It’s not meant to be believed. It’s meant to be a demonstration of their sheer power and impunity to say and do whatever the hell they want.
“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”
—Unidentified senior Bush (43) administration advisor to New York Times journalist Ron Suskind, 2004