[XHogPilot]

An unfortunate article. True or not, it is so extreme that few will believe, instead seeing it as hyperbole. The result is, far better documented Kerryisms will also be discounted as "wacko ideas".

[Tolik]

Why would you think that writings of Ion Mihai Pacepa (see all of these: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/k-ionmihaipacepa/browse ) are not credible?

He had ultimate-insider's access to top secrets of the Soviet Block. After his defection he was thoroughly debriefed by Western spy agencies. He has a few books out.

I admit its practically impossible to verify his writings unless one has access to the KGB's and satellites' archives. But the puzzle pieces he contributes fit so nicely with lots of smaller pieces already in the puzzle of what we know about modus operandi of the Soviet/KGB propaganda machine. There is a chance that he "INVENTS" all his stuff, but I don't think so. Nothing he wrote in all his articles, and I try not to miss them for the last few years, struck me as unbelievable.

It's more like Hess, Rosenbergs and all McCarthy "witch hunt": nasty individual he was or not, the funny thing that witches WERE there.

 

[SolutionsOnly]

***". True or not, it is so extreme that few will believe"***

The way I deal with this 'problem' is by role reversal. Start with a known fact: The US has enemies, then I ask "Imagine the United States your arch enemy. What would YOU do?". The 'extreme' becomes 'plausible' rather quickly.