CayceG Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 I spent 5 years inside DC's foreign policy 'blob.' Here's why the experts keep getting us into unwinnable wars like Afghanistan. WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM My time at a leading foreign-policy think tank helped me understand why we keep winding up in disastrous wars — and why Afghanistan won't be the last It's possible to bypass the paywall with a quick finger on the Stop button. I thought this was a fascinating article coming from someone who spent time in the world of the Foreign Policy think tank world. It displays the way money and people flow from government to think tanks to the military industrial complex, and back again. And it's all in service of perpetuating the profit of these defense corporations through slick neoliberal policy proposals of fighting foreign imperialist wars for the purposes of "spreading democracy" or "advancing human rights." Quote Into one end of the Blob goes the money — gifts from corporations, wealthy individuals, and, in some cases, foreign governments. Out the other end comes white papers, books, op-ed articles, salaries, fellowships, and panel discussions. The content of the output varies widely, and contains occasional notes of disagreement, which is what makes it so much more slippery and effective than the classical authoritarian propaganda of the 20th century, which was intended to awe and manipulate crowds by playing to their basest emotions. Call it blobaganda, a process through which intelligent people are gently led to a preordained conclusion, brought to you by Raytheon and General Dynamics. Long story short, there's going to be another Afghanistan. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 9 hours ago, CayceG said: bypass the paywall JavaScript Toggle On and Off (WebExtension) – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US) ADDONS.MOZILLA.ORG Download JavaScript Toggle On and Off (WebExtension) for Firefox. Toggle JavaScript engine on and off the easy way Just gotta remember to turn JavaScript back on when you're done because it's global, not just for the site you're on, so you'll be confused why websites are broken in weird ways if you don't turn it back off promptly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Bumping this thread 'cause they just de-paywalled this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Ricofoley said: Bumping this thread 'cause they just de-paywalled this To these people, the US military is a hammer and every problem in the world are nails. The only solution is not a better hammer, but a lack of one entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 10:10 PM, Jason said: You don't need an extension just press f12 go into debugger mode and disable javascript from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 We just saved a million lives. The world needs the US military Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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