The Radicalization of Paul Craig Roberts
Dr. Roberts is an ideal media subject. His resume is impressive and impeccably "respectable." Any news magazine worth a damn would be all over him the way the tabloids are all over Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. After all, he's a Republican intellectual turning on a Republican President. But, no, they treat Roberts as a non-person. Why? Because he declares that we are living under a regime of liars who are getting Americans killed for their lies, an admission that would bring the apparatus of power that they wish to influence, not destroy, crashing down. They cannot dismiss the man's arguments, so they dismiss the man. They deploy their one weapon: the means to plant in the minds of millions of Americans, through repetition or utter blackout, the idea that Something is Very Important or that Someone is Deranged. In Roberts' case, it is the latter. After all, if there really were "something" to what he was saying, surely someone like Mike Wallace would investigate, no?
So what's up with Roberts? This:
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So what's up with Roberts? This:
Former Asst. Sec. Of Treasury Under Reagan Doubts Official 9/11 Story; Claims Neo Con Agenda Is As 'Insane As Hitler And Nazi Party When They Invaded Russia In Dead Of Winter'
A former high-ranking Republican official, also a well-respected author, tells the American people to stop listening to Bush administration lies about Iraqi war and claims the mainstream media will not publish anything he writes against Bush or his policies.
June 22, 2005
By Greg Szymanski
A former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Reagan stepped back into the political spotlight this week, expressing doubt about the official 9/11 story and claiming "if they lied to us about Ruby Ridge, Waco and weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, why should we believe them now."
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