CIA: How to Bullshit People Into Supporting War

by | Mar 27, 2010 | Stress Blog | 1 comment

Are you struggling with a population reluctant to send their sons off to murder people and perhaps get exploded in someone else’s campaign of imperial aggression?

Are there brave, patriotic Michael New types in your country who refuse to fight under the flag of another power?

Well, just tell them it’s for the good of the women-folk and that they could get killed by terrorists at home if they don’t fight them “over there.”

Sound familiar?

Well, it’s the CIA manual on how to keep the French and Germans fighting in our war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. [.pdf file]

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