.. the rabbit hole
When war becomes peace,
When concepts and realities are turned upside down,
When fiction becomes truth and truth becomes fiction.
When a global military agenda is heralded as a humanitarian endeavor,
When the killing of civilians is upheld as "collateral damage,"
When those who resist the U.S.-N.A.T.O. led invasion of their homeland are categorized as "insurgents" or "terrorists."
When preemptive nuclear war is upheld as self defense.
When advanced torture and "interrogation" techniques are routinely used to "protect peacekeeping operations,"
When tactical nuclear weapons are heralded by the Pentagon as "harmless to the surrounding civilian population,"
When three quarters of U.S. personal federal income tax revenues are allocated to financing what is euphemistically referred to as "national defense,"
When the Commander in Chief of the largest military force on planet Earth is presented as a global peace-maker,
When the Lie becomes the Truth.
[By Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research | Sunday, 11 October, 2009.]
We are the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The U.S. in partnership with N.A.T.O. and Israel has launched a global military adventure which, in a very real sense, threatens the future of humanity.
At this critical juncture in our history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President and Commander in Chief Barack Obama constitutes an unmitigated tool of propaganda and distortion, which unreservedly supports the Pentagon's "Long War:" "A War without Borders" in the true sense of the word, characterised by the Worlwide deployment of U.S. military might.
Apart from the diplomatic rhetoric, there has been no meaningful reversal of U.S. foreign policy in relation to the George W. Bush presidency, which might have remotely justified the granting of the Nobel Prize to Obama. In fact quite the opposite. The Obama military agenda has sought to extend the war into new frontiers. With a new team of military and foreign policy advisers, the Obama war agenda has been far more effective in fostering military escalation than that formulated by the NeoCons.
Since the very outset of the Obama presidency, this global military project has become increasingly pervasive, with the reinforcement of U.S. military presence in all major regions of the World and the development of new advanced weapons systems on an unprecdented scale.
Granting the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama provides legitimacy to the illegal practices of war, to the military occupation of foreign lands, to the relentless killings of civilians in the name of "democracy."
This is a war against the truth. When war becomes peace, the world is turned upside down. Conceptualization is no longer possible. An inquisitorial social system emerges.
An understanding of fundamental social and political events is replaced by a World of sheer fantasy, where "evil folks" are lurking. The objective of the "Global War on Terrorism" which has been fully endorsed by Obama administration, has been to galvanize public support for a Worldwide campaign against heresy.
In the eyes of public opinion, possessing a "just cause" for waging war is central. A war is said to be "just" if it is waged on moral, religious or ethical grounds. The consensus is to wage war. People can longer think for themselves. They accept the authority and wisdom of the established social order.
The granting of the Nobel "peace prize" to president Barack Obama has become an integral part of the Pentagon's propaganda machine. It provides a human face to the invaders, it upholds the demonization of those who oppose U.S. military intervention.
The decision to grant Obama the Nobel Peace Prize was no doubt carefully negotiated with the Norwegian Committee at the highest levels of the U.S. government. It has far reaching implications.
It unequivocally upholds the U.S. led war as a "Just Cause." It erases the war crimes committed both by the Bush and Obama administrations. (Full editorial here.)
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