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08/11/2003 Archived Entry: "'How to sell a war'"
'How to sell a war'
This article from In These Times had the hairs on the back of my neck standing up.
A 1998 U.S. Air Force manual titled Information Operations, which includes a section titled “Psychological Operations,” states: “There is a growing information infrastructure that transcends industry, the media, and the military, and includes both government and nongovernment entities. It is characterized by a merging of civilian and military information networks and technologies. … In reality, a news broadcast, a diplomatic communiqué, and a military message ordering the execution of an operation all depend on the [global information infrastructure].” In this environment, psyops “are designed to convey selected information and indicators to foreign leaders and audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately their behavior,” while “military deception misleads adversaries, causing them to act in accordance with the originator’s objectives.” Indeed, it says, quoting Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, “All warfare is based on deception.”More than anybody else, it was the American public who was deceived by administration’s psyops—a covert disinformation campaign that was directed at the American people.
What freakin' rubes we are in this country. What marks, what saps, what dupes, what fucking patsies. Now I'm depressed.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
You shouldn't feel like a rube, Don. You, as well as many of the rest over on the left, told everyone you could about this illegitimate fraud from day one. There are a lor of rubes in this country. But I don't think you're part of that focus group...
Posted by (: Tom :) @ 08/12/2003 06:02 AM NY
