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Originally posted by Gypsum_Fantastic


Even as far back as 1945, George Orwell was pointing out how many critics of the Allies were anti-democracy and pro-totalitarianism whose criticisms were masked as impartial disapproval but were, in reality, directed almost entirely at Britain and the US. It's the same old toon.

No it isn't.This time the governments have been seen to have been economical with the truth,having deliberately manipulated and highlighted any evidence from any source which could have bolstered their justification for war while ignoring the mass of evidence which called into question the validity of their arguments.Is that not something which should raise questions and is it not similar to the actions of totalitarian regimes?What would George Orwell have said about that?




These are rarely, if ever, democratic criticisms of either country based on a careful consideration of evidence but rather as a reflexive antipathy to the respective countries.

Again this is wrong.The millions who protested against the war in Iraq were no less patriotic than those who supported the war so their protests were not motivated by antipathy to Britain or the US but by antipathy to the policies of their respective governments.In the light of events in the past two years when the level of deceit practised by the Bush and Blair governments has been exposed it is difficult to argue that such criticisms are not valid and based on an honest and objective appraisal of the evidence.