Richard Haass Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"Television was our chief tool in selling our policy."

by:	Richard Haass (1951- ) President of the Council on Foreign Relations since July of 2003, National Security Council Senior Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs (1989-93) U.S. National Security Council
Source:	on the U.S. War with Iraq. New York Times, Nov. 5, 1991, p. B3
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Categories:	CFR, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Media, Propaganda
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Five stars for accuracy and a thumbs down for what that says about our society. -- Mike, Norwalk
"Our" chief tool? Who is this private organtization called the Council on Foreign Relations that 'they' would dictate US-Iraq military action? Beware the CFR. -- E Archer, NYC
Television is the chief tool in brainwashing and driving the herd. Who is the CFR? Why, the puppet-masters, of course. Beware the CFR (worth repeating, Archer) as well as the other nefarious NGO's. -- Ken, Allyn, WA
And television is now promoting race-mixing, homosexuality, and the dumbing down of our weakened populace of today. -- JT Ready, Mesa, AZ
Time Magazine,Washington Post, and The New York Times, along with the television are all feeding us lies about the war in Iraq. -- George Vernon
You can't give a thumbs down for telling the truth. Don't shoot the messenger applies here. -- Anonymous
No doubt true. -- jim k, Austin, Tx