CIA's Gift to the World: "Killing Hope"
A Vietcong asked an American prisoner: 'You were our heroes after the war. We read American books and saw American films. To be as rich and as wise as an American was the goal. What happened?"
The book was taken for free from the CIA’s website. Before I let you enjoy, imagine flipping open the newspaper back in 1919 but with today's lingo. Here’s how those headlines would sound with a modern twist:
30 Dec. 1919: "Russians Seek War With America!"
9 Jan. 1920: “Official quarters' describe the Russian menace in the Middle East as ominous!"
11 Jan. 1920: "Allied officials and diplomats [envisage] a possible invasion of Europe!"
13 Jan. 1920: "Allied diplomatic circles fear an invasion of Persia!”
16 Jan. 1920: A page-one headline, eight columns wide:"Britain Facing War With Russians, Calls Council In Paris."
"Well-informed diplomats" expect both a military invasion of Europe and a Russian advance into Eastern and Southern Asia.
The following morning, however, we could read: "No War With Russia, Allies To Trade With Her!"
7 Feb. 1920: "Russians Raising Army To Attack India!"
11 Feb. 1920: "Fear That Russians Will Now Invade Japanese Territory!"
“Readers of the New York Times were asked to believe that all these invasions were to come from a nation that was shattered as few nations in history have been; a nation still recovering from a horrendous world war; in extreme chaos from a fundamental social revolution that was barely off the ground; engaged in a brutal civil war against forces backed by the major powers of the world; its industries, never advanced to begin with, in a shambles; and the country in the throes of a famine that was to leave many millions dead before it subsided.”
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Mind Control Series (5) Child Abuse: PURE EVIL (painful, somewhat neglected)
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