The age of propaganda is upon us

Future historians may well describe our present era as the Age of Propaganda. Never before have the forces of government and communications been so completely unified into a single machine, and never before has the truth been so twisted and filtered on its way to public perception.

This is a byproduct of the fact that most people still believe that democracy is a magic force that allows the common man to select his leaders and, thereby, determine his own political destiny. That being the case, political leaders must master the science of public-opinion engineering so the illusion of the ballot box can be maintained while, at the same time, candidates and policy issues can be selected by power brokers behind the scenes.

The Donald/Hillary cartoon at the top of this page may have led you to assume that I am thinking about the U.S. presidential campaign as I write these words, but that is not the case. That would be too easy and far less controversial than my true destination, which is the war than now is raging for control of Aleppo in Syria.

The following two stories from this week’s news are about the propaganda and lies that have been pumped into the public mind by mainstream media. Why this is being done is a story in itself, but it can be summarized as: Opinion engineering to create public support for aggressive wars that benefit the oligarchs who comprise the military-industrial-political complex of the Western world. It is not about fighting terrorism. It is about using terrorism.

G. Edward Griffin
2016 September 30

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Syria: Jabhat al-Nusra unit commander Abu Al Ezz told a German newspaper that his group is supported by the US through the governments of other countries. He said his group is part of al-Qaeda and was affiliated with ISIS, but ISIS has drifted away from fighting for an Islamic Sharia state because it is working with the intelligence services of the US. He stated that, when his army was besieged, experts from the US, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Israel showed up to supply and train them with sophisticated equipment. RT 2016 Sep 26 (Story) (Cached)

Syria: This is a must-see briefing on the current lies and deceptions about the war in Aleppo. Journalist Vanessa Beeley, drawing from her first-hand experience in the war-torn area, says that everything reported in the Western media, not only is wrong, it is deliberately wrong. For example, the ‘White Helmets’, which are portrayed as volunteer, humanitarian first-responders who rescue civilian casualties of unprovoked Russian attacks, really are the same terrorists who are being funded and equipped by the US and its NATO allies to topple the Assad regime. The White Helmet image is a propaganda ploy to create public support for further funding of the terrorists and to draw attention away from the real civil-defense workers from the Syrian government. You will be amazed at how well her report explains the otherwise unexplainable events in Syria. RPI 2016 Sep 29 (Story)