{"id":65708,"date":"2003-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2003\/08\/12\/la-saga-des-mensonges-vrais-et-la-crise-washingtonienne\/"},"modified":"2003-08-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-08-12T00:00:00","slug":"la-saga-des-mensonges-vrais-et-la-crise-washingtonienne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2003\/08\/12\/la-saga-des-mensonges-vrais-et-la-crise-washingtonienne\/","title":{"rendered":"La saga des \u201cmensonges vrais\u201d et la crise washingtonienne<\/em><\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

La saga des mensonges vrais et la crise washingtonienne<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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\t12 ao\u00fbt 2003 On a vu la formule de Tony Blair, un peu comme celle du Pastis : un volume de vrai (ou, disons, de pas-faux), 5 volumes de bidon. (\u00ab Blair’s government is five parts spin to one part substance<\/em> \u00bb, selon Clive Crook, du National Journal<\/a>). Une autre formule est celle d’un film de Schwarzeneger, culturiste, acteur, fils de dignitaire nazi autrichien et futur gouverneur de Californie, film titr\u00e9, \u00e0 la sauce hollywoodienne : True Lies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tL’\u00e9ditorial de BuzzFlash<\/em>, ci-apr\u00e8s, avec sa hargne, son exasp\u00e9ration, nous restitue l’atmosph\u00e8re actuelle \u00e0 Washington, o\u00f9 tout nous confirme que les fous dirigent l’h\u00f4pital. Cette atmosph\u00e8re appara\u00eet si tendue, si \u00e9lectrique, devant l’accumulation des mensonges et la bataille pour faire de ces mensonges des v\u00e9rit\u00e9s, que nous nous trouvons dans un processus de tension interne \u00e0 Washington qui peut aboutir \u00e0 de graves \u00e9v\u00e9nements au sein de l’establishment<\/em>. Le point chaud du monde de ces prochains mois n’est ni Bagdad, ni Ryad, ni Jerusalem, mais Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tUn \u00e9v\u00e9nement extraordinaire que nous restitue d’abord cet \u00e9ditorial, c’est cette affirmation qu’on trouve de plus en plus r\u00e9pandue, notamment et essentiellement sur Internet qui se confirme comme un acteur majeur de la crise : le nouveau chef de l’\u00e9quipe US partie \u00e0 la recherche des WMD en Irak, David Kay, est, en fait, en mission l\u00e0-bas pour installer des faux-WMD et permettre \u00e0 GW un gros coup de relations publiques en septembre. Il s’agit d’une mission dont la probabilit\u00e9 n’a jamais quitt\u00e9 notre esprit, avec simplement l’\u00e9tonnement constant qu’elle n’ait pas \u00e9t\u00e9 entreprise avant. L’aspect le plus extraordinaire est dans cette circonstance que cette mission soit annonc\u00e9e avant qu’elle ait abouti, promettant une pol\u00e9mique tout aussi extraordinaire le jour o\u00f9 il sera annonc\u00e9 qu’on a trouv\u00e9 des WMD, si c’est le cas. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t(Il faut \u00e9galement aller sur l’original de l’\u00e9ditorial de Buzzflash,<\/a> qui donne plusieurs liens conduisant \u00e0 des sources tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressantes sur cette affaire. Il y a notamment le site xymphora.blogspot.com<\/a>, qui d\u00e9veloppe des sp\u00e9culations nombreuses sur ces questions, dont certaines instructives, et donne lui-m\u00eame l’acc\u00e8s \u00e0 des liens utiles. Lire \u00e9galement le texte de Martin Schwartz, \u00abWMD threats as political football\u00bb.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tL’atmosph\u00e8re est une atmosph\u00e8re de complot \u00e0 l’int\u00e9rieur de l’administration, de d\u00e9sordre du monde politique, de manipulations en sens divers, avec l’apparition de forces de circonstance tentant de s’opposer \u00e0 cette situation et qui peuvent jouer un r\u00f4le important. Un texte de ce jour de Jim Lobe<\/a> compare justement la situation \u00e0 celle du scandale Irangate<\/em>, qui mit en p\u00e9ril la pr\u00e9sidence Reagan et la r\u00e9duisit \u00e0 la gestion des affaires courantes \u00e0 partir de 1986. Jim Lobe explore les similitudes et les parall\u00e8les entre les deux situations, et il dit de l’actuelle situation par rapport \u00e0 celle de 1986 : \u00ab The picture emerging from the latest reports about the manipulation of intelligence in the drive to war with Iraq, as well as efforts by administration hawks to deliberately aggravate tensions with Syria, Iran, and North Korea in defiance of official State Department and US policy, suggest a similar but much more ambitious scheme at work.<\/em> \u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tWatergate, Irangate, tous ces mots qui rappellent pour nous le pass\u00e9 de scandales li\u00e9s aux abus de pouvoir de diverses administrations, semblent aujourd’hui potentiellement se rassembler pour offrir la possibilit\u00e9 d’une crise majeure. Les \u00e0-c\u00f4t\u00e9s de la campagne \u00e9lectorale, encore 15 mois pour arriver \u00e0 l’\u00e9lection, m\u00e9nageront de multiples occasions pour que ce baril de poudre qu’est devenue la situation politicienne \u00e0 Washington explose. La situation est devenue si explosive, effectivement, parce qu’aux pratiques habituelles d’un syst\u00e8me en d\u00e9clin acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9 s’ajoute l’extraordinaire imbroglio des mensonges vrais d’un syst\u00e8me virtualisme dont l’activit\u00e9 n’a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi grande (\u00ab Is anything real anymore? Are we living in a parallel universe where \u00a0\u00bbtrue lies\u00a0\u00bb have replaced our Constitutional form of government?<\/em> \u00bb).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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That’s Entertainment<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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\tA Buzzflash Editorial, 11 August, 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIt’s all marketing, image, and entertainment to the Bush Cartel. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tLike an Arnold Schwarzenegger film, the Bush Cartel doesn’t see any need for the truth to enter into the equation. The question they ask when \u00a0\u00bbrolling out a new product\u00a0\u00bb is how can \u00a0\u00bbwe entertain, distract, lie and frighten the American public to allow us to achieve our self-serving goals?\u00a0\u00bb Their goal is really the title of one of Schwarzenegger’s more popular films: \u00a0\u00bbTrue Lies.\u00a0\u00bb <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tExcept that there are no \u00a0\u00bbtrue lies\u00a0\u00bb that can explain the death of a soldier to his\/her grieving family and friends. They are just cynically crafted lies that end up in deaths: 260 American soldiers dead in Iraq since the war started, with more than 1,000 wounded (estimate). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tAnd lies may be a form of entertainment on the big screen, but, as a matter of national governmental policy, they are the centerpieces of a morally corrupt executive branch.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tBut the Bush administration is skilled at what it does best. It stores up spare lies to buttress up its original lies. As BuzzFlash predicted before the Iraqi war, if Bush couldn’t find WMDs, he would plant them or plant evidence of them. Right now, David Kay is the Bush Cartel’s Johnny Appleseed, trying to stitch together a report that will reveal that the Bush Cartel wasn’t lying about the reasons it went to war with Iraq, instead of, let’s say the real \u00a0\u00bbmother of all terrorist nurturers,\u00a0\u00bb Saudi Arabia. Kay’s job is to patch together \u00a0\u00bbtrue lies\u00a0\u00bb that will \u00a0\u00bbprove\u00a0\u00bb that the first fusillade of Bush Cartel mistruths weren’t lies. In short, Kay’s mission for the Bush Cartel is to produce \u00a0\u00bbcredible lies\u00a0\u00bb to firm up disproved lies. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tBush even, inadvertently, said in a news conference with Tony Blair: \u00a0\u00bbBut we will bring the weapons and, of course — we will bring the information forward on the weapons when they find them. And that will end up — end all this speculation.\u00a0\u00bb Was it a Bushism or a \u00a0\u00bbTrue Lie\u00a0\u00bb? Who knows. It’s hard to figure out when a liar is telling the truth.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tRobert Novak, the conservative journalist who assisted the Bush administration in outing a CIA operative specializing in tracking in the trafficking of WMDs , recently revealed (from a Bush Cartel source, of course) that the Bush Cartel (read: Karl Rove) will roll out the new \u00a0\u00bbcredibility enhanced\u00a0\u00bb WMD allegations in September. Does anyone remember last summer when Andrew Card announced that Bush was vacationing for a month in August because the summer was no time to roll out a \u00a0\u00bbnew product\u00a0\u00bb such as the propaganda campaign for the war with Iraq? That would have to wait until September, which it did.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tYes, it is indeed all marketing, product packaging, and entertainment to the Bush Cartel. What more glorious tribute to their success is there than the just released KBtoys \u00a0\u00bbElite Force\u00a0\u00bb figure of Bush. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIndeed, KBtoys molds Bush into heroic proportions, with a breathless description of the figure that could no doubt subdue Al-Qaida in one fell swoop of his jet: \u00a0\u00bbBBI proudly introduces the latest issue in its Elite Force series of authentic military 12-inch figures, President George W. Bush in naval aviator flight uniform. Exacting in detail and fully equipped with authentic gear, this limited-edition action figure is a meticulous 1:6 scale recreation of the Commander-in-Chief’s appearance during his historic Aircraft Carrier landing.\u00a0\u00bb An AWOL Vietnam Chickenhawk has been transformed, through the world of toys, entertainment and showmanship into a fearsome \u00a0\u00bbaviator\u00a0\u00bb warrior.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tWe shouldn’t be surprised. In 1980, America elected an actor as president, who often referred, teary-eyed, to sentimental moments in American history that only had occurred in Hollywood films. We had eight years of a man acting the role of president. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tKarl Rove has groomed Bush well. Have him say as little as possible, make sure it is all scripted and choreographed, and build the image of competence around him through visual cues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tAfter all Bush’s landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln was hardly criticized in the mainstream media for its extravagant cost, poor taste, inappropriateness and irony, considering Bush’s cowardly record of service. The media, and particularly cable television, judged Bush almost solely on his \u00a0\u00bbperformance.\u00a0\u00bb Did he fulfill the image of someone who could pull off a stunt like that? In fact, Bush got many points for appearing to be a brave aviator, despite his shameful AWOL Vietnam-evading history. In short he was praised for his ability to appear to be something he wasn’t. This led to Sunday morning pundits and brain dead columnists speculating on how no Democrat could beat Bush because of his acting ability, in essence. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tOf course, Bush stood below an enormous banner draped across the aircraft carrier that proclaimed, \u00a0\u00bbMission Accomplished.\u00a0\u00bb Since Bush pulled off his stunt, 121 American soldiers have died in Iraq and hundreds have been injured (as of August 10). The number of U.S. troops who have died since the \u00a0\u00bbMission Accomplished\u00a0\u00bb PR extravaganza will shortly exceed the number of those who died prior to the event. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIt’s not about good government or good policy, it’s all about performance and image. It’s not even about what Bush says, because most of the time he can’t talk his way out of a paper bag. The media daily overlooks what he says and publishes or airs the intended Karl Rove image of Bush. He isn’t held accountable for his words or actions, only his image.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThis is a paradox. This is a conundrum. But it is the story of Bush.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tHe has been a failure at almost everything he has ever attempted as an adult, but he has been a success at his \u00a0\u00bbimage\u00a0\u00bb of being a Bush. He gets full credit for his pedigree, without being held accountable for his actions or words.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThe media is almost like the owner of the offspring of a \u00a0\u00bbBest of Show\u00a0\u00bb prize winning poodle. The only problem is that the son of the poodle, so to speak, has chewed up and destroyed all the furniture in the house. When a neighbor comes and asks in astonishment, \u00a0\u00bbYour poodle did all this damage?\u00a0\u00bb the owner responds, \u00a0\u00bbOf course not, he would never be so destructive. He is the son of a prize winning pedigree poodle. It’s not in his genes to do such a thing.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tWell, George W. Bush is the son of a poodle, and this isn’t just entertainment. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIf Gray Davis is recalled and Arnold Schwarzenegger wins the governorship, it won’t be entertainment either. The problems of California are representative of the problems of the nation — and those are the problems caused by Bush Incorporated looting this country to oil the \u00a0\u00bbcash and carry government\/campaign finance operation\u00a0\u00bb that is its business.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThe only campaign that works against the Republicans is chipping away at their carefully crafted image of \u00a0\u00bbhonesty and trust.\u00a0\u00bb We know they are the antithesis of this, but the majority of Americans don’t.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tDemocrats too quickly let up when they have Bush caught in his own vice of dishonesty and deceit. Rove and the Rumsfeld helpers at the Pentagon are Houdinis at distracting attention when the true shamelessness, cynicism and deceit of the Bush Cartel is exposed. Count on a phantom sighting of Saddam or terrorist alert to come out of the woodwork when Bush is on the ropes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tEven knee-jerk middle class Republicans were starting to question Bush’s honesty, but the White House once again rerouted the train that was starting to derail Bush’s credibility. Once again, they are waiting until September to begin their offensive. The momentum of criticism from the media and the Democrats already has begun to wilt in the dog days of August. The middle class Republicans and the Independents aren’t hearing the drumbeat of questions being raised about Bush’s lies much anymore. The White House sees the canvas has been wiped clean again, and they will begin to paint their latest image enhancement of Bush in September.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThe 2004 presidential election will not be won or lost on issues.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIt will be simply this: If Bush goes into the November, 2004, election with his version of \u00a0\u00bbTrue Lies\u00a0\u00bb accepted by the majority of Americans, he will win.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIf the Democrats and the media expose Bush’s lies as a betrayal of America, if most Americans see Bush as a man with shaky credibility, who broke his bond of trust with the American people and the American military, Bush loses.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tReaders of BuzzFlash know that the latter scenario would mark the path of truth, not politically scripted \u00a0\u00bbtrue lies,\u00a0\u00bb but it remains to be seen, given the avalanche of deception that this administration drops upon the American public, whether the Democrats have the stamina to keep up the battle and whether the media will decide its obligation is to the American public, not a deceptive administration that values serial lying as an art from.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tThose of us who value our democracy and our Constitution can only work to expose one lie at a time, despite the stress of keeping up with them. It’s like trying to fight off one of those locust invasions you see in the movies that devastated crops in the Midwest during the depression.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tYou see, it all comes back to entertainment. Is anything real anymore? Are we living in a parallel universe where \u00a0\u00bbtrue lies\u00a0\u00bb have replaced our Constitutional form of government? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tOr are we just a passive audience watching a film scripted by Karl Rove and some \u00a0\u00bbneo-con whiz kids\u00a0\u00bb at the Pentagon?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tBut those deaths of our soldiers in Iraq are real, aren’t they? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\t[Notre recommandation est que ce texte doit \u00eatre lu avec la mention classique \u00e0 l’esprit, Disclaimer: In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only..]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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