In February 2002, the news of a new PENTAGON office, entitled, “OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE”, was in the headlines. When I read and listened to the reports of this new developing office, my question was, “Why don’t they just call it what it is – the “OFFICE OF STRATEGIC LYING”
Whether they disseminate lies themselves or pay others to spread lies, the truth remains – the public is still left with LIES! But who wants to live their life by LIES?? Who wants to fight a WAR based upon LIES??? I am certain that I am not the only one in this world that wants to live my life and base my life on what is TRUE!
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When Native Americans Were Slaughtered in the Name of 'Civilization |
But the history books are full of what the Pentagon has coined, “STRATEGIC INFLUENCE“!
We are taught so much misinformation – what some call a “bias by omission“, which is strategically omitting truth to create a biased opinion.
One need not go back too far to uncover example after example of this kind of “strategic lying” and “bias by omission“.
Let’s take the example of Mr. Christopher Columbus, the one who we are told in history books, “discovered America”. But, the question has been asked many times, “How can you DISCOVER and CLAIM a land already inhabited by others?”
One of the truths, that WE ARE NOT TOLD in the school classrooms is that when Christopher Columbus, met these peoples, he referred to them as “PEOPLE OF GOD” or “IN DIOS”. These FIRST NATIONS people were called “Indios”, and then the “s” was eventually dropped and they were called “Indio”. However, we are taught the theory that Christopher Columbus thought he had arrived in India and to hide these true facts about the beauty, love and kindness of these FIRST NATIONS people, they had to use “STRATEGIC LYING”, for what did they see around the neck of one of the natives – GOLD!
GREED immediately took over, which led to LIES, MURDER, RAPE, and THIEVERY for centuries, and is still perpetuated today!
This 16th Century canvas painting by Mexican artist Lienzo de Tlazcala depicts the destruction of the Aztec Empire in Mexico by another GREEDY, Spanish, murdering conquistador – Hernan Cortes, who used LIES to DIVIDE and CONQUER the people!
Did these “PEOPLE OF GOD” deserve such treatment? NO!!!!!!!!
Yes, Christopher Columbus was a RAPIST, MURDERER and THIEF, and yet there is a day every year where he is honored! Is he worthy of such honor? A white supremacist or KKK member would likely say an emphatic, “YES!”, but it is likely that they are only responding by what they have been taught.