The War on ‘Terror’
Propaganda is a tool that has been used in every corner of the World and in almost every page of history. With every governing regime we find that, the targets of the propaganda, the purpose and the medium that it is delivered at differ to a great extent. However, the fundamental principle of creating a single tide of thinking has not, we find the Western World has been subject to some of the most derogative Propaganda and this has always run in sync with their foreign policy.
September 11th 2001 is often described as ‘the day the world changed’. The reality is, it didn’t. The Western regimes decided that this was the opportunity to bring their animosity into the public arena and feed it to the world. The pictures of the twin towers collapsing were broadcasted all over the world, dominating the mainstream media for over a month. America launched their ‘War on Terror’ the same year with George W. Bush separating the world into two camps. ‘’You, are either with America and its Allies or you are with the Terrorists’’. Therefore there is no middle ground in their eyes, the world is either with them, or against them.
Picking at a wound is what prevents it from healing; and this was the tactic that was deployed to justify two separate wars in quick succession. The general public were reminded of the attacks on a regular basis to maintain public anger and Fear, and this was the Glue that bonded the World against Islam and Muslims. The Generality of the phrase ‘War on Terror’ meant that America and its’ Allies could add any country to the Terror list, and label any kind of opposition as a ‘Terrorist’ or an act of ‘Terrorism’.
It was the Propaganda minister of Adolf Hitler that said:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” (Joseph Geobbels)
Does this not clearly represent what we see happening today? What is the Truth in our Reality and what is the Falsehood? It is difficult to miss the apparent similarities between Nazi Germany and the Western Governments of Today, the basic principles are alarmingly identical. The aim is to focus on a group of people, ideology or belief and make the public unite against them. This is done by purposefully attacking them in a manner that even the target is unaware of what is happening.
The same rhetoric has been parroted by the leaders of the World and their lies have been repeated over and over again. It is interesting to note how the world has become intolerant with anything to do with Islam, and why it has happened. The media is the piano that the Government play, and society sings the tune.
Not a single day goes by without the Mention of Islam or Muslims on the Television Channels, Tabloids, or Broadsheets. Every time a Muslim commits a crime, or a state that is predominantly Muslim is in turmoil it is made clear that these people are Muslim and the people are made to believe that this is what Islam is about. Yet we never ask questions, or raise the issue of why this is the case. Why is it, that we very rarely see someone’s religion being attached to their crime unless they’re Muslim? Is this not something strange?
Sometimes the truth seems stranger than the fiction, but the Truth is that Islam is under open attack. The politicians of the world guise this and say that it is the ‘Fundamentalists and Extremists’ that are the problem, and that ‘not all muslims’ share these ‘Radical’ beliefs. (A very devious, but effective strategy to divide the Muslims and use them to fight against Islam.) If a Muslim rejects parts of Islam to please the people who are working against Islam, he ceases to be Muslim.
The fallacies of Freedom, Democracy and Liberalism are also the lies that are fuelling this war against Islam. The western regimes claim to be fighting Terrorists for the sake of freedom, but we know that ‘One man’s terrorist is another mans Freedom fighter’. The Question is; Can someone who is fighting for freedom fight against Freedom Fighter?
The lies can no longer be maintained as America and its allies are facing the political, economical and Military Consequences of their War against Islam. Their Economy is in turmoil. They have been exposed with the atrocities and war crimes that they have been committing; hence it has lost its higher Moral ground. American, British and Nato troops are returning home in Body bags. Islam is the Truth, and this is what they are fighting, and thus it is the ‘Greatest Enemy’ of their state.
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