll worthy of anything Nadia Comaneci could offer at gold level.

 

So, it's worth remembering that not everything you hear is kosher. And our crowd have as much reason to lie as most. Most disgracefully is what happens when democracy is not quite going as planned. World opinion was in a majority against the war, and there was much anti-war feeling in the UK. Labour MP George Galloway became one of those who was not afraid to provide a voice to the anti-war movement. The media has since slurred him and no doubt with a push from more sinister forces. Blair and his cronies intend to destroy George Galloway for nothing more than exercising a democratic right to oppose military action in the region. It would appear that democracy is fine, but not in the ranks of New Labour.

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