In Democracy, Liars Can Never Be Liberators

In Democracy, Liars Can Never Be Liberators
Robert Scheer, LA Times

It takes stunning arrogance for a president to invade an oil-rich, politically strategic country on the basis of demonstrable lies, put his favorite companies in control of its economic future, create a puppet regime to do his bidding and then claim, as George Bush did last week in a speech, that this is all a bold exercise in spreading democracy.