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In reply to the discussion: Obama vs Hersh [View all]alarimer
(16,245 posts)No government official should be trusted to tell the whole truth. They never do. they lie constantly, often to make something more palatable to the people, or to sell their latest war.
The rah-rah bullshit goes nowhere with me. Of course Obama lied; he's lied about nearly everything, the just-so story about OBL always seemed designed to sell a movie or something. And of course there was one, complete with the participation of the military, which makes it a propaganda piece, not entertainment.
"They sell us the president the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us everything from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our wars" - Jackson Browne, "Lives in the Balance"
Trusting the president no matter what is ideology, not rationality. If these claims were made about the Bush administration, we would elevate Hersh as a hero. But he is attacking "our" guy's official story (actually a carefully-crafted, ready for prime-time tale, complete with good guys and a very bad guy, ready-made for Hollywood), so that makes him a crank.