frances means
Jul 23, 2017 · 1 min read

During the Eisenhower administration John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State, his brother Allan Dulles was Director of the CIA. Their offices were next to each other, none of their discussions were witnessed or recorded. The Dulles family had a long association with Princton and other Ivy League Schools. Among their best friends were Henry Luce and Claire Boothe Luce, as well as Randolph Hearst. So they could get whatever story they wanted in print and kill anything that was counter to the Dulles vision for America. Among other things, we overthrew Patrice Lumumba in the Congo, tried to assassinate Fidel, got involved in Vietnam and set a dangerous course in Korea and China. Fake news is not new, abuse of the intelligence agencies for personal and political gain not limited to Hoover’s FBI, but we do not seem to have learned much. Instead of trying to actually research an issue from many sides, WE THE PEOPLE have opted to just latch on to whatever side is against who we are against and go all in. There can be no examination of what might actually have been said or occurred. Either you agree or you must be shouted down. Reagan ended to Cold War with words, listening, radical ideas and patience. We won. Now, due to our own hubris, Putin is exacting his revenge with nothing more than some internet trolls.