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Governments around the world are aware that people might get frustrated and upset – to put it mildly – when their government is involved in what is perceived as serious crimes against humanity and acts of treason against its’ own and other nations’ people .
One way to avoid such frustration and anger becoming a serious threat to national security or - which would be more serious in the eyes of political and financial power holders – the current order, would be to make political decisions more in line with people’s moral standards and expectations.
However, there are other ways. One can always try instead to change people’s perceptions and ways of interpreting the actions of their government…
When The State in the Soviet directed education to propagate the official narrative, the thumb screws were both literal and not needed to be mentioned.
Now the thumb screws are metaphorical but although people often need to be reminded of it, they are none the less effective in creating overall compliance.
Because the US public is relatively free, armed and huge - and because the government rather be safe than sorry - alterations in such fields as economic policies, security measures and law enforcement has often been tried elsewhere is countries similar enough to provide results that can be generalized to the US society while at the same time not presenting any risks to US interests.
Britain has been such a subject for experiments later reproduced in the US. This is not to say that there often isn't a mutual exchange between the political establishments of the countries, as they are both beholden - whether the regime in power at any given moment likes it or not - to the restrictions of the same global framework of economy and resources.
But whenever there is a need for a small scale test, the UK is the perfect candidate for something pending US introduction.
I feel this article has a feeling of US-UK cooperation, and I would not be surprised if it is introduced in US. Rest asure that there are people watching and learning from the reactions of their little proxies.
Iraq: teachers told to rewrite history
MoD accused of sending propaganda to schools
Britain's biggest teachers' union has accused the Ministry of Defence of breaking the law over a lesson plan drawn up to teach pupils about the Iraq war. The National Union of Teachers claims it breaches the 1996 Education Act, which aims to ensure all political issues are treated in a balanced way. Teachers will threaten to boycott military involvement in schools at the union's annual conference next weekend, claiming the lesson plan is a "propaganda" exercise and makes no mention of any civilian casualties as a result of the war...
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