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This is hardly surprising considering that the US government doesn't stand for Christian principles either.

America's doctrine of "full spectrum dominance" means that, like Lenin's dictatorship, America is not bound by law or morality, but by power alone. 

Pinter sums it up in a speech he had dreams of writing for President George W. Bush:

"God is good. God is great. God is good. My God is good. Bin Laden's God is bad. His is a bad God. Saddam's God was bad, except he didn't have one. He was a barbarian. We are not barbarians. We don't chop people's heads off. We believe in freedom. So does God. I am not a barbarian. I am the democratically elected leader of a freedom-loving democracy. We are a compassionate society. We give compassionate electrocution and compassionate lethal injection. We are a great nation. I am not a dictator. He is. I am not a barbarian. He is. And he is. They all are. I possess moral authority. You see this fist? This is my moral authority. And don't you forget it."

If only our ears could hear, this is the speech we have been hearing from Israel for 60 years.

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Your title is Orwellian doublethink. by John Toradze on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 2:29:12 PM
Toradze; by William Whitten on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 3:09:38 PM
"A right to get rid of people" by Aurora on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:17:31 PM
May we no longer be silent by paul craig roberts on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:19:53 PM
"May We No Longer Be Silent" - PCR by Kathleen Dickson on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 3:14:06 PM
Just three questions... by Joe Reeser on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:09:09 PM
"Acceptable # of Dead Israelis" by Kathleen Dickson on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:24:30 PM
Just one answer: by William Whitten on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:47:37 PM
I see you managed to... by Joe Reeser on Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 3:40:45 AM
dead Palestinians by paul craig roberts on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:08:08 PM
May we no longer be silent by paul craig roberts on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:25:32 PM
mice and men by William Whitten on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:50:24 PM
Israel is a sideshow diverting attention from oil business by Bucky the Commoner on Monday, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:08:17 PM
IsrOil *is* a US-UK "forward base" by Kathleen Dickson on Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 3:37:39 AM
Who actually funds the violence, and who benefits? by mary sunshine on Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:09:01 AM