Chuck Spinney: A Reckless Disregard for Truth and Sanity – The Syrian Guns of August

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 08 Proliferation, 08 Wild Cards, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence
Chuck Spinney
Chuck Spinney

A Reckless Disregard for Truth and Sanity

The Syrian Guns of August

by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch, December 1, 2013

Remember the thumping of Obama’s war drums for a US attack on Syria last August and September, including his spokesmen’s absurd invocations of Kosovo as a precedent for a limited cruise missile strike on Syria?  The trigger for hyping that war fever was a sarin gas attack in Eastern Ghouta, a Damascus suburb, on August 21.  Obama was quick to blame Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for crossing Obama’s bizarre Netanyahu-esque “red line.”

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Mary Ellen Bates: Turning Information Into Insight

Academia, Advanced Cyber/IO, Civil Society, Commerce, Ethics

Mary_Ellen_BatesMEB remains, in our view, the greatest US-based information broker of all time, along with Reva Basch now fully retired. Below is her 13 November 2013 presentation to the Special Library Association.

Turning Information Into Insight

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John Steiner: Global Brain at Huffington Post [Don’t Laugh, Please…]

Advanced Cyber/IO, Collective Intelligence, Commercial Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Gift Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
John Steiner
John Steiner

Global Brain

What Is the ‘Internet of Things'?

Cadell Last | Posted 11.26.2013 | Technology
Cadell Last Welcome to the Internet of Things (IoT). Currently the idea of the IoT has many definitions. Most include a world in the not-too-distant future where most objects are computerized and seamlessly integrated into our information network, creating “smart” grids, homes, and environments.

Preston James: Why Didn’t We Learn from Vietnam?

03 Economy, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Commerce, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Officers Call, Threats
Preston James
Preston James

Why Didn’t We Learn From Vietnam?

Individual soldiers deserted in huge numbers, whole units refused to fight, there was rebellion in some Barracks, and numerous incidents of fragging, some preceded by warnings to officers and non-coms to back off, others not.

There were large mass demonstrations at home in America and the situation became so dire, that President Lyndon Johnson was told by his advisers and the Ruling Cabal that he must step aside and could not run for a second term.

Most of this was kept from the American public by a Controlled Major Mass Media (CMMM) which served in most cases as official USG propaganda dispensers.

Henry Kissinger was the interface between the Ruling Cabal, the Secret Shadow Government (SSG) and President Nixon and basically ran Nixon’s foreign policy.

Nixon was elected and seemed to be led around by the nose by his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger who is now viewed by many as a hardened war criminal for his many dealings in Vietnam, Myanmar and other places which directly resulted in mass death. He is also blamed for his manipulative, botched negotiations and recommendation to leave so many American POW/MIAs behind with secret plans to have them assassinated in jungle prison camps by special Observation Groups (SOGs), actually Special Operations Groups and aircraft dispensed poisonous VX gas when that failed.

It’s important to note that because JFK was Assassinated by a high military Cabal including LBJ, J. Edgar Hoover, GHWB, Dulles, Lansdale, Lemnitzer, etc. that Vietnam became possible as an illegal perpetual, un-winnable war for profits in the first place. Once JFK was out of the way, the US Military and the defense industry and banks surrounding became the Secret Shadow Government, and began ruling the visible, ceremonial government which actually became a hired prostitute of the SSG.

It takes creative Psyops by the top Policy-Makers to elicit a nation’s support for any new war.

No nation’s citizens are eager to send their children to war to be maimed and die in mass, and it take special high level psychological operations (Psyops) to process the society’s group mind to motivate them adequately to want revenge against another nation or group.

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Berto Jongman: Public Diplomacy Case Studies and Ten Best Practices

Advanced Cyber/IO
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

The New Public Diplomacy Imperative

Since the end of Cold War, the United States has exercised neither coherent nor strategically minded communication with overseas populations.

The New Public Diplomacy Imperative takes a look at the strategic necessity for strong American public diplomacy. Policy analyst Matthew Wallin examines many of the issues in contemporary public diplomacy, and recommends best practices for policy makers and public diplomacy practitioners.

This white paper provides case studies, insight and guidance to strengthen the effectiveness of American messaging overseas.

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