Reply #4: I read it when it came out [View All]

[Hamlette]

and like you was moved. I remember most vividly the description of how the information about the Gulf of Tonkin got screwed up. First reports were that "we" had been hit but it was quickly debunked but the powers that be stuck with the first, erroneous report KNOWING it was untrue. Took Johnson down a notch in my book.

Iraq is not like Vietnam in many ways but the lies are exactly the same. I guess the lesson is you can't trust government in a time of war. (Remember FDR sneaking around even Congress' back to find a way to get us in?)

War and propaganda seem to go hand in hand. Does it have to be that way?

Oh, BTW, I LOVED your book, God of Small Things!