They've learned nothing from Iraq and they don't see any downside to lying, spinning, and cheating.
they don't see any downside to lying, spinning, and cheating.
Are they wrong about that? All opposition (whether from Old Europe or from Democrats, sadly there is apparetnly no such thing as an "opposition" in the UK anymore) has been steamrolled or intimidated into powerlessness thanks to the plian media.
It's going to take a catastrohpe of major proportions to actually stop these people. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
By the way, "neocon" conjures in my mind weveral amusing word associations. In English, "neo con-man" and "we have been neo-conned". In French, "neo-connerie". guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw demanded "a firm response from the international community" to a UN report which implicated senior Syrian officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
The two appeared Sunday in a joint interview with BBC Television and charged Syria with "at the very least... not co-operating" with the investigation by chief UN investigator Detlev Mehlis.
Rice said the report indicated a cover-up by Syrian officials and called it "very disturbing". The U.S. is calling for an immediate high-level UN Security Council meeting to formulate a response to the findings.
Straw says action needed on Syria
BBC NEWS: VIDEO AND AUDIO Syria 'not co-operating' says Rice US secretary of state: Syria is 'not co-operating' in the wake of a report on the death of Lebanese ex-PM Rafik Hariri. 23/10/2005
"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
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