Many critics of President Clinton contend that his record of deception has uniquely disgraced the office of the presidency. But historian Howard Zinn, the author of the best-selling A People\’s History of the United States, says: \”There is a long history of presidents who have lied to us and deceived us, about governmental actions that led to the deaths of thousands, even millions of people.\” Here are a few of the examples cited by Zinn:
\”And what of Clinton\’s deceptions — not about sexual activities — but about matters of life and death? Politicians and journalists who are indignant that he lied about sex with \’that woman\’ were silent when he deceived the nation about the need to bomb a \’nerve gas plant\’ in the Sudan. His administration could not produce convincing evidence that the plant was anything but what the Sudanese government said it was — a plant that produced medicines.\”
For more information, contact:
Howard Zinn
Sam Husseini
Institute for Public Accuracy, (202) 347-0020.
