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Myths And Lies – by Jaffer Ali

Knowing things with metaphysical certainty when most
of the world is operating under carefully constructed
myths is painful. Why? Knowing things that others do not
fosters a sense of existential loneliness and makes polite
conversation about many important things all but impossible.

Let's take the story that is being shoved down our throats
by almost all media sources now; the Iranian election
"fraud" and subsequent unrest. The news is augmented by
proclamations from Obama, France's Sarkozy, Germany's
Merkel, and just about every politician in the UK. Oh, I
forgot to mention the US Congress voting 404 to 1 support-
ing the protesters.

We are being told that the elections were rigged, even
though western pollsters all had Ahmadinejad ahead by a
2 to 1 margin on election's eve. This matters not to our
government which continues to place politicians in press
conferences dutifully covered by a pliant press corps.

The meme proliferating is that Americans must stand with
the Iranian people to spread democracy. We have heard this
clarion call for democracy since 1916 when Woodrow Wilson
wanted to make the world safe for its flowering.

We heard the call again many times after 2000 when GW Bush
convinced conservatives that spreading democracy was
essential for keeping America safe. But there is a huge
problem that most people just flat out miss.

Democracy has never, I REPEAT NEVER been a real principle
animating our foreign policy. You see principles cannot be
selectively applied and still remain principles. Selective-
ly applied principles become rationalizations for policy.
A brief overview is in order to prove the democracy myth's
selective application.

Wilson's proclamations of democracy after WW I exempted
the Middle East from the fruits of its principles. Monarchs
were installed from one end of the Middle East to the
other. Europe, the UK and the United States helped to
install these oil monarchs. After WW II, liberation
movements to free former colonies were supported by various
governments, of course the notable exceptions again were
the kingdoms in the Middle East which sat upon those huge
oil reserves.

Fast forward to 1953 in Iran. The US sent in the CIA to
overthrow the democratically elected Mussadiq and the Shah
was reinstalled. The Shah was of course a monarch and
dictator of the highest order. Here, the principle of
democracy actively overthrown, by our government.

Algerian Islamists won elections and the military coup that
followed was supported by the US. Democracy overthrown and
only just supported by our government.

In Pakistan, the democratically elected President was over-
thrown in a coup by General Musharraf. Democracy once again
overthrown and not only supported by the United States, but
funded with billions of dollars in aid.


Egypt's President Mubarrak, a brutal dictator throws his
political opposition in jail routinely. His anti-democratic
record is manifest, yet he remains at the top of the list
in US aid and support. Democracy advocates jailed by our
puppet with not a word of support for democracy.

In 1990, the US made war against Iraq to roll back their
attack on another anti-democratic regime; Kuwait. After
winning the war, instead of supporting democracy, our
government reinstalled the monarchy. Democracy? Nakedly
absent here to any willing to look past the delusional
media reporting.

In Palestinian territories, the US insisted on HAMAS
participation in elections because polls showed that US
supported FATEH would win. HAMAS won in a surprise outcome
in closely monitored elections. What did our government do
after the election? Refuse to accept the democratic will
of the people and refuse to deal with the DEMOCRATICALLY
ELECTED HAMAS.

Did I mention the fact that Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi,
Dubai, and the rest of the oil emirates have little to
no democratic processes? No matter, they have oil and
oil trumps principles any time.

And now, our government feigns another interest in
democracy. This time it is Iran that is the target of our
hypocrisy. It is not hyperbole to suggest that selectively
applied principles must inevitably lead to hypocrisy. And
there is so much that only a concerted propaganda effort
can hide the reality from the public.

Politicians, the media and pundits are unanimous in saying
the election was rigged. They also promote the idea that
the demonstrations are spontaneous. They ignore evidence of
CIA tampering, reportedly giving $400 million to dissident
groups.

<a href=" http://www.daily.pk/world/middle-east/10469-cia-has-distributed-400-million-dollars-inside-iran-to-evoke-a-revolution-.html ">
CIA has Distributed 400 Million Dollars Inside Iran to Evoke a Revolution</a>

Plus the US has supported Jundallah, a thuggish, drug
peddling anti-Ahmadinejad group based in Pakistan. Once
again to subvert the true, democratic will of the Iranian
people. Yet the media continue to suggest that we must
support democracy. Who can be against democracy? It is
like being against apple pie. The media is well paid for
their aggressive promotion of hypocrisy.

We will leave it for another day to determine whether
media pundits are stupid and ignorant of democratic
principles selectivity applied. But from this point
forward, when you hear any politician use lofty ideals
of democracy for the foundation of policy, please hold
them to those principles across the board. You will soon
find out that their rhetoric falls far short of meaningful
principle.

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Jaffer Ali writes on media, ethics and politics.
He wrote Palestine:A Chronicle of Passion and Politics
and Corporate Soul.
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The hypocrisy and double standards of the West remains the major driver in some of the problems around the world especially when it comes to spreading democracy with guns and blood.