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* '''summary''': [[Summary::&ldquo;[http://file.wikileaks.org/file/cia-afghanistan.pdf A newly leaked CIA report prepared earlier this month] (.pdf) analyzes how the [[U.S. Government]] can best manipulate public opinion in [[Germany]] and [[France]] -- in order to ensure that those countries continue to fight in [[Afghanistan]].&rdquo;]]
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<p>[http://file.wikileaks.org/file/cia-afghanistan.pdf A newly leaked CIA report prepared earlier this month] (.pdf) analyzes how the [[U.S. Government]] can best manipulate public opinion in [[Germany]] and [[France]] -- in order to ensure that those countries continue to fight in [[Afghanistan]].  The Report celebrates the fact that the governments of those two nations continue to fight the war in defiance of overwhelming public opinion which opposes it -- so much for all the recent veneration of "[[consent of the governed]]" -- and it notes that this is possible due to lack of interest among their citizenry:  "'''[[Public Apathy]] Enables Leaders to Ignore Voters'''," proclaims the title of one section.</p>
 
<p>[http://file.wikileaks.org/file/cia-afghanistan.pdf A newly leaked CIA report prepared earlier this month] (.pdf) analyzes how the [[U.S. Government]] can best manipulate public opinion in [[Germany]] and [[France]] -- in order to ensure that those countries continue to fight in [[Afghanistan]].  The Report celebrates the fact that the governments of those two nations continue to fight the war in defiance of overwhelming public opinion which opposes it -- so much for all the recent veneration of "[[consent of the governed]]" -- and it notes that this is possible due to lack of interest among their citizenry:  "'''[[Public Apathy]] Enables Leaders to Ignore Voters'''," proclaims the title of one section.</p>
  
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Latest revision as of 20:51, 2 June 2019

A newly leaked CIA report prepared earlier this month (.pdf) analyzes how the U.S. Government can best manipulate public opinion in Germany and France -- in order to ensure that those countries continue to fight in Afghanistan. The Report celebrates the fact that the governments of those two nations continue to fight the war in defiance of overwhelming public opinion which opposes it -- so much for all the recent veneration of "consent of the governed" -- and it notes that this is possible due to lack of interest among their citizenry: "Public Apathy Enables Leaders to Ignore Voters," proclaims the title of one section.

But the Report also cites the "fall of the Dutch Government over its troop commitment to Afghanistan" and worries that -- particularly if the "bloody summer in Afghanistan" that many predict takes place -- what happened to the Dutch will spread as a result of the "fragility of European support" for the war. As the truly creepy Report title puts it, the CIA's concern is: "Why Counting on Apathy May Not Be Enough"...

The Report seeks to provide a back-up plan for "counting on apathy," and provides ways that the U.S. Government can manipulate public opinion in these foreign countries.




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