How can you believe this crap from a former member of the Reagan administration and editor of the Wall Street Journal when you have people like John Gibson (he covered the O.J. Simpson trial) or Bill O' Reilly (he hosted Inside Edition) or _______(fill in the blank, or Blankley as the case may be.) ? I mean really, why listen to someone who's actually been in government and actually worked at a legitimate news organization when you can have a great big heapin' helpin' of horseshit from a FOX NEWS nobody. I mean, the function of news IS to make you feel good, right? We've 'moved on' from that whole information thing, right?
(PS:GWB had to get a passport when he became President because he'd NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY. I know that makes me feel real good.)

The Adulation of Ignorance
by Paul Craig Roberts

After three years of war in Iraq, reporting and debate continue to ignore the key fact: The U.S. invasion was a mistake.
President Bush himself acknowledges this. He says the war was based on intelligence and the intelligence was wrong. So, then, what is right about the war? If we believe Bush, he would not have taken America and Iraq to war if he had been given correct, instead of incorrect, intelligence about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and connections to al-Qaeda.
In view of this, why is Bush intent on continuing the war? Why is it important to win a war that should not have happened and only happened because U.S. intelligence was mistaken?...

...It is extraordinary that after admitting to erroneously starting a war, Bush wants to do it all over again – this time against a more formidable foe, Iran.
America's adulation of ignorance gives Bush a free hand to repeat his mistake on a larger scale. Karl Rove used 9/11 to recast Bush as the archetypal hero vowing retribution on those who struck at innocent America. Enamored of this role, Americans have ceased to think.
There is no sign of intelligence or accurate reporting on Iran in the newspapers, on television or even over PBS radio....

...Bush has been picking a fight with Iran for a long time. He declared Iran to be part of an "axis of evil." He constantly demonizes Iran and threatens Iran with sanctions and military attack. Israel announced that if Bush doesn't attack Iran, Israel will. Bush disrupted Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose inspectors have found no weapons program in Iran. The media misreport it all as Iran's bad behavior, bad behavior that reflects bad intentions.
The explosive situation in the Middle East needs to be defused, not aggravated. The United States gains nothing by confirming its image as the hegemonic Great Satan.
Nothing is gained by the deaths and maiming of thousands and tens of thousands more people whose lives are thrown away to the purposes of blind propaganda.
Nothing is gained by the U.S. wasting more hundreds of billions dollars that are desperately needed for important and legitimate purposes.
Nothing is gained by the U.S. pressuring with threats and bribes other countries to line up with what they know to be a wrong and dangerous policy.
Nothing is gained by endangering oil flows and a Western transportation system dependent on the internal combustion engine.
Bush's approach is insane. It serves no legitimate purpose. There is no reason for it.
Why is it happening?...http://tinyurl.com/dtudz
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