by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | Aug 18, 2015
Mark Twain, detail of photo by Mathew Brady, February 7, 1871
“Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.” — Mark Twain
Let us not forget that Saddam was supported by the U.S. in his war against Iran (500,000 Iraqi dead and 750,000 Iranian dead) and was given the green-light to invade Kuwait … but this green-light was a calculation by the U.S., designed to provided political cover for the Gulf War codenamed Operation Desert Shield:
On July 25, 1990, Saddam Hussein entertained a guest at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie. Glaspie told the Iraqi president: “I have direct instructions from President (George H.W.) Bush to improve our relations with Iraq. We have considerable sympathy for your quest for higher oil prices, the immediate cause of your confrontation with Kuwait.”
AND let us not forget about “The Kuwaiti Incubator Babies – LIE ” Behold the lie that put the public behind the war – The Kuwaiti Incubator Babies…LIE. This entire story was manufactured. The “innocent” girl who testifies “tearfully”, is, in reality, a member of the Kuwaiti royal family and her “story” has been given to her – she was coached.
Behold the former head of the CIA and then current President of the United States, George H.W. Bush,…LIE…through his teeth, about the incubator babies. Do you think that the former head of the CIA would make up such a story?
Joe Plummer: I would add that US aid to “ISIS” also keeps the “war on terror” meme rolling along. It “justifies” the illegal / unconstitutional expansion of government power at home, while maintaining the pretext for continued intervention in the Persian Gulf. This quote from PNAC in 2000 (taken from “Rebuilding America’s Defenses”) provides further insight:
“In the Persian Gulf region, the presence of American forces, along with British and French units, has become a semipermanent fact of life.
Though the immediate mission of those forces is to enforce the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq, they represent the long-term commitment of the United States and its major allies to a region of vital importance. Indeed, the United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security.
While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein.”
from DownsizeDC.org August 17, 2015 By Jim Babka
Your chance to read a secret Pentagon document
Additional Reading on this topic:
U.S. Vs. Iraq: 25 Years and Counting. Who Triggered the 1991 Gulf War?
Global Research, August 16, 2015 |By Mickey Z