Lying to Oneself Means Losing Self-Respect | Esmaeil Baqaei

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei cited a passage from Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" on X, saying it aptly describes how America’s extreme reliance on lies has corrupted its foreign policy toward Iran and the region to the point where it can no longer distinguish truth from falsehood.

This passage from Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" aptly describes the situation in which the US system of governance and foreign policy regarding Iran and the region finds itself due to its extreme reliance on 'lies': 

» The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. «

The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky

What Country, Friends, Is This? | The Empire of the Antichrist

» What country, friends, is this? 

Know’st thou this country? 

Who governs here? « 

The Tempest.

William Shakespeare,

 1610.

 

George Washington and his Slaves, 1743 - 1799. 

 

US War on Mexico, 1836 - ongoing. 

 

Trail of Tears, 1838 - 39.

 

Indian Land for Sale, ongoing. 

 

California Genocide, 1864. 

 

Wounded Knee Massacre, 1890.

 

US War on Philippines, 1899 - 1902.

 

 US Lynching Postcard, 1908.

Hiroshima, 1945.

 

 US War on Vietnam, 1955-1975.

 

'Racial Segregation' into 1964.

 

US War on Libya, 1986 - ongoing.

 

US War on Panama, 1989. 

 

US War on Yugoslavia/Serbia, 1989 - ongoing.

 

US War on Afghanistan, 2001 - 2021. 

 

 US War on Iraq, 1990 - ongoing.

 

US War on Syria, 2009 - ongoing. 

 

Satanic Ruling Elite, 1769 - ongoing. 

 

Culling of 'Deplorables', ongoing. 

 

 Supporting Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in Palestine, 1947 - ongoing.

 

Et cetera.

How and when exactly did 'God's Own Country' become global champion

of 'freedom', 'democracy' and 'human rights'? 

 

The United States was founded by Satanists 

and has been ruled by Satanists ever since.