R.W. Behan | The Surreal Politics of Premeditated War

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120406P.shtml
R.W. Behan writes, "Ron Suskind of the New York Times learned how the Bush
administration works, from a 'senior advisor to Bush' (Karl Rove is a suspect):
'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.' They have
done that, incessantly, and it is the source of the surrealism. Spins, evasions,
omissions, jingoisms, distortions, 'perception management' (i.e., propaganda),
and deliberate lying, all contribute to a political discourse adrift from what
is honest, true, and reliable."