Neo-Cons and the greatest con of all — Farish A Noor

[45th Med]

These latest security measures have merely confirmed the suspicion of the US’ detractors that the country is making a slide towards authoritarianism, with its government showing decidedly fascistic proclivities

There is a saying that has been attributed to Adolf Hitler: “If you want to tell a lie, then tell a big one.” Granted that telling the difference between lies, half-lies, half-truths and truths deemed too truthful to be told is growing ever more difficult these days, but one still needs to have the will and courage to speak the truth to power as was shown most explicitly in the exemplary life of the late Edward Said, who did so with conviction and not to mention a fair amount of eloquence to boot. But these days the lies are raining down on us thick and fast, and nowhere is this hailstorm of lies so strong as it is in the corridors of power in Washington.

The greatest con of all