Ignorance is Strength

I know it's easy to overuse the 1984 metaphor, but sometimes you just can't help it. We're reaching serious "Memory Hole" status.

Go read this Tom Tomorrow post and you'll understand. Here's a good example.

But the most recent irritant was Mr. Butler's quick withdrawal from Iraq on Wednesday of all his inspectors and those of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which monitors Iraqi nuclear programs, without Security Council permission. Mr. Butler acted after a telephone call from Peter Burleigh, the American representative to the United Nations, and a discussion with Secretary General Kofi Annan, who had also spoken to Mr. Burleigh.

--New York Times, 12/18/98

America's goal should be to ensure that Iraq is disarmed of all unconventional weapons.... To thwart this goal, Baghdad expelled United Nations arms inspectors four years ago.

--New York Times editorial, 8/3/02


But don't worry, citizens of Oceana. Just keep up the doublethink and practice your NewSpeak.