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US Government Caught Manipulating Wikipedia
surfi writes "As The Inquirer points out, someone with a House of Representatives IP address has been feeding propaganda into the 'invasion of Iraq' article on Wikipedia."
Well at least they are in good company with trustworthy institutions like
the CIA and the Vatican.
Yeah, they are lapping it up. And you're the perfect example of what I'm talking about: something you disagree with (or, probably more accurately, don't understand)? It's then a "shrill, idiotic right-wing troll".
And yes, hordes of people who are criticizing the CIA for destroying the interrogation tapes, after even the White House told them not too, can't get enough of the November Iran NIE, which was largely produced by HUMINT from that very same CIA, as probably the largest contributor to the relevant information in this NIE.
Also, I have no idea, at all, where you get out of anything that I said that any of this argues for an invasion of Iran to kill "another half million people". (Where was the first half million? In Iraq, where even when you take literally everyone who died for any reason, related to the invasion or no, it's even hard to have that kind of number stand up to any kind of scrutiny? Or perhaps we should look at the figures from human rights organizations, who said that about 50,000 Iraqis died each year as a direct result of Saddam's corruption of the UN programs meant to help his people? Or maybe we should just pull the wool over our eyes and pretend that the US wanted to indiscriminately kill as many innocent Iraqis as possible, since that, you know helps our mission oh-so-much? Anything but the truth.)
I imagine the recent stories about Iraq being significantly calmer on the whole, with progress being made in formerly-troubled areas, and a marked uptick in indicators of progress really get under your skin. That's the really disturbing part: you'd probably prefer that Iraq completely collapse on itself, with no care or regard for the Iraqi people, just so you can feel comfortable in your smug and arrogant beliefs, in which you selectively pick anything that supports your view and discount anything that doesn't as lies, instead of realizing the world is a hell of a lot more complex.
And keep in mind that whether Iran is currently actively pursuing nuclear weapons development is separate from Iran's continuing enrichment activities, and being in continuing violation of NPT and UN provisions. There are few logical reasons for Iran, given its own easy, local access to cheap energy sources, to continue its nuclear research, with its comparatively high associated costs and difficulty, for supposedly "peaceful purposes".
Even if it is presently accurate that Iran is not currently involved in a major project to specifically produce a nuclear weapon, it does not mean that Iran doesn't still represent a danger on that front. Indeed, some are asking why Iran is viewing this NIE as a "victory". I think the answer is clear: this will be trumpeted by many as proof that some in the US were "wrong" on Iran, leaving Iran more free than ever to continue its nuclear research, which will - no matter its ostensible purpose - bring Iran closer to a nuclear weapon.
Why isn't this moron modded off topic? Oh, Because it's an anti-Bush comment.
Let me let you in on a secret, you blathering imbecile, no one cares what you think about Bush. Repeating 3rd grade epithets doesn't impress us, so stop wasting your time.