Noam Chomsky. (№ 319403)

The war in Iraq is an instructive case. She was sold to a frightened public under the usual pretext of self-defense against the awe-inspiring threat to survival: "the only question" proclaimed George W. Bush and Tony Blair, was - stop the Saddam Hussein their programs of development of weapons of mass destruction. When the only question was the wrong answer, government rhetoric is easily replaced by "the pursuit of democracy," and worked out relevant to this opinion of course; all routine. Later, when the scale of the US defeat in Iraq, it became difficult to hide, the government quietly admitted that it was clear from the beginning. In 2007-2008, the administration officially announced that a final decision must guarantee the US military bases and the right to conduct combat operations, and must give privileges to the rich energy sector to U.S. investors - the requirement, which had later to be abandoned before the face of the Iraqi resistance.