Can You Handle the Truth?

Sifting through propaganda is a life-long process

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“You can’t handle the truth,” shouts Col. Jessup in the movie A Few Good Men. Col. Jessop’s speech serves to justify the horrible things that the military has to do to protect the freedom of the public.

In real life, that whole speech is military propaganda for the American public (and beyond the US). A speech…