Orson Scott Card get SOME things right in that long, drawn out article, but misses the over all picture according to HIS perspective. Israeli/Palestinian/McCarthyism aside, here is what I see relating to none other than our own President and HIS administration (which seems to fly right over Card's head..........

>"My point is this: Regardless of their motivation, news organizations around the world, some knowingly and the rest unquestioningly, accepted a lie as if it were truth -- and people have died as a result of that lie."

>"He was a liar. He used our fear of a genuine (add your own here, let's use "terrorist") threat for his own personal political advantage. He accused people and organizations of being xxxxxxx without a shred of evidence, but lied and said that he had evidence. He staged televised hearings to smear people's reputations. Hiding behind his pose as a noble crusader and savior of America, he attacked people who had done no wrong......"

ARF