“Ultimately the truth gets out, notwithstanding people’s efforts to the
\ncontrary.”<\/p>\n
Rumsfeld made that assertion at a press conference last week.<\/p>\n
It almost makes you wonder if Rumsfeld has lost confidence in his ability to manage the world’s perceptions of\u00a0the American military.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately,\u00a0 the notion that “truth will out” is one of the biggest fantasies in modern political thinking. It simply ignores the power and ability of government and politicians to suppress facts which would embarrass or destabilize them.<\/p>\n
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“Ultimately the truth gets out, notwithstanding people’s efforts to the contrary.” Rumsfeld made that assertion at a press conference last week. It almost makes you wonder if Rumsfeld has lost confidence in his ability to manage the world’s perceptions of\u00a0the American military. Unfortunately,\u00a0 the notion that “truth will out” is one of the biggest fantasies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[22,659,6,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"tag-attention-deficit-democracy","8":"tag-bovard","9":"tag-bush"},"yoast_head":"\n