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Old March 6th 07, 04:44 AM posted to sci.space.history,sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall
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Default Bye-bye INF treaty?

Matt wrote:

:Fred J. McCall wrote:
: Matt wrote:
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:snipped
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: :http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...177726543.html
:
: Too easily explained as 'disgruntled employee'. Just reading the web
: page cited and noting the phrasing makes it pretty clear that the
: writer is more interested in 'spin' than accuracy.
:
:
:Considering the circumstances of his resignation, yes, he will sound
:like a disgruntled employee. Paraphrasing - "In my job as an analyst, I
:can see there is no evidence of Iraq having WMDs that are a threat, but
:the gov.au is saying that my department backs their assertion that they
:do. I want no part of it." You value your ethical standards, too, right?
:
:The upshot is, if Australian intelligence was aware of this prior to
:troop deployment to Iraq, it's not a stretch to say that so did the
:intelligence agencies of those major countries you mentioned.
:
:Are you shocked that our governments might actually bend the truth for
:the sake of furthering political endeavours? Let's face it, war is good
:for the economy, and we really need that oil..

I'm shocked that you can't read 'spin' and recognize it. Hell, I
actually had an English course on propaganda and how it works when I
was in high school and yet here you are not being able to recognize
blatant bias when you read it.

Ask yourself how much oil the US got from or is getting from Iraq.

Hint: If it was all about oil, we'd have invaded Canada. We get a
lot more oil from them, they're closer, and the women are probably
friendlier.

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"False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul with evil."
-- Socrates