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Originally Posted by MontyB Yep and the minute those same politicians found out that what they had signed was made up of half truths and disinformation they promptly changed their minds as did the general public.
Whether you like it or not people make up their minds based on the information they are given and I would suggest that the big rush to get into Iraq was caused primarily because the US/UK administrations knew damn well that their public support would not stand up with long term scrutiny.
In the world up until about 1950 you could get away with misleading people it took ages for information to traverse the world now its not so easy because information is transmitted via telephone, internet, news and general travel almost instantaneously around the world, it is becoming harder and harder to fool any of the people for any length of time these days.
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So, what you are stating, in brevity, is that politicians are not responsible for their own signatures? In other words, President Bush cannot be held accountable for the invasion given his advisory committee; likewise, I am not responsible for any driving infractions occurring between the time I received my license and now if I was not personally aware than a new law was enacted?
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In the world up until about 1950 you could get away with misleading people it took ages for information to traverse the world now its not so easy because information is transmitted via telephone, internet, news and general travel almost instantaneously around the world, it is becoming harder and harder to fool any of the people for any length of time these days.
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Given that I fully agree, please explain this statement directly preceding it:
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Yep and the minute those same politicians found out that what they had signed was made up of half truths and disinformation they promptly changed their minds as did the general public.
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So, which is it, my friend? Are the politicians and "general public" of this country just stupid, or were people "duped and fooled" and, in retrospect, stupid?