AT THE risk of being repetitious, all governments lic, cheat and steal. To forget this can be dangerous to your health. The most recent example in Canada passed almost unnoticed, either because newspapers are giv- ing us an information overload or because we do notice such things but don’t care any more. The Canadian case involved government advertising of the Goods and Services Tax. It was found to be untruthful. The broadcast ads said the GST was ‘“not an additional tax.’’ The Ca- nadian Advertising Foundation investigated and reached the ver- dict that the ads were ‘‘decep- tive.”’ As the head of the Toronto Better Business Bureau said, a private business would have been charged with misleading advertis- ing. Whether people favor the GST or not is beside the point. What matters is that ordinary men and women should learn to distrust anything a government tells them. A government may be truthful, but there is no reason to jump to such a conclusion. This is the kind of thinking prudent men will now apply to the Middle East situation, where we seem to be drifting toward a shooting war without knowing ex- actly why. Middle East wars have a habit of going on for decades, some- times for centuries. It is not the kind of war you want to enter ina fit of absent-mindedness. But if we enter it, we shall almost surely do so in ignorance. It’s easy to identify the Iraq president as a total stranger to truth. In all matiers of impor- tance, he has lied. He said he would not invade Kuwait. Then he said he would leave Kuwait. Then he said foreigners were free to come and go as they pleased. If President Hussein tells you it will never rain again, go to Ararat. Run. See if you can find the original blueprints for Noah’s Ark. Start building, right away because it’s going to rain. As anybody could say, that’s what happens in war. Truth is the first casualty. Then what of the Americans, who seem to be leading the rest of the world in resisting unprovoked aggression by a very provoking dictator. Ten years down the road, perhaps in even less time, it may be seen that the United States has rendered an immense service to the people of all nations, in- cluding those who live under the Iraqi dictatorship. President Bush may be carving for himself a monument of probity, decency and international responsibility. Just don’t believe anything you are being told today by his gener- als. Keep in mind the Pentagon’s record when a U.S. Navy ship shot down a commercial airliner off the coast of Iran. When the Russians shot down a Korean airliner which was over their national territory the world reacted with shock and rage. When the Americans shot down about the same number of inno- cent people in international air Paul Si. Pierre PAULITICS & PERSPECTIVES space it turned out to be explain- able. The Pentagon issued a very clear, explicit statement to explain how the mistake was made. There were three of them. They are worth recalling. 1, The airliner was descending toward the U.S. ship and not climbing; 2. The airliner was outside the normal commercial traffic air cor- ridor. 3. The airliner emitted the wrong identification signal. By the time pretty well everybody except a few hundred grieving relatives had forgotten about the destruction of the airliner, we learned that all three statements were the exact opposite of the truth. The plane was in its corridor, rising and not descen- ding and emitting its recognition signal. President Hussein? Haven't we met? Even in ordinary times, gov- ernments will mislead their own citizens when it serves ‘heir politi- cal advantage. In times of war and near-war, truth is usually replaced by a mindlessness which passes by the name of patriotism. President Bush was vice-presi- dent when the airliner was destroyed. When it became ap- parent that the American military forces had been just as wrong as had been the Russian forces at Kanichatka, Mr. Bush said, ‘I will never apologize for the Unitec States of America. I don’t care what the facts are.’’ As president, he may care more about facts but even he may not be given them. Some American presidents were bamboozled for their entire terms of office. For others, fabrications were created to suit their political in- tent. Years after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which set U.S. President Johnson to bombing Hanoi, we learned that there had been no incident. It was all fic- tion. Whether or not Mr. Bush wants truth and welcomes it, there is no guarantee that it will be passed on to the rest of us at this time. Prudent men should have a healthy skepticism about everyhting they are told by spokesmen of the hostile forces. The first casualty in any war is truth, Friday, September 14, 1990 ~- North Shore News - 9 Rescue centre funds awarded Program that uses the proceeds from lotteries operated by the B.C. Lottery Corp. to assist a wide range of community initia- tives. base for search and rescue opera- vions in addition to providing operational space for the Grouse Mountain Ski Patrol. GO B.C. is a capital funding THE First Aid Ski Patrot Society has received approval of a $43,456 GO B.C. award to help build a rescue training centre on Grouse Mountain. The funding award was recently announced by provincial secretary Howard Dirks and North Van- couver-Capilano MLA Angus Ree. The ski patrol provides emergency first aid response to people who visit Seymour, Grouse, Hollyburn and = Ar- rowsniith mountains. “The new centre will provide space to facilitate practical train- ing to new ski patrol members and safety training to the general public,’’ Dirks said. The centre will be available as a SAVE TIME! 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