Syria and Our Discredited Government [View all]
It's sad that we as citizens of the United States cannot believe a word our government says; or for that matter can we believe what the governments of our allies publicly state as "facts".
Our government has been caught lying so many times that when it comes to life and death situations, such as the current Syrian situation, they have no currency of integrity to fall back on. We know that our government lied us into previous wars, all the while proclaiming "irrefutable evidence" of some war crime or other egregious action.
The leaders of our "intelligence" community have lied outright to Congress, with no legal ramifications whatsoever. It might be argued that lying to liars should carry no legal ramifications. But that's an argument for another day.
We're on the cusp of sending more of our sons and daughters into harms way based on the words of people known to lie.
Looking at what this country has become brings nothing but shame.
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