ISIS Propaganda and Me

The problem with finding support in the War Against ISIS is simple. It's a sham. It's a headless monster created by a foreign state to justify the buying of bullets in the name of capitalism.

wooooo.... we're ISIS....

I find it sad/funny that the major news sources still call ISIS a 'group of militants', as if they are nothing more than a bunch of weekend warriors or the equivalency of a group of South American guerrillas, only with less forest. I know I'm not alone but when you hear of the glorious reports of victory by our Allied forces it reminds me slightly of Nazi propaganda, partly of Big Brother in 1984.

ISIS is a direct result of the glorious Mission Accomplished US invasion of Iraq. Most people of modest intelligence remember the frustration as the case against invading Iraq was established in the court of popular opinion. We, the people, learned that court means little to the higher powers. We all knew there was no evidence in support of Iraq having anything to do with 9/11. Yet, the US government, in collaboration with a disbelieving yet obedient national press, the lies were continually published. They still are.

This diatribe/rant is because I heard today on national radio that ISIS's #2 man was apparently killed through the 'coalition strike force'. Of course, because nobody has heard of this man before this memo, a brief summary of who he was followed.



It's easier to kill people who have no name. To give them a name after the fact. His name is Robert Paulson.

So why should we care? I don't. I've never been prouder of my country's leadership when our Canadian Prime Minister at the time (Jean Chretien) took the tough philosophical and political stance to not support the US's invasion of Iraq. Sure, we'd go into Afghanistan and destroy those pesky 'terrorist camps' but to attack a nation that had no involvement in 9/11. Not likely.

Sadly, as time changes so does our view of history because we (as a whole) let it. I've talked to teens who don't remember that day but believe Iraq was responsible. No mention of Saudi Arabia. That is the new history being played out. Its up to us old-timers to recant those untruths before they hit critical mass. Today, our Conservative government has joined the Coalition to rid (at least) Northern Iraq from this ISIS militant group that 'threatens to invade our very own soil'.

What a crock of shit. ISIS has no more interest in invading Canada than Argentina does. While the PC shoves 'domestic security' down our throats, American Media pushes Military justification. American interests has won the oil wars for now, from Iraq to Venezuela there are no true competitors anymore. Norway continues to do its own nationalist thing to the benefit of their society but even they are having tough times with the world surplus so high. Russia same thing. They may have invaded Crimea but it is a small price to pay to keep them from fighting for the same piece of Middle Eastern real estate.

I don't admit to knowing anything about the inner workings of world politics and/or oil consumption. I just know when i hear bullshit. Our government wants voter apathy. It wants to maintain the status quo. It wants us to fear ISIS - a group that has been involved in as many killings on Canadian soil as land shark attacks. If the next Canadian murderer turns out to be a Maple Leafs fan, that isn't part of the narrative. Maybe it should be. Maybe we should fact check on all our killers' religious beliefs. Clifford Olsen? Paul Bernardo? Luke Magnotta? Would that help us buy more bullets, more 'security' from American interests? Will it keep the price of gas at the pump 50 cents higher then the last time oil barrel prices were this low? Capitalism requires competition. Five or six companies is not competition. That is a unspoken monopoly.

It will be a long time before our trust in an elected government will return. Maybe it starts with change. Maybe it never has changed and I'm just getting older. Yet change starts with strong convictions and an ability and desire to call out the bullshit when you hear it. Maybe they really are making sex slaves of Western women and forcing children to clean out tank turrets. But I'm hearing this from the same institution that reported WMD evidence, the same institutions that reported Iraqi soldiers killing infant babies in hospitals while raping the nurses at their stations (all part of a Wall Street Marketing plan to invoke United Nations support for an American invasion).


Let's start with telling the truth of this 'militant' group of Middle Eastern men trying to liberate their homeland from their invaders. Let's tell the truth of the role we allow our governments to play in it. Let's demand more of our nation's media.