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October 2, 2007 at 10:17:57

Resisiting PSYOPS

by Carol Wolman

http://www.opednews.com

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As I work for peace and impeachment, writing and organizing, sometimes I become demoralized by the news and by the apparently inexorable march toward an attack on Iran, and fascism.  It’s not just me, family and friends in the movement make similar complaints.   

It helps to realize that our demoralization is deliberately fostered.  We are being subjected to a relentless bombardment of propaganda, designed to convince us that Bush and Cheney know best, and that those of us who protest are marginal weirdos.  It’s called PSYOPS.  

Psychological Operations (PSYOP, PSYOPS) are techniques used by military and police forces (AND BY THE BUSH/CHENEY GANG)  to influence a target audience's emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and behavior. Target audiences can be governments, organizations, and individuals , (AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC)  and are used in order to induce confessions, or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator's objectives. These are sometimes combined with black operations or false flag tactics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations 

  How do We the People defend ourselves against PSYOPS? 

  First,  we have to accept the fact that We the People have an enemy, the Bush/Cheney regime. They are trying to steal our sovereignty, our precious self-rule, guaranteed under the US Constitution. The Bush/Cheney agenda is 1) perpetual war, to enrich themeselves and their cronies with taxpayers' money by funding war and oil corporations; 2) fascist legislation, to endow themsleves with limitless power over the populace. 

Second, we have to understand that the mainstream media (MSM) have become propaganda instruments, to be used for targeting us, We the People, with PSYOPS.   Bush/Cheney are trying to force a paradigm shift, replacing the Constitution (which they have sworn to uphold and defend) with endless war and dictatorship.  We should be highly skeptical of anything put out by the MSM. 

Bush/Cheney are trying to condition us into accepting that bombing Iran is inevitable,  and will inievitably lead to retaliation, catastrophe on American soil, and martial law.  They want us to despair of  heading off the juggernaut, despite all our demonstrations, blogging, uncovering of crimes and scandals. 

  Bush and Cheney want us to believe they are unstoppable. 

They are not.  They can and must be stopped.   

To stop them, we must assert and strengthen the Constitutional paradigm.  The Constitution has a built-in defense against usurpation of power by the Executive branch.  It’s called IMPEACHMENT, and is mandatory when when the Executive disregards the legislative body. 

The instrument is at hand- H Res 333, IMPEACH Cheney, on the basis of lying us into Iraq and threatening Iran on false charges.

  How do we get a Congress which is in bed with Bush/Cheney to impeach? 

1)     Stay on message. IMPEACH, IMPEACH, IMPEACH.   Don’t get distracted, even by the need to get out of Iraq, by the need to prevent an attack on Iran, by the need to stop global warming- all of these will follow once impeachment happens.  Above all, don’t get distracted by silly media stories like the “presidential debates”, or “man’s leg found in barbecue”.

2)     Don’t be intimidated.  Yes, lots of terrible things will happen if Iran is attacked, if martial law is declared.  Our job is to prevent these things from happening.  There’s only one way to do it – IMPEACHMENT.

3)     Don’t be fooled by shadowplay.  Congress can pretend to investigate, set deadlines for Iraq, fight over funding for children’s health care, but in the end, they keep enabling the Bush/Cheney agenda.  Until they IMPEACH, they are not representing We the People.  Keep telling them of our displeasure, and our demand for IMPEACHMENT.  Call every day.  Thank those who have signed on to H Res 333, and pressure those who have not to cosponsor.

4)     Unite our forces.  IMPEACHMENT IS THE UMBRELLA ISSUE.  If we get Bush/Cheney out of office, all the other changes we want will be much easier.  We have lots of allies, In the military, the intelligence community, among true Christians, labor, environmentalists- almost everyone.

5)     To get Congress to IMPEACH, threaten their jobs- said John Conyers to Cindy Sheehan.  Find good candidates to run against non-impeaching incumbents in the primaries and the general election, in all 435 Congressional districts.  This is starting around the country, and we New Broom candidates are starting to find each other. 

Our weapons are spirit and truth. Let’s keep our spirits up, keep telling the truth, and we are bound to prevail. 

In the name of the Prince of Peace, Carol Wolman

Cochair, Impeach Bush/Cheney

Green candidate for Congress, CA District 1   

 

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Carol S. Wolman, MD is a psychiatrist in Northern California. A lifelong peace activist, she has written extensively on the psychology of our times. She is a cochair of Bay Area Impeach Bush-Cheney. You can join or form a local group at http://impeachbush.meetup.com/ She ran for Congress in '06, and is now a Gteen candidate for Congress in CA district 1. She is a coordinator of The New Broom Coalition, for a clean sweep of Congress.

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I'm a farmer and Ron Paul rEVOLution recruiter
wraftI'm a farmer and Ron Paul rEVOLution recruiter

David Ray Griffen

makes the point that the official version of 9/11 has become 'sanctified' and any contrary evidence is blasphemy.

Election of Ron Paul is necessary to end Iraq War, investigate 9/11, and maintain a free country. http://RonPaul.meetup.com 

by wraft (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 33 comments) on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 10:13:51 AM
 


I am a College Student at Trinity University that is interested in Film Making and Game Design. I also love politics.
brendan mcnamaraI am a College Student at Trinity University that is interested in Film Making and Game Design. I also love politics.

I don't think you understand PSYOP...

Yeah, Carol, the thing is that it is illegal for PSYOP (there is no S at the end) to be used against US citizens.  It can only be used abroad (on enemy and allied target audiences).  If you actually take the time out to research PSYOP (psywar.org is a good place to start) you will find out that PSYOP is a hell of a lot less sinster than you make it out to be.  Essentially, these guys (37F MOS in the Army) drop pamphlets telling people to report terrorists, or to avoid going outside durring combat operations.  That's it.  No brainwashing techniques to get Americans to invade Iran, but instead using pamphlets and loudspeakers to persuade insurgents to stop fighting.

Ms. Wolman, the men and women behind PSYOP are brave and helpful people, and aren't part of some Bush-Cheney conspiracy like you suggest.   With all do respect, Ms. Wolman, please do your homework next time.

by brendan mcnamara (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 1:04:20 PM
 


I am a College Student at Trinity University that is interested in Film Making and Game Design. I also love politics.
brendan mcnamaraI am a College Student at Trinity University that is interested in Film Making and Game Design. I also love politics.

PSYOP isn't being used

Again, Ms. Wolman, you are bring up charges of psychological warfare when there is none.  Not a single one of the points you brought up are even remotley close to an example of PSYOP.  You've brought up the criticisms of the Bush administration without showing me any evidence of them using PSYOP against Americans.  Please Carol, enlighten me.  Where are the leaflets dropping from the sky onto New York?  Where are the posters put up persuading Americans to rely on Bush?  Where are the microphone mounted humvees on American streets spewing Bush's rhetoric?

 

It is nowhere to be seen.  

Now if you want to hate on Bush for his policies and actions that is totally cool with me.  However, to claim that his actions are a form of Psychological Warfare is factually completely off base.

Ms. Wolman, I would like you to go to psywar.org, learn about PSYOP and then give me a specific example of President Bush using PSYOP against the American people.  Please find an example, then I can sue them and make millions!  I don't think I should be expecting my bank account to get bigger anytime soon though, since there is flat out no example of these actions taking place.  Please Carol, do some fact checking before you write, it makes your points a lot stronger. 

by brendan mcnamara (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 3:02:38 PM
 

 

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