I hate calling it the Department of War. Not because it’s inaccurate—on the contrary, it’s more honest than “Defense.” It feels like capitulation to the spectacle, as if we’ve stopped pretending. The mask has dropped, and we’re all expected to clap for the absurdity.
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Reflections on war propaganda
I told myself that I wasn’t going to listen to these “think tanks” for a while. I guess I wasn’t ready, as the following angered me. This is just normal thinking inside “The Blob,” though.
Read More »Demonizing the enemy, demonization of the enemy or dehumanization of the enemy is a propaganda technique which promotes an idea about the enemy being a threatening, evil aggressor with only destructive objectives.
State Dept. May Well Be Trying to Abrogate the Fourth Geneva Convention, Turning Gaza and the West Bank into Free-Fire Zones
Today, I followed up on my questioning from Wednesday.
Again, the State Department would not say directly if they recognized the Fourth Geneva Convention as applying to the West Bank and Gaza.
State Dept. May Well Be Trying to Abrogate the Fourth Geneva Convention, Turning Gaza and the West Bank into Free-Fire Zones
Wait?! WTF?! Shoot anything that moves?! 😳
Related:
Vietnam Free Fire Zones – Anything That Moved Within Was Attacked And Destroyed
After all of these steps had been completed, the areas would be declared Free Fire Zones. Anything that was seen moving in these areas day or night was subject to attack by any and all forces that could be brought to bear.
6/3/22 Tom Secker on the Pentagon’s Control Over Top Gun: Maverick
How Pentagon Turned ‘Top Gun’ Sequel Into Recruitment And PR Vehicle
Files on “Top Gun: Maverick” detail the influence the Pentagon had over the sequel to Top Gun, how that affected the storyline and character arcs, and which “key talking points” became part of the script.
How Pentagon Turned ‘Top Gun’ Sequel Into Recruitment And PR Vehicle
Related:
Op-Ed: Why does the Pentagon give a helping hand to films like ‘Top Gun’?
Documents on Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun for hire: why Hollywood is the US military’s best wingman
Talk about grooming children (re: Transformers and Marvel)! 🙄
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 