Note: I am not referring to the photo of the child playing with a gun that was posted by the O/P. I am referring to the photos posted and removed, then linked to, by someone else. The links may or may not still be here by the time I finish posting this response.
TOKYO ROSE.
In WWII, a woman of US birth broadcast in English on radio stations that could be heard by US soldiers - urging them to surrender, reporting atrocities against German and Japanese citizens, and so on. She also sounded sexy and cool and they played popular music on that station, so lots of GI's tuned in. None were fooled, though. They recognized propaganda for what it was.
Psychological warfare is old, very old. And it can be effective.
However, this is an amateur attempt. I invite the curious to investigate Iraqirabita.org. Is it a simple 'pro Iraq' website set up by Ex-Patriot Iraqis living in the UK? It would seem not if you read the articles. In fact, it would seem that they are an Islamist website - urging the kiling of infidels in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palastine, and Iraq. Not so much anti-war or even anti-USA as anti-non-Islam. This is the website of religious extremists who urge homicide. Do you think for one second that they would tell the truth about a set of photos and what really happened?
We are supposed to believe the images are simply supressed photojournalism. The photos are linked to by a number of Islamist websites, all reporting how the bad old US soldiers shot the child's mother through the abdomen, killing the unborn baby, and then they laughed and walked away. Yes, that's what US soldiers do, they murder, laugh, and then walk away. READ THE STORIES. It's not just propaganda, it is badly-done propaganda. Except for the fact that a child DID apparently die, the only loss here is the truth.
Tell me that's not propaganda of the highest order. Tell me that does not cast doubt on the authenticity of the photos.
But there is more. I find links to all kinds of discussion websites for these photos. Seems that for the past few months, people have been playing the "I'm just posting these photos as an innocent seeker of the truth" on discussion websites all over the internet. All posted by newbies, all sounding perfectly reasonable and innocent and just stirring things up like crazy.
Tokyo Rose. So reasonable. So kind-hearted. So sexy sounding on the radio. Such an enemy of the Allies.
This, my friends, is not what it appears. Innocent post? Simple photo-journalism? Use your heads. Read the websites that link to these photos. Think about why someone would post them here. It strains credulity. "Someone sent me these photos from Iraq." Yeah, I'll bet they did. That's why they're hosted on an Islamist website.
Have you ever met a soldier of an enemy nation who wanted to kill you, and they disguised themselves and talked to you face to face? Did you think that they would not approach you sounding like a reasonable, questioning, thinking person?
Did you think that wars are only fought with bullets and bombs and planes? Do you think that you will never be directly pitched to by an enemy agent who wants to kill you for your religious beliefs - or rather, your lack of belief in their religion? Do you think you're safe from being tampered with in a very direct way?
Tokyo Rose.
Think about it.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
