Afghanistan: Sustaining West European Support for the NATO-ledMission—Why Counting on Apathy Might Not Be Enough
Greenwald's article is worth reading, and goes into detail how our government and others like China and North Korea (freedom loving company indeed) are plotting to destroy the website... The wikileaks article itself is about how despite overwhelming public opposition to the war in Afghanistan throughout Europe, governments there keep maintaining troops... They can do this basically because of the apathy of their populations.. and the CIA knows this... they are counting on it. Even though the CIA recognizes the power of apathy in keeping the agenda of the US government on track in the region, they want a back up plan just in case the people become less apathetic, or leaders start listening to their constituents... Their back-up plan, keep focus on Afghani women using propaganda.
"Conversely, messaging that dramatizes the potential adverse consequences of an ISAF defeat for Afghan civilians could leverage French (and other European) guilt for abandoning them. The prospect of the Taliban rolling back hard-won progress on girls’ education could provoke French indignation, become a rallying point for France’s largely secular public, and give voters a reason to support a good and necessary cause despite casualties."
If the powers of apathy wane, keep up the sob story about how the US is only there to help Afghani women... I have no doubt Afghani women are faring better under US occupation than Taliban governance, however, I wonder how many would approve of being used as propaganda to keep the war going indefinitely... especially when in reality little has changed in afghanistan for women (see here too) under US occupation. If the US would make women's rights in Afghanistan a priority, rather than a propaganda talking point, I wouldn't have such a problem with the CIA's strategy. As it is now, women in Afghanistan are tools for propoganda rather than the subject of intense US efforts to help their plights... the CIA wants to extol a narrative that doesn't exist. I am guessing this is not the first time for them. Maybe the CIA should spend its time subverting Islamic attitudes towards women and education of girls instead of worrying about apathetic Europeans. Maybe real change instead of fantasy would actually turn the European populace on to the occupation of Afghanistan.
In conclusion: Remember folks (here and abroad), keep up the apathy!... the CIA is rooting for you, and we wouldn't want to let them down.
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I had never heard of Wikileaks until the other day when someone posted about a video they have of the CIA dropping bombs on civilians. Thanks for posting about this important info.
In the US, it is not just apathy that has us overlooking ongoing war crimes abroad and corporatism at home. It is apathy and debt servitude. It is hard to rise up when an overnight in jail could lead to jobloss, homelessness, etc. Govt policies lead directly to the debt that shackles most Americans. monkey fingered.
@Alaska Progressive, I hadnt heard that, thanks for the quote... my wife got me reading 3 Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools by Greg Mortensen... if you havent read those they are great! There are some people trying to make a difference in afghanistan and pakistan, and should be supported.