Federal Psywar Against Americans

[kingfisherbeer]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/zeese5.html

Better formatting in the article, including links, which i have not put in the copy-paste below.

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Sam Gardiner has taught strategy and military operations at the National War College, Air War College and Naval War College. He was recently a visiting scholar at the Swedish Defence College. During Gulf II he was a regular on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer as well as on BBC radio and television, and National Public Radio. He authored "The Enemy is Us" an article describing how the Bush Administration used disinformation and psychological warfare – weapons usually used against the 'enemy' – against the American public in order to support the war in Iraq. He has done an extensive analysis of the media coverage before the war, during the war and during the occupation as well as of the statements of Administration officials. His conclusions are startling and of great concern. He has put his findings in a report entitled: "Truth from These Podia."

Zeese: Describe your professional background and expertise.

Gardiner: Sure, Kevin. I'm a retired colonel of the US Air Force. When I retired, I was teaching strategy at the National War College in Washington, DC. Since I've been retired, I have continued to teach military strategy. I've taught for the Naval War College. I've taught at the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama. I also spent a period as a visiting scholar at the Swedish Defense College in Stockholm.

In addition, I have been doing war games. You may have seen descriptions of some of the games I've done. I did one on Iran that was covered in the December 2004 Atlantic Monthly. More recently, I conducted a game addressing North Korea. It was covered in the July/August Atlantic Monthly.

Zeese: What is: "Truth from These Podia"? How did you conduct this media analysis?

Gardiner: It is a paper I published on the web that reflected four months of heavy research.

I had followed press reports of the war closely as it unfolded because of a job I had. During the first couple months of Gulf II, I was under contract with the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. With another retired colonel, we did an almost daily on-air analysis of how the war was going.

As the war unfolded, I became increasingly uneasy about what was being reported out of the White House, Pentagon and Central Command. I was hearing things that just did not make sense with what I knew and what my intuition was telling me. I began tracking some of the stories. It was just a matter of going over what we were told and connecting that with the truth as it emerged later.

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[Kenneth ken]

1. welcome to DU

is this the entire interview you posted? If so, you need to shorten it to no more than 4 paragraphs - DU rules. If you don't, it will get locked, and possibly deleted.

As an interview, it probably should have been posted in the editorials forum rather than here in LBN.

[kingfisherbeer]

3. Hi

Thanks. Have shortened it. Yeah, Maybe I should have posted it in the editorial.

For all: Please go thru the pdf flies linked in the article on lewrockwell.com. Quite something...

[lovelaureng]

2. Hard to imagine

Bush & co. building the case for their war using deception and exaggerating any shred of the facts so that their unrecognizable in the end. We are bombarded with psyop stuff through the media on a daily basis, so this isn't none too surprising. I believe the American public is manipulated constantly through the television and newspapers all the time.
Solutions? Think for your self. Do not except anything at someone else's word simply because they are an "expert" or in a position of authority.
I was taught as an adult by my wife that someone who seeks to control you doesn't have your best interest at heart. I have since learned that this is so true. Think about it for a moment.