Dear Seymour - It's NEVER About The Intelligence

Here is a report from Seymour Hersh documenting that there was no sarin gas attack in Syria, so that Trump's response to it also was bogus:

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article165905578/Trump-s-Red-Line.html

While I commend Mr. Hersh for this revelation, I'd like to point out that the US government NEVER seems to care what the "intelligence" is telling us. In fact, the prime goal of our "intelligence" agencies seems to be obscuring the truth to help justify the obvious lies we use to start our wars of aggression.

For a good discussion of why it's NEVER about the intelligence, go here:

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2009/09/fools-for-empire-i.html

... and here:

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2009/10/fools-for-empire-ii.html

These two fascinating essays are rather long, but if you wish to know what The Empire is doing I urge you to take the time to read them.