some political lies are commonplace but
others can cause wars and genocides
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
political lies of all time
read my lips for this list we chosen
famous memorable or impactful political
lies that have been told throughout
history and have tried to keep it spread
out throughout the globe
after all dishonesty isn’t restricted to
region what is this an offering to
preside the Greeks are praying for a
safe return home number 10 the Trojan
horse I think we should burn it burn it
my prince it’s a gift to the gods
Homer’s epic poem The Iliad describes
the ten-year Trojan War in fact suggests
the tail isn’t fictional so how big was
this line as big as the Trojan horse the
giant wooden structure the Greeks
offered to the Trojans to admit their
loss
the catch Ulysses the plans inventor hit
inside with some soldiers and following
the Trojan celebration
the Greeks exited the horse and torched
the town
but I want to say one thing to the
American people number nine I want you
to listen to me I’m going to say this
again the Lewinsky scandal I did not
have sexual relations with that woman
miss Lewinsky Bill Clinton spoke those
infamous words when accused of an affair
with White House intern Monica Lewinsky
well this may not have been the biggest
political lie in terms of importance it
did hold the attention of the American
public for months and led to the
president’s impeachment and apology
indeed I did have a relationship with
Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate
in fact it was wrong number eight the
Dreyfus Affair in November 1894 Alfred
Dreyfus a French military man of Jewish
descent was convicted of treason for
communicating French military secrets to
the Germans
after serving five years in prison he
was convicted on more charges the French
population was divided with some citing
not proof but anti-semitism as the
reason for his conviction eventually the
documents against rapists were proven as
forgeries and he was reinstated to the
Army in 1906 number seven the USS
Liberty incident on June 8 1967 during
the six-day war between Israel Jordan
Syria and Egypt the Israeli Air Force
attacked an American spy ship the USS
Liberty while Israel apologized and
claimed they’d mistaken it for an
Egyptian ship analyst suggests the
attack was planned to force the u.s. to
join the war by blaming the Egyptians
and that the entire thing was covered up
by the Israeli and US government’s
number six Berlusconi’s bunga bunga
parties it’s not exactly news that an
Italian prime minister at over 70 years
old held parties in his home but the
fact that underage prostitutes were
apparently guests of these bunga bunga
parties is in 2011 this self-made media
Baron and controversial Italian
politician was accused of paying young
prostitute ruby heart stealer force
then using his influence to cover it up
Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty of
the crime in 2013 but was expected to
appeal number five the USA helps Saddam
gas Iran many consider it a lie to say
the u.s. is against the use of weapons
of mass destruction especially since
they use them in world war two according
to documents recently Declassified by
the CIA the Americans helped Saddam
Hussein create such weapons and pointed
him to potential targets in his war with
Iran it has been speculated that the
Reagan administration at this time
considered Iran the far greater threat
and thus welcomed an Iraq victory in
this battle number four because people
have got to know whether or not their
presidents a crook
Watergate well I’m not a crook I earned
everything I’ve got those are the famous
last words spoken by President Richard
Nixon when he denied any involvement in
the June 17 1972 break-in at the
Democratic National Committee
headquarters at the Watergate Hotel I
was appalled at this senseless illegal
action however the resulting
investigation found proof that the Nixon
administration had spied on the
Democrats campaign forcing Nixon to
become the first and only u.s. president
to resign the office but as president I
must put the interests of America first
therefore I shall resign the presidency
effective at noon tomorrow
number three the Fukushima meltdown a
major earthquake hit Japan on March 11th
2011 resulting in a destructive tsunami
however that was the country’s second
biggest concern when two reactors at the
Fukushima nuclear plant failed initially
the Japanese government and Managing
Company TEPCO rated the destruction at
level four however that was eventually
raised to 7 or equivalent to Chernobyl
with many criticizing both the
government and TEPCO for their miss
communications with the public number
two Iraq and WMDs it was 2002 and the US
government was trying to convince the
public that
Mack had weapons of mass destruction
which would have been a huge threat to
national security
Saddam Hussein has gone to elaborate
lengths spent enormous sums taking great
risks to build and keep weapons of mass
destruction both George W Bush and
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
clearly stated this as fact and
supported the claim however following
the war in Iraq this was proven to be
false as WMDs were never found the main
reason we went under Iraq at the time
was we thought he had weapons of mass
destruction it turns out he didn’t but
he had the capacity to make weapons of
missiles but I also talked about the
human suffering in Iraq
number one Nazi propaganda against Jews
no matter how big the lie people will
believe it if you repeat it enough and
this is called the big lie for a reason
Nazi propaganda blamed Jews for almost
everything wrong in the world and this
resulted in their mass extermination and
concentration camps anti-semitism was
nothing new but Adolf Hitler and his
minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels
used that prejudice to justify genocide
considering how many political lies have
been told throughout history we’re sure
we’ve missed a few and these are the
only ones we know about what we’re
giving you our facts and conclusions
based on solid intelligence for more
informative top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
those weapons of mass destruction got to
be somewhere
you
others can cause wars and genocides
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
political lies of all time
read my lips for this list we chosen
famous memorable or impactful political
lies that have been told throughout
history and have tried to keep it spread
out throughout the globe
after all dishonesty isn’t restricted to
region what is this an offering to
preside the Greeks are praying for a
safe return home number 10 the Trojan
horse I think we should burn it burn it
my prince it’s a gift to the gods
Homer’s epic poem The Iliad describes
the ten-year Trojan War in fact suggests
the tail isn’t fictional so how big was
this line as big as the Trojan horse the
giant wooden structure the Greeks
offered to the Trojans to admit their
loss
the catch Ulysses the plans inventor hit
inside with some soldiers and following
the Trojan celebration
the Greeks exited the horse and torched
the town
but I want to say one thing to the
American people number nine I want you
to listen to me I’m going to say this
again the Lewinsky scandal I did not
have sexual relations with that woman
miss Lewinsky Bill Clinton spoke those
infamous words when accused of an affair
with White House intern Monica Lewinsky
well this may not have been the biggest
political lie in terms of importance it
did hold the attention of the American
public for months and led to the
president’s impeachment and apology
indeed I did have a relationship with
Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate
in fact it was wrong number eight the
Dreyfus Affair in November 1894 Alfred
Dreyfus a French military man of Jewish
descent was convicted of treason for
communicating French military secrets to
the Germans
after serving five years in prison he
was convicted on more charges the French
population was divided with some citing
not proof but anti-semitism as the
reason for his conviction eventually the
documents against rapists were proven as
forgeries and he was reinstated to the
Army in 1906 number seven the USS
Liberty incident on June 8 1967 during
the six-day war between Israel Jordan
Syria and Egypt the Israeli Air Force
attacked an American spy ship the USS
Liberty while Israel apologized and
claimed they’d mistaken it for an
Egyptian ship analyst suggests the
attack was planned to force the u.s. to
join the war by blaming the Egyptians
and that the entire thing was covered up
by the Israeli and US government’s
number six Berlusconi’s bunga bunga
parties it’s not exactly news that an
Italian prime minister at over 70 years
old held parties in his home but the
fact that underage prostitutes were
apparently guests of these bunga bunga
parties is in 2011 this self-made media
Baron and controversial Italian
politician was accused of paying young
prostitute ruby heart stealer force
then using his influence to cover it up
Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty of
the crime in 2013 but was expected to
appeal number five the USA helps Saddam
gas Iran many consider it a lie to say
the u.s. is against the use of weapons
of mass destruction especially since
they use them in world war two according
to documents recently Declassified by
the CIA the Americans helped Saddam
Hussein create such weapons and pointed
him to potential targets in his war with
Iran it has been speculated that the
Reagan administration at this time
considered Iran the far greater threat
and thus welcomed an Iraq victory in
this battle number four because people
have got to know whether or not their
presidents a crook
Watergate well I’m not a crook I earned
everything I’ve got those are the famous
last words spoken by President Richard
Nixon when he denied any involvement in
the June 17 1972 break-in at the
Democratic National Committee
headquarters at the Watergate Hotel I
was appalled at this senseless illegal
action however the resulting
investigation found proof that the Nixon
administration had spied on the
Democrats campaign forcing Nixon to
become the first and only u.s. president
to resign the office but as president I
must put the interests of America first
therefore I shall resign the presidency
effective at noon tomorrow
number three the Fukushima meltdown a
major earthquake hit Japan on March 11th
2011 resulting in a destructive tsunami
however that was the country’s second
biggest concern when two reactors at the
Fukushima nuclear plant failed initially
the Japanese government and Managing
Company TEPCO rated the destruction at
level four however that was eventually
raised to 7 or equivalent to Chernobyl
with many criticizing both the
government and TEPCO for their miss
communications with the public number
two Iraq and WMDs it was 2002 and the US
government was trying to convince the
public that
Mack had weapons of mass destruction
which would have been a huge threat to
national security
Saddam Hussein has gone to elaborate
lengths spent enormous sums taking great
risks to build and keep weapons of mass
destruction both George W Bush and
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
clearly stated this as fact and
supported the claim however following
the war in Iraq this was proven to be
false as WMDs were never found the main
reason we went under Iraq at the time
was we thought he had weapons of mass
destruction it turns out he didn’t but
he had the capacity to make weapons of
missiles but I also talked about the
human suffering in Iraq
number one Nazi propaganda against Jews
no matter how big the lie people will
believe it if you repeat it enough and
this is called the big lie for a reason
Nazi propaganda blamed Jews for almost
everything wrong in the world and this
resulted in their mass extermination and
concentration camps anti-semitism was
nothing new but Adolf Hitler and his
minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels
used that prejudice to justify genocide
considering how many political lies have
been told throughout history we’re sure
we’ve missed a few and these are the
only ones we know about what we’re
giving you our facts and conclusions
based on solid intelligence for more
informative top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
those weapons of mass destruction got to
be somewhere
you
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