1.0Deepak Chopra and Intenthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/intentchopradchoprahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/intentchopra/author/dchopraMemory and Machiavelli - Deepak Chopra and Intentrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2kl9vhmY3v"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/intentchopra/2008/02/memory-and-machiavelli.html">Memory and Machiavelli</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/intentchopra/2008/02/memory-and-machiavelli.html/embed#?secret=2kl9vhmY3v" width="600" height="338" title="“Memory and Machiavelli” — Deepak Chopra and Intent" data-secret="2kl9vhmY3v" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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There has been much decrying in the anti-war movement of deception and disinformation, accusing the Bush administration of using both tactics to fool the American people into the invasion of Iraq. Little has been said about the shallowness of political debate that allowed the public to be fooled in the first place. On PBS this…