pcr speaks about the rescue that wasn't and a democracy in a similar situation; 

 

Serious Questions about Our “Democracy,” such as: Do We Really Have One?

Paul Craig Roberts

Democracy is valued because it is believed to be a means of holding government accountable.  To succeed in holding government accountable, it is necessary to know what government is doing and why. Traditionally, opposition political parties and objective media were means for bringing out the truth.

In our time political parties fight over power, not over principles.  They hide their agendas behind false narratives that media supports rather than exposes.

Consider this week’s major event:  The alleged rescue operation of a US pilot downed in Iran.

Last Monday for a couple of hours we had the President of the United States, the Director of the CIA, the Secretary of War, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stand before media and TV audience and lie through their teeth by covering up a failed military attack on an Iranian nuclear facility by presenting it as a successful rescue mission of a downed pilot.  

The story made no sense and was obviously false.  According to President Trump “hundreds” of US military personnel and several aircraft were involved.  Navy and Army special forces teams and cargo planes carrying helicopters are not the way pilots are rescued.  Such a highly visible operation calls attention to the venture and defeats it.  Ask anyone in the know.  The Iranians have the documents of Major Ryder that prove the alleged “rescue” was a military operation........more..........