“President Ronald Reagan didn’t seek congressional approval when he bombed Libya in retaliation for a bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland.”
Amber Phillips — Washington Post (April 7 2017)
“The result is post-truth discourse. In our new normal, experts are dismissed, alternative facts are (sometimes flagrantly) offered, and public figures can offer opinions on pretty much anything. And thanks to social media, pretty much anyone can be a public figure. In much public discourse, identity outranks arguments, and we are seeing either a lack of interest in evidence, or worse, an erosion of trust in the fundamental norms around people’s accountability for the things we say.”
Nick Enfield — The Guardian (November 16 2017)
On the 14th of April 1986, Ronald Reagan ordered an air raid on Libya.
April 11 2017 — In a piece published by the Washington Post on April 7 2017, Amber Phillips writes that President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 bombing raid on Tripoli and Benghazi was retaliation for the 1988 attack on Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. This is — of course — NONSENSE. Welcome to the post-truth world!
Eventually, the NYT wrote some kind of an erratum: “This report originally incorrectly stated which international bombing President Reagan’s 1986 bombing of Libya was in retaliation for.” Thank you. One should always be grateful for the little things.
But this ‘Freudian slip’ is nevertheless interesting. Let us take a quick look back at the official US disinformation program against Libya in 1986. There is no doubt that this affair should have been a major scandal if it had not been eclipsed by a bigger one a few days later: the Iran-Contra conspiracy. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →
