Originally published February 23 2006
Bush said to use Orwellian logic to sway the public
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Reggie Rivers writes that Bush's speech tactics are very similar to those used in George Orwell's book, "1984." Bush says, "Our coalition has learned from experience in Iraq," but he always insists he wouldn't change his previous choices.
When I first read George Orwell's novel "1984" in high school, I was struck by the ability of the Ministry's of Truth to cause the public to forget a truth simply by stating its opposite.
The Ministry's three slogans - "War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery" and "Ignorance is Strength" - revealed its talent for reversing the meaning of words.
In high school, I assumed that this type of manipulation would never work in the real world, but now and again I wonder - especially when I hear President Bush attempt to reshape our perception of actual events by telling us that the truth is the opposite of what we're seeing.
Yet, his administration has engaged in extremely tyrannical behavior: invading a sovereign nation, incarcerating people without trials, committing torture, spying on its own citizens and shrouding itself in secrecy.
Regarding the war in Iraq, he said, "If we were to leave these vicious attackers alone, they would not leave us alone.
They would simply move the battlefield to our own shores."
Though it has long been proved that the Sept. 11 terrorists weren't from Iraq, had no connection to Iraq, and are not now in Iraq, President Bush continues to insist that the war is related to Sept. 11.
He said, "There is no peace in retreat.
Because of the challenges related to fighting a shadow army of insurgents, the coalition has been on the defensive for most of the war.
The statement "We are winning" is pure puffery.
President Bush loves to suggest that he has learned things, but he never reveals what he has learned and, when pressed, he always insists that he wouldn't change any of his previous choices.
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