Posted on 09/03/2013 10:12:40 AM PDT by neverdem
Never Go to War without the Support of Your People
In 2006, the talking points from London and Washington insisted: we had won the war in Afghanistan, and Iraq was not in civil war. To say otherwise was apostasy.
In 2006, British Defense Secretary John Reid was famously quoted on Afghanistan:
"We are in the south to help and protect the Afghan people construct their own democracy.
"We would be perfectly happy to leave in three years and without firing one shot because our job is to protect the reconstruction."
Adversaries made Mr. Reid’s comment more infamous by misquoting him that British forces would leave "without a single shot being fired."
By 2008, the British alone had fired 4 million shots. They were just getting warmed up. Nor was this the first British intervention in Afghanistan. Coalition Casualties from 2009-2012 eclipsed those from the first eight years by more than two-fold. Today the casualties continue. For what?
Reading the 2006 archives from Afghanistan, remembering that I was there in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, and recalling how the war grew, unveils a vast web of lies, fantasy, magical thinking, and political sorcery that is crazier than the most imaginative fiction.
Were so many politicians and military advisors lying? Or were they just ignorant?
They get their information from briefings. The people briefing the politicians get their information from other briefings, and those briefers get their information from reports, often written by people who never leave any base...
(Excerpt) Read more at michaelyon-online.com ...
Yep.
Outrage is a media and propaganda strategy.
This brought back memories.
I recall a battle in Vietnam when we were defeated pretty badly. Some time later, the commanding general was quoted in the papers as saying, "The way I heard it, it was a victory."
I'm sure he did hear it was a victory. As the information went up the chain, it was distorted at every step, to be more favorable. By the time it reached him, it had been turned around 180 degrees.
GIGO generated by a dedicated kakocracy and voted upon by knaves running a moral shambles.
Welcome to America, 2013.
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