{"id":10154,"date":"2014-06-26T20:41:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T00:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=10154"},"modified":"2014-06-26T20:41:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T00:41:46","slug":"the-tragic-record-of-american-policy-in-the-middle-east-billmoyers-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/26\/the-tragic-record-of-american-policy-in-the-middle-east-billmoyers-com\/","title":{"rendered":"The tragic record of American policy in the Middle East | BillMoyers.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigative journalist Charles Lewis, author of <em>935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America\u2019s Moral Integrity<\/em> tells Bill Moyer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An outrageous thing happened. We lost $2 trillion. More than 100,000 people died. Folks are going to be maimed for life in the tens of thousands&#8230; And no one has ever acknowledged that this [Iraq] was a war on a lark. It was a complete war of choice, because a certain little faction wanted to do it and they orchestrated it&#8230; Did they make statements that weren\u2019t true? The answer is yes&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Truth vs. DC&#039;s Propaganda Machine\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/99301637?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A complicit partner, he says, is a media &#8220;intent on preserving the status quo &#8230;and never offending the ruling elite&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Washington Post\u2019s Walter Pincus:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>More and more the media become, I think, common carriers of administration statements and critics of the administration&#8230;.We\u2019ve sort of given up being independent on our own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/billmoyers.com\/content\/buying-the-war\/\" title=\"Bill Moyers: Buying the War - How big media failed us\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Moyers: Buying the War &#8211; How big media failed us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigative journalist Charles Lewis, author of 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America\u2019s Moral Integrity tells Bill Moyer: An outrageous thing happened. 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