ABC News reports Bush authorized covert CIA action against Iran

Last night, Brian Ross of ABC News reported that President Bush has authorized covert CIA action against Iran. Many would argue that “covert” action, when reported in a prime time news report, isn’t really covert action anymore, and that this news report is a threat to national security. I am actually going to go out on a limb with a different theory.

My theory is that this newscast is, ironically, a part of the campaign against the People of Iran, as well as part of the ongoing psychological campaign against the People of America. Now I understand that not many people (if any) in Iran have access to ABC News. But they will hear about this covert action one way or another. This will set them on a course of distrust in their government, lack of faith in their financial system, and widespread general paranoia. Just based upon the reported non-military covert action against all of those things.

This furthers the ongoing psychological attack against the American People because despite its revealing nature, there are hidden messages within this broadcast. As much as it sounds like ABC News is exposing the Bush Administration’s wrongdoing, the subliminal message is that the Bush Administration has determined that a standard military conflict with Iran is too unsafe. This is meant to put our concerns about yet another military conflict at ease, and to make us think that the allegedly dangerous Iran situation is being resolved in the best possible way. Obviously neither of these is the case.

But that’s what the mainstream media sells, folks. They sell spin, fear, and disinformation, and do it disturbingly well. Just be smart about the media you consume, and don’t take it at face value, ever.