Comments on: Is this for real? https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/02/is-this-for-real-2/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/02/is-this-for-real-2/#comment-26525 bowser Mon, 02 Sep 2013 20:03:40 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37309#comment-26525 We should have learned that we cannot take what is reported by politicians, "credible" spies, "informed insiders" and the media is necessarily true. What if Saddam had published much the same thing prior to the war. We'd have laughed, thought it was amateurish, commented we weren't as dumb as he thought we were and dismissed it completely. I don't know whether that report is true, half true or completely false because no one involved is honest. Neither side. And it doesn't matter. The scripts have been written, there will be a foreign intervention, and the mess will continue with just different characters killing different Syrians. There aren't any good guys, there are just Arabians, and maybe Russians and Chinese and certainly Israelis attempting to manipulate the US. Obama is being smart. He's not following the knee-jerk war plan "do something" being advocated by the right-wing. He ain't gonna take the rap alone. Good man. We should have learned that we cannot take what is reported by politicians, “credible” spies, “informed insiders” and the media is necessarily true.

What if Saddam had published much the same thing prior to the war. We’d have laughed, thought it was amateurish, commented we weren’t as dumb as he thought we were and dismissed it completely.

I don’t know whether that report is true, half true or completely false because no one involved is honest. Neither side.

And it doesn’t matter. The scripts have been written, there will be a foreign intervention, and the mess will continue with just different characters killing different Syrians. There aren’t any good guys, there are just Arabians, and maybe Russians and Chinese and certainly Israelis attempting to manipulate the US.

Obama is being smart. He’s not following the knee-jerk war plan “do something” being advocated by the right-wing. He ain’t gonna take the rap alone. Good man.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2013/09/02/is-this-for-real-2/#comment-26520 ER Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:31:48 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=37309#comment-26520 I don't know for a fact, and there's no reason any one of those stories might not be true. But there are too many and they are all too evil to be believed collectively. My guess its propaganda, and very bad propaganda at that. Even if I were totally ignorant about any of these issues, the tone and rhythm of the piece, as well as the alleged source, argues compellingly for bullshit. Very crude bullshit. Confidence level of assessment: 97.283% I don’t know for a fact, and there’s no reason any one of those stories might not be true. But there are too many and they are all too evil to be believed collectively.

My guess its propaganda, and very bad propaganda at that. Even if I were totally ignorant about any of these issues, the tone and rhythm of the piece, as well as the alleged source, argues compellingly for bullshit. Very crude bullshit.

Confidence level of assessment: 97.283%

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