The Turkish military is no longer the stabilizing force it always has been to keep the country glued together
[ Editor’s Note: Most VT readers know my bi-line phrase is “You just can’t make this stuff up.” But apparently you can at the Washington Post, where I had to start the day reading something that a journalist actually got paid to do. I decided to use it to lead off the day, as it is a classic example of spin-meistering.
We live in a sea of spin, so we can spot all the usual ploys with a blindfold on. We have a good batch of experienced Cold War psyops people at VT who know this game intimately. First task is to create a false reality by presenting it as an agreed-upon framework, and then add in some light to medium critical stuff as smokescreen so that your main psyops points are not glaringly such.
Ms. Sly, (how I loved the irony there) in the first line comes out swinging with “strategic nightmare”, “enemies encroach on its borders” and “allies snub its demands.” Notice how she dispenses with how Kurds who live in northern Syria have any right to move around in their own area where they have lived for a long time, even with permission from their own government, and to push back terrorists supported by Turkey.
She transforms this into “enemies encroach”, words rarely used, but chosen carefully because the Kurds have not threatened to cross Turkey’s border. She is spinning a threat that does not exist. And mind you, an editor signed off on this copy, which is no surprise at the NeoCon Washington Post.
Next we have Turkey being spun as Russia’s oldest and nearest “rival”, when Russia has years of major investment in building long term business bonds as a main theme of its foreign policy, particularly the gas pipelines. Earlier in the blowup of relations with Turkey after the plane shoot down, Putin even mentioned the huge investment Russia had made in Turkey, and mentioned his personal investment with Erdogan.
So the WP article is spin-meistering on steroids. Tied into this morning internet jaunt was seeing InfoWars step into this Turkey-Syria furball, when Alex Jones, who has no expertise in the area, has another shillster Wayne Madsen on the show to hype the “Turkish Threat”. It is the kind of thing one would see when a handler is activating an asset to seed the media. There is more by clicking on the WP link, but VT readers can spot a lot of it… Jim W. Dean ]
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Turkey has become the rogue elephant of NATO, which is not totally innocent either
Beauty, history and intrigue all rolled into one sack of cats
Blowback from the Syrian war in the form of a string of suicide bombings in Istanbul and Ankara, most recently on Wednesday, has brought fear to Turkish streets and dampened the vital tourist industry.
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Armenian genocide – practice by the Dönmeh and the central banking cartel for the Soviet Union genocide of Orthodox Christian peasants and many others?
As soon as I saw the article I remembered Gordon’s article about the Intel of Turkey planning on a ground incursion Monday (today) and thought what perfect timing. These pros keep showing their hand and reminding us who is who in the game. Thanks for the opportunity Mr. Dean.
aren’t there laws against psyop propaganda garbage?
This is what you call the manufacture of war …..with the usual suspects
wjabbe, my grandfather fought the Turks in some of the bloodiest warfare in human history, and suffered for the rest of his life as a result.
Watching Washington lovingly fondle their boy Erdogan really pi$$es me off!
What a bunch ov drivel from wapo.
But I feel sorry for you guys having to listen to AJ, I would probably chuck my computer out the window if forced to do that for more than two minutes.
And Aljahawhaw (headchopper central)are having kittens right now, they even showed a clip of “civilians fleeing barrel bombs”, and showed a group of kids smiling and playing on a swing, no joke.
The moral contradictions of lame stream news is an offence to my intelligence!
NeoCon media moguls swayed and paid by the Khazarian/Zionist pied-piper and Ms. Sly is down among the rats dancing to the music. (Apologies to Sly and the Family Stone).