A lie: Bush links Israel/Palestine to successful resolution of Iraq war

Will the long and perambulating road to peace in the Middle-East also include U.S. diversionary and preemptive attacks on the other Mideast Axis of Evil states: Syria and Iran?

People lie precisely because sometimes it works. That’s why when I deposited a check last Friday, and asked the bank teller when it would clear she said, “definitely tomorrow.” Needless to say, the check didn’t clear until Tuesday. Her lie worked. She saved herself the inconvenience of having to go to a bank manager in order to enter the check in for that day. In her defense, the line behind me was growing, thus her motivation to lie.

Now a bit more costly, was the health insurance agent who assured me I did not need pre-approval to get a specific procedure done at a hospital nearby. The hospital is in your network she informed, “You’re covered”. True the hospital was in the network and the procedure was covered, but since I did not get pre-approval in writing the insurance company did not cover it. This one puzzles me. Perhaps the customer service rep was lazy, had poor training, or more nefariously part of a systemic attempt by an insurer to duck, defray (defraud?) costs. Well, the lie of omission cost me over $700 out of pocket.

As Terrorism morphs into something larger than Al Qaeda, Bush has every reason in the world to lie and link Israel/Palestine to the discharge of the war on Iraq. Bush has had over two years. The corroborating evidence of Bush’s good intentions is buried daily along with the teenage bodies of Palestinians murdered in the streets of the West Bank.

Will the long and perambulating road to peace in the Middle-East also include U.S. diversionary and preemptive attacks on the other Mideast Axis of Evil states: Syria and Iran?

People lie precisely because sometimes it works. That’s why when I deposited a check last Friday, and asked the bank teller when it would clear she said, “definitely tomorrow.” Needless to say the check didn’t clear until Tuesday. Her lie worked. She saved herself the inconvenience of having to go to a bank manager in order to enter the check in for that day. In her defense, the line behind me was growing, thus her motivation to lie.

Now a bit more costly, was the health insurance agent who assured me I did not need pre-approval to get a specific procedure done at a hospital nearby. "The hospital is in your network" she informed, “the procedure is covered”. Technically she did not lie on either account. True the hospital was in the network, the procedure was covered, but in order to get the insurance company to pay, the pre-approval had to be in writing, as I learned through two subsequent appeal processes. This one puzzles me. Perhaps the customer service rep was lazy, had poor training, or more nefariously part of a systemic attempt by an insurer to duck, defray (defraud?) costs. In any case, the lie of omission cost me a little over $700 out of pocket.

As Terrorism morphs into something larger than Al Qaeda, Bush has every reason in the world to lie and link Israel/Palestine to the discharge of the war on Iraq. Bush has had over two years. The corroborating evidence of Bush’s good intentions is buried with the daily teenage bodies of Palestinians murdered in the streets of the West Bank.

Vince
P.S. If anyone has a reasoned rebuttal to this speculation, by all means post it. I so want to feel good about Bush.