Big Lie Propaganda

Montrose Toast ^ | 7 July 2009 | DJ Elliott

[DJ Elliott]

The Big Lie Propaganda approach is: If you state a big enough lie often enough, people will believe it.

This concept took off when the National SOCIALIST German Workers Party (Hitler) used it in the 1930s and 1940s and the Communist (Stalin) adopted it from them.

In this article, Murdoc askes "Spot Anything Questionable?":

"Early in the Iran-Iraq War, an AK-47-toting Iranian soldier watches smoke rising from burning oil refineries near the Iranian city of Abadan. The Iraqis under Saddam Hussein, armed and supported by the United States, used mostly M16s. Photo: Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis" From Wired

[SolidWood]

"Early in the Iran-Iraq War, an AK-47-toting Iranian soldier watches smoke rising from burning oil refineries near the Iranian city of Abadan. The Iraqis under Saddam Hussein, armed and supported by the United States, used mostly M16s. Photo: Henri Bureau/Sygma/Corbis" From Wired

LOL!!!

The Iraqis were armed to the vast majority by the Soviets, especially in Infantry armanent, armory etc. certain aircraft were of European origin.

The Iraqi soldier was armed with Kalashnikovs.

The Iranians were armed to the vast majority with US equipment (plus stuff from several West-European and Eastern Bloc countries), since they were our largest military consumer under the Shah.

The Iranian infantry man of the 1970's was armed with the German G3 Heckler&Koch Assault rifle. After the Revolution China/North Korea/Syria/Lybia provided them with some of their stuff, but in the Iran-Iraq war the dominating rifle was still the HK G3.

Iranian infantryman with HK G3 assault rifle.

[DJ Elliott]

And the “Big Lie” that the caption is supporting?

The claim that “The US armed Saddam.”

It never ceases to amaze me how people will claim things that are so easily proven wrong...

[Roccus]

“The US armed Saddam.”

"The Arms Bizarre"