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Thread #106771   Message #2213171
Posted By: Wolfgang
11-Dec-07 - 12:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: WMDs, Iran and Bush
Subject: RE: BS: WMDs, Iran and Bush
The information Stigweard has given (only two vetoes by Russia) is of course completely correct (truth and nothing but the truth; though perhaps not the whole truth). It is an instance how one can deliberately misinform by giving completely correct information. Politicians often use this ploy. This way they have not lied and only the recipients of the information are to be blamed for being dumb.

"Russia" has vetoed only twice since the founding of the UNO. Period.

"USSR", "Soviet Union", "Russian Federation" are of course something completely different which we may disregard.

Stigweard has posted in a very creative way the truth and nothing but the truth to the effect of giving a wrong impression.

(Or has used information from an unreliable source without thinking. It was immediately obvious for instance to me that the number of two vetoes made no sense at all)

Wolfgang