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...tell me you Americans are smart enough not to pay attention to propaganda.
First example:
Iran Military Forum
When I watched for the first time, I did not see the point of the poster.
Then, it remembered me a book I read a few years ago, and that enlightened me.
That book was about German pre-war propagnda.
I don't want to compare the USA with Nazi Germany. I just want to show you how easily you could be manipulated, as the Germans were.
In the 30's, Hitler wanted to make a war in order to gain some territories. One of his goal was Poland. To justify such a war, one of his method was to convince the Germans that the Allies were a threat.
So, in books, posters, pubs...the Germans were relentlessly told that the allied had huges powerful armies, able to invade the poor Germany in a matter of days.
According to this propaganda, Belgium, my country, was supposed to own 350 long-range bombers, over 1000 ultramodern fighters and thousands of heavy tanks.
In fact, we had no bombers, 2 or 3 squadrons of outclassed fighters, 1 captured Hurricane and around 60 light tanks armed with machineguns.
But it was too late, the war was "legitimized".
Now, look at those numerous tanks and missiles Iran is supposed to own. Most of them probably come back from the war against Iraq, and many must be out of order. Excepted from the T-72, I guess none of them could damage an Abraham tank.
Anyway, do you think a T-72 in Iran could threaten the USA? No!
Would they dare to invade any country? They saw what happened in 1991 with Kuwait, they'd never do it!
Example 2:
USA Wake Up.org - Main Page
This one remembers me the "Jewish complot" of the 30's, a kind of Nazi delire about a supposed global menace that proved to be deep BS. But many Germans believed it.
Do you seriously believe Al-Quaeda would have a HQ in Denver? What would the Algerian Armed Islamic Group do in Seattle?
And...nearly all of the "infested" states are liberal...totally absurd.
First example:
Iran Military Forum
When I watched for the first time, I did not see the point of the poster.
Then, it remembered me a book I read a few years ago, and that enlightened me.
That book was about German pre-war propagnda.
I don't want to compare the USA with Nazi Germany. I just want to show you how easily you could be manipulated, as the Germans were.
In the 30's, Hitler wanted to make a war in order to gain some territories. One of his goal was Poland. To justify such a war, one of his method was to convince the Germans that the Allies were a threat.
So, in books, posters, pubs...the Germans were relentlessly told that the allied had huges powerful armies, able to invade the poor Germany in a matter of days.
According to this propaganda, Belgium, my country, was supposed to own 350 long-range bombers, over 1000 ultramodern fighters and thousands of heavy tanks.
In fact, we had no bombers, 2 or 3 squadrons of outclassed fighters, 1 captured Hurricane and around 60 light tanks armed with machineguns.
But it was too late, the war was "legitimized".
Now, look at those numerous tanks and missiles Iran is supposed to own. Most of them probably come back from the war against Iraq, and many must be out of order. Excepted from the T-72, I guess none of them could damage an Abraham tank.
Anyway, do you think a T-72 in Iran could threaten the USA? No!
Would they dare to invade any country? They saw what happened in 1991 with Kuwait, they'd never do it!
Example 2:
USA Wake Up.org - Main Page
This one remembers me the "Jewish complot" of the 30's, a kind of Nazi delire about a supposed global menace that proved to be deep BS. But many Germans believed it.
Do you seriously believe Al-Quaeda would have a HQ in Denver? What would the Algerian Armed Islamic Group do in Seattle?
And...nearly all of the "infested" states are liberal...totally absurd.
