Diversionary propaganda can be subtle

© 2019 Peter Free

 

17 December 2019

 

 

It is easy to miss US propaganda's deceptive nature . . .

 

. . . when we are not self-protectively suspicious of it.

 

 

CNN's report about US troop reduction in Afghanistan

 

The network, fond of promoting American warfare, said the following — without providing meaningful historical context:

 

 

President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to announce a long-anticipated drawdown of about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan, a senior administration official confirmed to CNN.

 

© 2019 Jeremy Diamond, Trump administration preparing to announce long-anticipated reduction of US troops in Afghanistan, CNN (14 December 2019)

 

 

Haven't we heard about reductions and surges — over and over again?

 

Afghanistan has been about troop changes that are unrelated to actually implementing substantive strategy. Instead, their comparative trivialness and political timing is characteristic.

 

The overall goal is always to manage levels of American paranoia, so that Military Industrial Complex continues to profit. When one geographic arena allegedly shifts down in US fearmongering and military commitment, another profitably shifts up.

 

Oligarchy keeps us amused and out of its business by pretending to stay in tune with pretended changing circumstances.

 

This continually manipulated dance of shadows is attention-diverting.

 

American media contribute to deception — whether by omission or commission — because the Plutocracy owns them.

 

 

The moral? — Follow the money

 

Reports of fluctuating troop levels serve as a shadow play to keep the public from recognizing what a dangerous overall game the United States has been playing for decades.

 

Consider the recent tidbit that the United States Senate proposes to name Russia as a sponsor of terrorism:

 

 

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill asking the State Department to determine if Russia can be qualified as “a state sponsor of terrorism.”

 

The Stopping Malign Activities from Russian Terrorism Act [— see it here —] would open a way to stricter sanctions and could bring the damaged US-Russia relations to new lows, including potential termination of the bilateral de-confliction channel on Syria.

 

© 2019 Maxim A. Suchkov, Russia, US headed for new lows over terrorism, Syria, Al-Monitor (13 December 2019)

 

 

The historical absurdity of the Senate bill's accusation is significant. Russia has more to fear from terrorism than any other large nation. Historically, the United States has sponsored more terrorism than Russia ever has.

 

The malevolent Senate bill demonstrates the level of violent insanity that grips the United States.

 

Evidently, escalating risk and opportunity for nuclear war — solely for Military Industrial Complex profit — is not a step too far.

 

This should give us pause about the alleged merits of American political and economic culture.

 

Is murder-suicide usually a rational undertaking?