My Take — 04

The Secretary General of the United Nations gave an astonishing speech this week.

It’s worth considering what he said and, what he didn’t say.

Let me ask you a question. How honest do you think governments are in what they tell you?

I don’t mean that in the conspiracy theorist “the moon landings were faked”, “aliens are in area 51”, everything “they” tell you is a lie way. I mean in the “real world adult” way.

You know they do not tell us everything. We all understand about secrets and the need for them. We accept that our governments and our leaders aren’t going to be completely honest and direct with us.

That’s the real world.

So, before we consider what the Secretary General said this week. Let’s consider some examples of things our government has told, or not told, us in the past. This will give us context as analysts for judging both, what he said and, what he didn’t say but implied.

1976 — Carter and Climate Change

This memorandum was written in 1976 for President Carter.