Timeline of Events leading to Bhutto's Death | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 346434 United Kingdom 12/28/2007 11:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who do we believe? This western photographer who heard three shots, then an explosion? [link to edition.cnn.com] Or some official reading from a script that the world will find impossible to believe? The Pakistani government has shot itself in the foot if it really thinks everyone will buy this disinfo. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 318482 United States 12/28/2007 11:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This whole story is reeking to high heaven. It was messed up yesterday and I had a feeling it would change today. I think they have the psyops covered with all these different stories. Psychological Operations (PSYOP, PSYOPS), a euphemism for the word "propaganda", are techniques used by military and police forces to influence a target audience's emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and behavior. Target audiences can be governments, organizations, groups, and individuals, and are used in order to induce confessions, or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator's objectives. These are sometimes combined with black operations or false flag tactics. This concept has been used by military institutions throughout history, but it is only since the twentieth century that it has been accorded the organizational and professional status it enjoys now. The word is commonly used by governments, such as the United States, who do not wish to use the term propaganda, which would mar their image. The word propaganda has very negative connotations, and by calling it psychological operations instead, people are much more likely to support it, where they would be unlikely to support the use of "propaganda". This euphemistic naming scheme is ironically an example of psychological operations -- i.e. using psychological techniques to persuade a large number of people to support something that they wouldn't normally support.[1] |
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(OP) User ID: 325248 United States 12/28/2007 11:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who do we believe? This western photographer who heard three shots, then an explosion? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 346434[link to edition.cnn.com] Or some official reading from a script that the world will find impossible to believe? The Pakistani government has shot itself in the foot if it really thinks everyone will buy this disinfo. Thank you for this link - I was beginning to think I had imagined this reported yesterday. How did she hit her head before the gunshots? Why would she have been ducking down into the car so quickly or forcefully that she would hit her head hard enough on the lever of the sunroof to fracture her own skull? Do you know how difficult this is to do? It's not like she fell from a great height or was slammed by some great force. She's visible. She's not. Gunshots are fired. Then the bomb goes off. Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be. ------- There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots. ------- Contact: [email protected] |