"The function of propaganda does not lie in the scientific training of the individual, but in calling the masses' attention to certain facts, processes, and necessities. The whole art consists in doing this so skillfully that everyone will be convinced that the fact is real, the solution necessary, and the need is justified. Its effect for the most part must be aimed at the emotions and only to a very limited degree at the so-called intellect.
The art of propaganda lies in understanding the emotional ideas of the great masses and finding, through a psychologically correct form, the way to the attention and thence to the heart of the broad masses. The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand or believe". - Adolph Hitler
"The goal must be to stop Saddam before he fires a weapon of mass destruction against our people."
- Donald Rumsfeld
The Iraq War is a page out of Mein Kampf. The keys are: "everyone must be convinced that the fact is real" (the Weapons of Mass Destruction exist), "the solution necessary" (the US must attack with an army to disarm the Iraqi regime), " the need is justified" (there is no other way to prevent a disaster of mass death). Eliminate Weapons of Mass Destruction, an idea drummed into the minds of the people constantly for months. Whether true or not the WMD idea found its way to the heart of America and Bush won approval to take action. The emotion of the idea is simple: get them before they get us, compelling: the future of the civilized world is at stake, and forgettable: will the people remember why they went to war? To secure a democracy the people must question authority, and question their trust in the propagandized media, and question thier trust in their leaders. Are we being told the truth? Are Americans being well lead or mislead?
In 2002 the world was listening to CIA intelligence officers spilling the beans about being forced into giving false intelligence reports about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. The beans were being spilled to the Swedish press through Sweden's "Palme Plan". It is designed to promote democratic development in the world and they are focusing on the United States.
They offered political asylum to several CIA intelligent staff that took them up on the offer. They said they did not want to lie anymore.
