BBC Documentary - The Power Of Nightmares - How The CIA Created Al Qaeda

The Power of Nightmares Part 1- Baby It's Cold Outside - by Adam Curtis from Michael Roe on Vimeo.

We're at that strange time in history where old myths and brainwashing are succumbing to new transparency and facts. It may well be the case that killing Osama Bin Laden was more about putting an end to the fake boogeyman myth that the U.S. populace is still breast feeding on but any BBC documentary follower (particularly of Adam Curtis' work) knows the story is a lot more diabolical than just plain vanilla good versus evil where the CIA is concerned.

Most blogs faithfully reproduce what the mainstream media tell them to but if you've got a finger on the pulse of reality you can keep up with what's going and the world makes a lot more sense than squabbling over petty division-issues at a political level. They're designed to distract and they work very well at keeping people uninformed.

Oliver Stone, Michael Moore & Chris Hedges On Hollywood Propaganda

I didn't know that Charlie Wilson's War originally made the link between the U.S. funding the Mujahideen in Afghanistan and their subsequent evolution into the Taliban much stronger. That cut was left on the edit room floor. It's a shame really as that link would have moved the movie from good to great. Interesting observations in this recent interview by Al Jazeera on the close links between the Pentagon and Hollywood meaning that not only is all American war portrayed as just but that the truth doesn't get a chance to be heard if it needs to use Pentagon hardware.

How Does The US Navy Get On With The Iranian Navy In The Straits Of Hormuz.

Admiral William J.Fallon, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command, speaking at the joint conference of AIC and ACMCU titled: The Changing Middle East, New Challenges, Players and US-Iran Relations. 

Fallon, discusses "The Changing Middle East and Implications for US-Iran Relations. He's kind of a straight up player who pushed back when the Bush administration wanted to start war with Iran but the bottom line is he doesn't understand that the US naval base in Bahrain is to do with US stability and not the region. He should also know the basics on Bahraini doctors and nurses being arrested and persecuted for treating injured protesters. He might choose to ignore those kind of issues but if I can learn up on his world he can learn up the world of the people where he parks his boats.

Interesting presentation though on naval etiquette and procedure. Far more grown up than Congress.