{"id":3663,"date":"2007-09-28T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3663"},"modified":"2019-10-13T12:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T18:46:41","slug":"the-mega-lie-called-the-war-on-terror-a-masterpiece-of-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/the-mega-lie-called-the-war-on-terror-a-masterpiece-of-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mega-Lie Called the “War on Terror”: A Masterpiece of Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the state can shield the people from the political, economic and\/or military consequences of the lie … The truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the state.” <\/em>–Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945Since Sept. 11, 2001, the administration of George W. Bush has told and repeated a lie that is “big enough” to confirm Joseph Goebbels’ testimony. It is a mega-lie, and the American people have come to believe it. It is the “War on Terror.”<\/p>\n

The Bush administration endlessly recites its mantra of deceit:<\/p>\n

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The War on Terror was launched in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It is intended to enhance our national security at home and to spread democracy in the Middle East.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is the struggle of our lifetime; we are defending our way of life from an enemy intent on destroying our freedoms. We must fight the enemy in the Middle East, or we will fight him in our cities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is classic propaganda. In Goebbels’ terms, it is the “state” speaking its lie, but the political, economic, and military consequences of the Bush administration lie are coming into view, and they are all catastrophic. If truth is the enemy of both the lie and George Bush’s “state,” then the American people need to know the truth.<\/p>\n

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If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. 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