When Great democracies peddle lies

When Great democracies peddle lies, despots, dictators, and theocrats are empowered to undermine the very idea of democracy. Two lessons to take away from Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 This was the first war that went live on CNN. The virtualization of war took away information and analysis and left people glued to their television sets. It set the stage for war as entertainment (as long as your people were not involved) The Nayirah Testimony (where a nurse claimed that Saddam’s soldiers had killed babies in hospitals) turned out to be a stream of lies , and yet, it was instrumental in galvanising public opinion against the despot, Saddam. The lie became irrelevant in the narrative to defeat Saddam. The theory of any means to suit our end was successfully tested.