Britain accused on terror lab claim, Story of find in Afghan cave 'was made up'...

The Guardian - UK ^ | March 24, 2002 | Peter Beaumont and Ed Vulliamy

[The Great Satan]

To be quite honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the story was made up. I also wouldn't be surprised if the leak of the discredited story about a nuke in NYC was a calculated, propagandistic act on the part of the Administration. This is war, and the government is busy managing public opinion, keeping us ginned up for the battle ahead while doing what it can to minimize panic and economic uncertainty. This is what governments do in war time. Thus mythical germ factories in far-away Afghanistan and past-tense nuclear false alarms serve as proxies for the real and concrete threat that was spelled out in very simple terms in the letters to Daschle and Brokaw.

[uncbob]

To be quite honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the story was made up.

And you think it is alright because that is what governments do in time of war
Well in a republic the government supposed exists at the behest of the people . So this should NOT be acceptable

[Free the USA]

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[The Great Satan]

It isn't the government promoting the theory that the anthrax came from Saddam Hussein. I deduced that all by myself, thank you very much. On the contrary, it is the FBI that has been feeding the press pablum about "an unmarried loner with scientific training." (The FBI's profiler knows he's unmarried, because otherwise his wife would have turned him in -- see?). The question is, why are they are feeding us this BS? Why did they not tell us for six months that one of the 9-11 hijackers was actually treated for cutaneous anthrax? Well, I guess that's for the authorities to know, and for us to figure out.

[dalebert]

They are either with us or against us. Why do they need an excuse to support policy that is right.

[The Great Satan]

Why should we believe any story that comes out of a government with a history of consistant lying and which holds that it is acceptable to lie to "manage public opinion"?

In general, I don't. My assumption is that the administration is primarily interested in preserving the security and prosperity of the United States and, if they believe that lies-of-omission, shading or spinning of the truth, or "white lies" will further those objectives, they will do it.

[Spar]

Did you both read the claim made on a BBC program and reported by the BBC news that the letter sent anthrax was a CIA stunt gone bad?

[The Great Satan]

Yes, BS from Barbara (Nut)hatch Rosenberg. Same old same old.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[Kate22]

This is clearly just a case of being caught out. Usually, the British govt is asked to provide its Orwell-esque spin, just as Alastair Campbell being dispatched to Brussels and Nato HQ in times of 'need'. Sometimes the spinmeisters throw one into the mix for good measure, even when not specifically commissioned.

Thanks for the flag Black Jade.

[rdavis84]

"Why should we believe any story that comes out of a government with a history of consistant lying and which holds that it is acceptable to lie to "manage public opinion"?"

Because jr. is equivalent to Soloman? There was a Thread on that. Of course, the idolators are still trying to decipher what he said.

[mafree]

Why should we believe any story that comes out of a government with a history of consistant lying and which holds that it is acceptable to lie to "manage public opinion"?

Amen.

[tallhappy]

This is typical Guardian (ultra-leftist) spin and distortion. The only evidence the story was "made up" as they claim is the US military not confirming the report.

Even at that it is word games -- that there is no evidence biological weapons capability was acheived -- very different from finding lab equipment meant to be used in an attempt to make weapons.

Take home lesson -- the Guardian is not an honest straightforward source.

It is understandable ultra-leftist anti-American posters like Black Jade and others will use the Guardian's distorted agenda based reports as fodder.