pcr on the cost of speaking truth; 

 

It is too costly to tell the truth, so few do

A reader adds:  “And two few will listen to truth when it is presented to them.”

Paul Craig Roberts

Someone sent me a copy of a book, Empire of Lies, by Charles Goyette published by the Libertarian Institute in 2025. Perhaps the book was sent to me because Goyette borrowed the title from my book, Empire of Lies, published in 2023.

The single virtue of Goyette’s Book is the compilation of some of the lies that Washington told Americans and the world so far in the 21st century.  The lies about Iraq and Saddam Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction. The lies about Bashar Assad and Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons. The lies about Libya and Gaddafi. The lies about Somalia and Sudan. The lies about Lebanon. Many more lies are on the way.

 But Goyette does not mention the lies about 9/11. That is a bridge too far.

Neither does Goyette tell us why we were told all of these lies that he collects. It is almost as if it was Washington’s way of having fun with us.

In my opinion, Goyette and the Libertarian Institute looked at the cost of telling all of the truth and decided it was too high. To enter into combat with the Israel lobby has always been a losing proposition, as Tucker Carlson and Candice Owens are yet to find out.............more.........