While I'm happy to believe the US consistently lies about most things

they do not ruthlessly kill their own private citizens (although they have allowed proxies to do so to their own people in other countries - South Vietnam, East Timor, Indonesia, Chile (the other 9/11 incidentally), Argentina, etc., etc.).

With a compliant media in close attention they don't need to - the lies that lead to the invasion of Iraq being a case in point. Read some Chomsky - the classic "Manufacturing Consent" is a good starting point.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on June 1st 2006 at 01:06:26

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I've just read this (General Chat) - pants, Jun 1, 00:32:34
- Interesting documentary re the Pentagon building (General Chat) - oh arr, Jun 1, 13:34:57
- Can I recommend to you all... (General Chat) - Arganth, Jun 1, 08:18:11
  - Fuck's sake, not you as well! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 1, 09:00:22
    - Lol. While I don't disagree about wasting time... (General Chat) - Arganth, Jun 1, 09:15:38
- While I'm happy to believe the US consistently lies about most things (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jun 1, 01:06:26
  - It is a fair point to question why barely any wreckage has been recovered from two (General Chat) - pants, Jun 1, 01:23:15
    - you need to see the documentary about the reinforcement of the Pentagon wing (General Chat) - oh arr, Jun 1, 13:44:16
- lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jun 1, 00:37:12
  - United 93 comes out next week too, I bet that's a really factual account of what happened (General Chat) - pants, Jun 1, 00:46:33
    - Yeah not much help to those who died either is it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Duck and Chips, Jun 1, 09:58:01
      - true (General Chat) - pants, Jun 1, 10:35:58

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