To the Editor:
Your Aug. 16 editorial “Mr. Trump’s Foreign Policy Confusions” states that Donald Trump’s speech on Monday blaming President Obama and Hillary Clinton for the rise of the Islamic State and for undermining Middle East stability “shows either misunderstanding or ignorance.”
There is of course another explanation: intentional falsehood on Mr. Trump’s part. Surely after all of Mr. Trump’s blatant lies in his campaign to date, he is not entitled to the benefit of the doubt in this matter.
PETER H. JACOBY
Philadelphia
Note from KBJ: The biggest liar in American politics is, without question, Hillary Rodham Clinton. William Safire of the New York Times had her pegged decades ago when he called her a "congenital liar." Question: How do you know when Hillary Clinton is lying? Answer: Her lips are moving. By the way, Hillary's husband, Bill (a.k.a. Slick Willie), is quite the prevaricator himself. Remember "I did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"? The Clintons have lied so many times, for so long, about so many things, that they no longer think of themselves as lying. They make it up as they go, so as to secure and retain power over others. Have a nice day, Peter Jacoby. If you weren't such a rabid ideologue, you'd have written this letter about Hillary Clinton rather than Donald Trump. But you don't really object to lying. A lie that advances the progressive agenda is perfectly fine by you.
