Part of the “Training Manual” of US Sponsored Syria “Pro-Democracy” Terrorists
The recent beheadings of three Westerners, Foley, Sotloff and
Haines, at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS) has sparked a wave of
indignation and strong condemnation by Western heads of state.
For anyone aware of what has been truly going on in Syria from
the outset of the war in March 2011, there is something unusual in these
strong statements, which are now the object of a wave of “humanitarian
bombings” under a counter-terrorism mandate directed against the Islamic
State.
Lest we forget, from the outset of the war on Syria in March
2011, the US and its allies supported so-called “Freedom fighters”
largely composed of the Al Nusrah and ISIS brigades. Trained in
Saudi Arabia and Qatar, these pro-democracy terrorists were routinely
involved in atrocities including beheadings directed against Syrian
civilians.
Double standards? In the course of the last three years, no Western
leader made any statements in regards to these atrocities committed by
“Muslim extremists”. They passed virtually unnoticed. No concern was
expressed by the international community in this regard. With some
exceptions, these beheadings were barely the object of media coverage.
Is it because the “freedom fighters” integrated by ISIS and Al Nusrah
forces were beheading Syrian civilians rather than Westerners. Was it
because the victims of these atrocities were opposed to the bloody
“pro-democracy revolution” sponsored by US-NATO against the government
of Bashar Al Assad?
Why are Western leaders only appalled now? Is it because now Westerners rather than Syrians are being decapitated?
These recent beheadings of American and British nationals, whether
authentic or not, are obviously exploited to pave the way for a military
intervention in Syria. This is a basic propaganda technique used time
and time again to gather support for war and the mainstream media is
there to convey this propaganda.
The mainstream media’s role is not to inform people but to appeal to
their emotions and manipulate them into approving what they would
otherwise refuse.
Westerners don’t want to go to war in the Middle East again? Show
them one of their fellow countrymen getting his head cut off by a
“Muslim” and they will change their mind. And you don’t even need to
show anything, just say that people in high office have seen the
horrific act and have their media mouthpieces repeat what they have
said. It works every time.
This tactic can either be considered as an appeal to fear and/or an appeal to emotions:
An appeal to fear (also called argumentum ad metum or argumentum in terrorem) is a fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for an idea by using deception and propaganda in attempts to increase fear and prejudice toward a competitor. The appeal to fear is common in marketing and politics. (Wikipedia)
The appeal to emotions, or argumentum ad passiones is a logical fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient’s emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument.” (Wikipedia)
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