Lie And Rely - A Martian View of The Media's
Pro-War Propaganda Bubble
'It is at moments like these that the illusion of benign
leadership can begin to crumble. The projection of Blair as a
"reasonable guy" thinly conceals a Machiavellian intent to be
unleashed on defenceless people - human beings like us. We can't allow it
to happen. Even if we thought only of ourselves, even if we believed Bush
and Blair, war would be an insane option - attacking Iraq brings the
prospect of terror attacks against Britain very much closer. It thereby
offers hope of the kind of Orwellian permanent war on which all
authoritarian and exploitative power thrives. This, in turn, offers the
horrific prospect of an ever-deepening entrenchment of the forces of
irresponsible greed and violence'
( MediaLens )
Iraq - What Next?
(PDF)
'Iraq’s failure to produce a complete declaration does constitute a material breach of Resolution 1441. The question, however, is whether it constitutes a wise, compelling, and necessary casus belli. We believe that it does not. Only if the administration’s true aim is to remove the current government of Iraq as a matter of principle would a turn to war at this moment make sense. If that is the case, of course the inspection and disarmament process now underway is irrelevant.'
( Joseph Cirincione et al via CEIP )
http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm
