Mumbai attack: U.S. floats Pakistan involvement
Lies, lies and more lies
U.S. media are currently regurgitating the story that perhaps Pakistan was involved in the horrific attacks that took place this week in Mumbai, India.
Before we allow our compassionate hearts to overwhelm our intellectual senses, let’s separate what’s happened:
1. Coordinated attacks on Mumbai’s financial district were executed for unknown reasons
2. Nearly 200 people were killed with dozens more wounded in what appeared to be both targeted and random acts
3. No warning or provocation is known at this time
4. U.S. media (at this point primarily the AP) is using anonymous informants to inform the public that the U.S. is alleging Pakistan may be involved in some way.
5. The media story, regurgitated from anonymous accounts fed to reporters by government agents, is being used to plant the idea that Pakistan is harboring and perhaps equipping terrorists.
6. The natural outcropping of floating Pakistan as a likely source of blame for the attacks in India is that Americans will forget that the U.S. military has been consistently attacking areas of Pakistan for the past several months. More than 30 attacks on Pakistan by U.S. troops thus far have been under-reported without full accountability by the U.S. government.
7. The stage is being set for the U.S. to claim the necessity for rooting out terrorists in Pakistan, thus justifying further expansion of force it has already been directing toward Pakistan.
The media reports on the attacks is currently following the same playbook that was used in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. Anonymous officials conveniently ushered a compliant media onto a path with minimal information, zero proof and only the reputation of the official office as grounds for floating propaganda to the American public. The same course is now being used to make a case in the court of public opinion. Here is a sample of The Associated Press article promoted by Yahoo, which will also appear in numerous newspapers across the nation that subscribe to the AP news service.
The U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation.
India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir. U.S. officials are concerned about a flare-up in animosity similar to one that occurred after Pakistani militants attacked the Indian parliament in December 2001, the officials said.
Underscoring those fears, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called the foreign minister of India twice, along with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, since the crisis began.
“There were very worrying tensions in the region,” said Gordon Duguid, a State Department spokesman. “She was calling the president of Pakistan to get his read on how those tensions might be affected.”
As U.S. officials worked to ease hard feelings between India and Pakistan, a tentative rapprochement between the two nuclear-armed rivals could hang in the balance.
Dissecting the news
When a reporter speaks, there is no attribution of the information, such as “As U.S. officials worked to ease hard feelings between India and Pakistan …”. The problem here is that no proof or substance to support such a statement is contained in the article. Quite the contrary is actually true.
The U.S. supported India’s move toward nuclear weapons while casting a disapproving eye upon Pakistan for following the same path. The U.S. supported efforts to establish and expand democracy in India while supporting a military dictator in Pakistan and failing to provide strong support for the leadership of Benazir Bhutto and her efforts to democratize the country. The U.S. has repeatedly utilized Pakistani Intelligence to advance U.S. objectives in Afghanistan while simultaneously ignoring the Pakistani government’s pleas and warnings to cease and desist American attacks in Pakistan that have killed more people than the attacks in Mumbai.
Yet, here we are today reading, watching and listening to media propaganda as it seeks to influence American citizens to think that the U.S. is a rational voice in a turbulent area of the world.
The article reminds of of the conflicts between India and Pakistan, hoping we will immediately jump to the conclusion that all of the dead assailants who attacked the financial district of Mumbai and deliberately sought out Americans, Britons and Jews are Pakistani terrorists equipped and trained by the Pakistani government. We can’t determine their motive because they are dead. Before they can bury the bodies we’ve already been given plausible explanations based upon what? Secret government sources whispering in reporters’ ears?
Such baseless conclusions in media are just the first step in this campaign to convince you and me that what anonymous U.S. sources say must be believed because they came from anonymous U.S. sources who are officials in secret U.S. government agencies. These agencies are always to be believed because whatever they say is true since they have America’s best interest at heart.
Building on a distorted foundation
And since America is the greatest nation in the world and always stands for peace, it’s involvement in the attacks in Mumbai brings a calm expert voice to a chaotic world where tensions could escalate into nuclear war if the U.S. were not there to prevent it.
That’s what this article implies.
And that, my dear fellow Americans, is a lie. But it is one example of how American media and covert government operatives work together to immediately create a storyline for world events. Without proof, without names, and without research, The Associated Press has taken statements it was provided and written a fabricated story around them and circulated the story to its member newspapers, many of which will simply disseminate the propaganda without question.
Simply deplorable. So, I ask … where is the church? I expect lies emanating from media. But I expect the church to demand truth, investigations and understanding. After all, the great majority of American citizens are professing Christians. Where is the church to protect us from being influenced by the distortions and outright lies promoted by our government through a compliant and complicit media?
All I hear is silence. And it is deafening.
When organized efforts are made to attack innocent people, there is a common motivation for those participating in the attacks. The notion that hate is the driving force is one that is pushed first. And the likelihood is that it is the least substantive explanation. But until we demand truthful answers from our media and government, we will continue to be fed propaganda while remain clueless about why Americans, Britons and Jews are targets of covert military operations.
Posted on November 29th, 2008 by MikeGreen
Filed under: Truth & Christians
Mr. Green:
According to your past arguments, since the US was involved in the training and funding of the Mujahadeen in 1987, the US is solely responsible for all the turmoil in the Middle East. It is known that the group responsible for the Mumbai attacks was originally established by the Pakistani military, so by your logic, they are solely responsible for the attacks.
That being said, regardless of if the attacks were actually sponsored by the Pakistani government, it was done by terrorists. The US attacks in Pakistan were all on terrorists that have fled into Pakistan, seeking save haven. In Zawahiri’s latest , now infamous speech, in which he says what he thinks of our new president elect, he made clear his feelings on the US seeking out and killing his operatives that had fled into Pakistan. Who do you think is providing refuge for those operatives? While there is no known link between al Qaeda and the group responsible for the Mumbai attacks, do you really think this is all coincidental?
Please allow me to clarify my position. I am staunchly, unequivocally in favor of truth. When I expose the lies and deceit established by our government, the criticisms I typically receive are tantamount to accusations of being sympathetic to “the enemy.” My accusers often fail to acknowledge the simple truth: The U.S. government lies to deceive a nation of principled people into supporting actions they otherwise would not support if truth were known.
With that said, let me address your point.
You initially state that my arguments concludes the U.S. is solely responsible for the turmoil in the Middle East. While I have never stated that and do not hold that position, I would politely call you back to the point. The point is not what is occurring in the Middle East outside of our involvement nor what occurred prior to our involvement. The point is the U.S. has used deceptive means and methods to get involved in the Middle East and maintained a veneer of deceit in order to garner continued support for nefarious, immoral, unethical and even illegal activities it initiates, partners in and develops on behalf of the people of the United States without their full knowledge or fully informed consent.
Again, if truth be known, the U.S. would never have been able to participate in the formation of Israel, its undercover operations and clandestine upkeep over the past 60 years in connection with political Zionists.
And before those words are misunderstood to mean something other than what I intend, I should state firmly that I am a strong Christian with knowledge that my beliefs are deeply rooted in Judaism. I love and respect the Jewish people. And, like the hundreds of years of Holocaust suffered by my ancestors in this country, I have a sorrowful heart for what happened to the Jewish people under Hitler the Nazi regime. But, in the words of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, how does one reconcile the Holocaust, which occurred in Germany and other parts of Europe, with the forced acquisition of lands in Palestine in the aftermath of clandestine agreements and a handful of powerful leaders making deals behind closed doors?
Many devout Orthodox Jews in Israel today still can’t justify how things came about. And those who offer up the idea that it was God’s will, might take a look at the mechanisms, people and organizations involved and point out which were of God. I’d be interested in hearing the entire argument parced out and justified bit by bit rather than a single accusation charging dissenters with hating Jews. That’s a distraction that most certainly doesn’t point toward truth nor further the movement toward it.
Whew! That was a mouthful. but it seems necessary anytime I open my mouth to begin to suggest that pursuit of truth takes priority over the sensibilities of those who wish to protect the sandy foundation upon which much of U.S. history in the Middle East is built.
So, let’s get to the situation at hand: Mumbai.
When looking at a military-style attack upon specified targets, using strategy that will result in an annihilation of the attackers, one must resist the propaganda of the moment and fight the urge to simply utter “I hate those terrorists.”
The act itself is a statement.
When soldiers volunteer to “fight” on behalf of our country, most all do not really know what that means. They are simple adoring the symbolism of the flag, the symbolic rhetoric taught to them in public schools and following the energy of their spirit, which is wrapped up in red, white and blue … colors that are meaningless. They associate it all with goodness, fairness, democracy and freedom, seldom ever wondering how such ideals manifest in the symbols or the actions they will perform.
Never have I ever met a service member who understood that the role they play is that of a pawn in the game orchestrated by kings and queens — aristocrats of the highest order — who surrender their lives as a risk in order to advance agendas unknown to the foot soldier or the many innocent people he will willingly kill to “liberate” them from phantom enemies.
The service member will always believe that whatever is necessary to accomplish the mission is justified … and God will forgive. Because naturally, God is on our side. Whomever our leaders say are the enemy de jour, then they automatically become the enemy in the hearts and minds of millions of Americans. We are given cause and justification to extend our hatred at once toward those who are called “terrorists.”
But the reality is this: The U.S. engages in terrorist tactics all the time.
ALL THE TIME.
Consider what the CIA does in order to achieve its missions. How does it overthrow governments? What is it called when a military plane targets a neighborhood to kill one person, knowing hundreds will die? What do we clal it when we kill the power plant supplying heat and electricity in the dead of winter with several feet of snow on the ground? How else do you define obliteration of infrastructures, water supplies, food, roads, and even hospitals? When one targets and destroys media buildings and targets journalists, is that not a form of terrorism?
All of that and more, we did and still do. But when others do it on a smaller scale, it is considered evil.
That is not to say it isn’t evil. But it is evil regardless of who engages in it. The strategy and purpose, however, is another story.
The U.S. has a long and sordid history with Pakistani Intelligence. The things that are going on in Pakistan do not make sense to the casual observer simply because the truth is not being told. When pices of truth are mixed with lies, then everyone remains confused and those who know the whole truth are the only ones with power. Everyone else argues based upon the piece of truth they own or the lies they believe.
My goal is to find the truth. Therein lies the power to dismantle, unravel, and expose the people behind the curtain. The atrocities taking place are our business because they are done in our name.
The atrocities in Mumbai were committed for a purpose. And now the people who will tell us what happened and why are the very people at whom the attacks were targeted. That’s never a good sign. The very institutions of government we cnanot trust in this nation are now the same institutions who want to send folks to India to “help” the Indian authorities sort things out. At the same time, we are already being told Pakistan is at the bottom of it all.
Pakistan? really? The whole country or factions within it? And why would such a ruthless attack take place with taking advantage of the opportunity to make a public statement? Was a statement made?
The targets in Mumbai were not just random. And though some random killings took place, some were targeted and intentional. And some were focused on finding Americans, Britons and Jews. Ironically, when one steps back through the doors of history, we find these three partners involved in numerous battles within the Muslim world.
The problem with believing everything we see on TV is that Americans have become de-sensitized and dumbed down to the point that not only are we not really interested in the long drawn out truth, we don’t know what questions to ask to get to it if it were something we desired. Of course, the reality is that we prefer to hear that “terrorists” attacked a financial center of Mumbai for no apparent reason.
We will provide all the reasons. And if we left any out, our government, media, columnists and bloggers will fill in the blanks for us. Thus, anyone without an opinion will, at some point, come across a well-reasoned one. And that person, now armed with a pinch of propaganda, will then pass it on with these words, “i heard somewhere that …”
And so it continues. The lies.
So, forgive me if I discard the word “terrorist” and disregard the initial reports emanating from the mainstream controlled media and look beyond the surface to see if I can piece together the truth. Because until the truth is known, innocent people will continue to be targets of those trying to gain our attention through the crescendo of noise and distortions deliberately set in our path daily.
My focus isn’t to immediately find blame, but rather to discover why and uncover that hidden reason that motivates such strategic risks to be taken by young men and women who have as much to live for as you and I. Yet, even I was once willingto lay down my life for my country.
And I wasn’t stupid or hate-filled. I was simply ignorant of the truth. The same goes for everyone of us claiming to “support the troops” by supporting every decision (both known and unknown) made by the liars in power.
If we can be so ignorant, couldn’t others? But those giving the orders know the truth. And they have a purpose. And the purpose isn’t “because they hate us” or “because we hate them.”
All of the people we have killed over the past 60 years we have done so with a stated purpose and a willingness to accept the innocent deaths. Those stated purposes almost never were the real reasons. But the willingness to accept the innocent deaths on all sides was real. The same is true of those who attacked Mumbai and who targeted Americans, Britons and Jews. Those folks exercising the mission are pawns. The power behind those pawns have a real agenda. The presumptions we will make about those agendas are poor substitutes for truth.
I cannot get to the bottom of why everyone else in the world is committing atrocities, but I can sure focus on why the power that controls this nation by force is sacrificing innocent Christians here to kill innocent Muslims there.
And with each act of so-called “terrorism” somewhere, I seek to find the truth behind the act. Meanwhile, the propagandists seeks to use every act as a symbol that ties all acts together under the umbrella of “we are justified in killing these people.”
And so we kill them with impunity, as we have done in more than 30 military attacks on villages in Pakistan since August without virtually a peep from the U.S. media, the American people or even the church.
Let’s refrain from presumptions and rallying behind the powers within our national governmental structure, which deceive us all and expand their authority over us with our tacit support. Let’s instea dbegind to unravel the mystery of the Office of Homeland Security and 16 secret agencies operating with agendas and beholding to no authority legitimately elected by the people. If we want to really focus on terrorism, let’s begin with delving into the truth behind the power of Old Glory to which we pledge allegiance daily.
To start with your original point; of course the media is implying Pakistani involvement in the attacks. They pulled out all stops to insure Obama got elected. And they know there are terrorists that have fled into Pakistan. So, after the way they tried to destroy President Bush over the Iraqi war, they want to make sure they have Obama’s back if he has to send troops into Pakistan.
The reason you haven’t heard anything about the attacks in Pakistan, from the media, is because there’s no purpose to it; for now. Bush is leaving office. There’s no reason to continue demagoging him over the war. Besides, If Obama has to send troops there, he can then be praised for having the courage to to root out terrorists, wherever they are; unlike that Bush, who only wants us in Iraq, for the oil. The American public never needs to know that President Bush has been doing it since day one.
And this notion that we bomb villages, with no regard for killing innocent people, on the outside chance we might kill a few terrorists, is absolutely asinine. Our strikes are surgical, meant to prevent as many civilian casualties as possible. Al Qaeda intentionally hides out, and holds meetings, in public squares, precisely so they can make the same claims as you, every time we attack them. It’s part of their strategy, and they count on those like you to help with their propaganda.
I agree that the Mumbai attacks were not solely an act of terrorism, that they were probably more of an act of war. When I speak of terrorists, I am referring to those we are at war with, I’m not necessarily describing their actions. That being said, yes, we need to kill all the terrorists. They are at war with us, and they will not stop until they are all dead, or at least no longer have the resources or ability to continue. It has nothing to do with hate. It has everything to do with necessity.
I completely disagree with your assessment that our soldiers don’t know what they’re getting into. Most of our soldiers join the military at a young age. They join at a point in their life before they’ve had a chance to be indoctrinated by our institutes of higher learning, that our country is inherently evil. All they know is of the virtues of our country, and the sacrifices of those that came before them; the ideals that made this the greatest nation in history. They know the dangers, but they also know the rewards. Those are the beliefs of most of this country, even though those beliefs are impugned, on a daily basis, by those with loudest voices in our country.
The United States will always be involved in clandestine operations. They will also form temporary alliances with some pretty unsavory characters. The objective is to control, or contain, minor skirmishes, before they escalate into sometime major. But just because you don’t see it reported on the news, it doesn’t make those actions wrong, nor does it mean the American people are being lied to.
The more i hear about this, the more fascinated i get i have been scanning cyberspace for mumbai related material but having minimal luck, you’ve provided me with content i can actually gain knowledge from! i’m currently doing a project on Mumbai at uni & i’ve been running into article after article of the same information. i can’t understand why bloggers do it! if you feel strong feelings on a subject particularly one as prevalent as this, why wouldn’t they come up with their own opinions? i commend you for going that extra mile in your “Mumbai attack: U.S. floats Pakistan involvement | The Truth About Terror” page.
Kind Regards, Mumbai Voices