How much destruction can one little lie do?
In October of 1990, a 15-year-old Middle Eastern girl known as Nayirah al-Sabah appeared before Congress to decry the purported horrors of Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.
Prior to her evocative testimony less than 20% of the American population supported an armed conflict against the nation of Iraq. That number jumped to over 50% following her speech.
That’s not all though, Congressional backing for the war only passed by a razor-thin margin of five votes.
When questioned about the reasoning behind their votes several Congressional lawmakers cited Nayirah’s speech.
The worst part about this entire thing? The girl made the whole thing up—none of it was true. https://wltreport.com/2023/10/04/watch-meet-young-girl-who-arguably-killed-tens/
As a side note, if we go back in history and find out the causes of wars we might be surprised at how many began with fake stories----------or maybe not. As an example the Spanish-American War began because of the sinking of the battleship Maine. Would you be shocked to learn the Maine was most likely sunk by the efforts of William Randolph Hearst to force the U.S. into a war for the purpose of defeating the Spanish and thus taking over Cuba. It was all about money. What a surprise.
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