"Here's a little fantasy for you to ponder: what if one of our senior foreign policy officials accidentally swallowed some sodium pentothal (aka "truth serum") before some public hearing or press conference, and started speaking the truth about one of those issues where prevarication, political correctness, and obfuscation normally prevail? You know: what if they started saying in public all those things that they probably believe in private? What sorts of "inconvenient truths" might suddenly get revealed?
In that spirit, here's my Top Five Truths You Won't Hear Any U.S. Official Admit.
#1: "We're never gonna get rid of our nuclear weapons."........
#2: "We don't actually care that much about human rights.".....
#3: "There's not going to be a two-state solution.".....
#4: "We like being #1, and we're going to stay there just as long as we can.".......
#5: "We do a lot of stupid things in foreign policy. Get used to it."
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