{"id":161443,"date":"2020-05-25T12:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=161443"},"modified":"2020-05-22T07:26:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T06:26:30","slug":"how-does-the-us-rally-support-for-wars-that-kill-millions-of-innocent-people-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/05\/how-does-the-us-rally-support-for-wars-that-kill-millions-of-innocent-people-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does the US Rally Support for Wars That Kill Millions of Innocent People Worldwide?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Book Identifies the Paradigm Underpinning U.S. Decisions to Enter War, Past and Present, and the Narrative Used by Government and Media to Garner Widespread Buy-In<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

21 May 2020 – Campaigns against Native Americans. The War of 1812. World War I, World War II, Iraq and Afghanistan\u2026 The United States has been at war for the vast majority of its history.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

These wars have killed millions of innocent men, women and children around the world. Yet more often than not they have been based on weak evidence, questionable motives, and outright lies. Why, then, do large portions of the public staunchly support the US troops?\u00a0\u00a0Why are so many Americans satisfied with the U.S. bombings of Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Middle Eastern countries, knowing that this is creating starvation and refugee crises of catastrophic proportions?<\/p>\n

In his new book,\u00a0Propaganda, Lies and False Flags: How the U.S. Justifies its Wars<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong>(June 2020, Red Pill Press),\u00a0journalist and human rights activist Robert Fantina<\/strong> explains how the US government has rallied public opinion to support its wars and military objectives since before the American Revolution.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Through a deep, comprehensive analysis of every war the U.S. or its colonial predecessor has waged from 1755 to the present, Fantina demonstrates a clear pattern that has shaped not only decisions to enter into war, but also the narrative used to rally U.S. citizens\u2019 support of these actions.<\/p>\n

The pattern consists, first, of brandishing what Fantina refers to as \u201cfalse flags\u201d\u2014that is, perceived threats, dangers or human rights violations such as Iraq\u2019s non-existent weapons of mass destruction and involvement in 9\/11, or alleged chemical attacks by the government of Syria that were never corroborated. Next comes the use of propaganda to manipulate public opinion and enlist widespread buy-in. Quoting and parroting the government, the media helps spread this propaganda. This approach has successfully garnered support for both official warfare and acts of aggression such as plundering other country\u2019s resources and removing left-leaning foreign leaders.<\/p>\n

The cost in human life is staggering. Since World War II alone it is estimated that the U.S. has killed at least 20,000,000 people in over 37 nations. In response to the killing of 3,000 U.S. citizens on September 11, 2001, the U.S. killed at least 1,000,000 Iraqis who, along with their government, had nothing to do with the 2001 attacks on the U.S.<\/p>\n

The many revelations in\u00a0Propaganda, Lies and False Flags<\/i>\u00a0include:<\/p>\n