Spinning the News: email forward full of lies

I got an email (I won’t say from whom) that just shows you how far the extreme right will go to “spin” the news to stir up their paranoid patriots.

It was about a news story that ran in Reuters.U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade

THE FIRST LINE READ:

While you were watching the oil spill, the New York failed terrorist bombing and other critical crises,

Hillary Clinton signed the small arms treaty with the UN.

SECOND LINE:

OBAMA FINDS LEGAL WAY AROUND THE 2ND AMENDMENT AND USES IT

THIRD LINE:

IF THIS PASSES, THERE could BE WAR!

Really? Is that what the article is about? Is there a threat to the average American’s 2nd Amendment rights? Has Obama finally found a way to take the NRA’s guns away?

Hell no. Clinton didn’t sign anything yet. Read the link if you don’t believe me.

I think the people forwarding this story as proof of all of the above lies are hoping no one looks closely at the story.

Because if they did,they’d see it was a political spin job designed to further another agenda. Let’s take a look:

snip:

“The United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto.”

The U.S. agrees to go with a consensus decision reversing President Bush’s stance. Read on to see why Bush was opposed to the deal.

snip:

The proposed legally binding treaty would tighten regulation of, and set international standards for, the import, export and transfer of conventional weapons.

Does the above say anything about the citizens of the U.S. giving up their 2nd Amendment rights? Obviously not.

They’re talking about the international arms market. How does this morph into treason by Secretary of State Clinton? I’ll tell you how. They spin it around.

The agenda: the American gun industry doesn’t want to lose all the money it’s been making selling weapons to other countries. They want to maintain a strong financial position in the national arms market.

snip:

“Supporters say it would give worldwide coverage to close gaps in existing regional and national arms export control systems that allow weapons to pass onto the illicit market.”

The above reason is why the American gun lobby, the NRA, and other weapons-related industries don’t want to see this passed. It’s really quit simple. So they send out misleading forwards in cyberspace and hope to reap the profit of loyal followers who don’t ask too many questions. This is a sound byte society and we all know that.

snip:

“Nations would remain in charge of their arms export control arrangements but would be legally obliged to assess each export against criteria agreed under the treaty. Governments would have to authorize transfers in writing and in advance.

The main opponent of the treaty in the past was the U.S. Bush administration, which said national controls were better. Last year, the United States accounted for more than two-thirds of some $55.2 billion in global arms transfer deals.”

It says it all above; $55.2 billion in global arms sales. Not national sales in the USA. That’s apples and oranges and just what the people sending you these emails are counting on. They love throwing out false warnings that Americans 2nd Amendment Rights are under assault.

You have to stop, take a deep breath, and carefully read everything before clicking the forward button. That is, if you care about the truth. 

snip:

“The proposed treaty is opposed by conservative U.S. think tanks like the Heritage Foundation, which said last month that it would not restrict the access of "dictators and terrorists" to arms but would be used to reduce the ability of democracies such as Israel to defend their people.The U.S. lobbying group the National Rifle Association has also opposed the treaty.”

Above; this is the core of what’s going on. Bush opposed the treaty because he was in bed with the global gun industry. Big Buck’s  is what Bush (also think Big Oil) specialized in. When they say “it would reduce the ability of democracies such as Israel to defend their people” that’s a red herring.

It means that the US gun industry is blowing smoke up people’s asses, telling them that citizens will lose their rights when this treaty is passed. That’s a lie. It has nothing to do with the rights of American citizens to bear arms.  

I think it’s particularly sad that many people will be fooled by the intent of these misleading forwards.

They only work if you HATE OBAMA, HATE THE ADMINISTRATION, HATE DEMOCRATS, HATE LIBERALS, and IF YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE FACTS FOR FICTION.

You pick. The truth will set you free.