"Political language . . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." George Orwell

November 23, 2005

Iraq: Why no outrage? by Linda Heard

The question I will leave you to mull over is this. Saddam Hussein is an undisputed baddie, who irreparably damaged his own country and his neighbors, but are we the ostensible do-gooders, the sophisticates, the enlightened, the promoters of our democratic way of life actually much better? I, for one, am not only thoroughly ashamed but also downright angry. Why aren’t you?

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