" what the government—and those who pull its strings—have done in foreign lands for the past seventy years is their template for what they plan here at home."

This is what every American must learn and resist it with all their ability.

It is not surprising that other countries can convince their communities into becoming patriots in the cause of hating America who have killed, tortured and used misguided tyrants to gain what they want from their populace. After 50 years of tyrannical rule by the Shah of Iran (it seemed only the American public was unaware of how he came to power, that the CIA taught his police force brute tactics to govern the people) is it any wonder that enough of the citizenry could be convinced to overthrow their dictator and hate America? Unfortunately for the people of Iran what they received for their efforts was worse than before but at least it was of their choosing. We were not unaware of Bush's connections with the CIA during the Viet Nam War and the drug smuggling out of the Golden Triangle by 'American Airways' to fund projects to defeat the communists. All patriotic causes and if a few rules were broken it was for the greater good. While many of the agencies can be traced back to where they started the real key to success of the operation and the willingness of so many enlisted is that they are like the six blind men trying to describe an elephant. Very few understand the end game and play their part believing they are sustaining 'truth, justice and the American Way!' while really destroying what they claim to believe in around the world. Not many will ever come to realize what they have done.

Thanks for the enlightening information. I was more familiar with the similar Operation Gladio: https://www.corbettreport.com/episode...

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!" Shakespeare was prescient. More recently in a poular movie a major character stated, "Strings are being pulled, and not by us!" In this day and age all things are possible and the electronic trail is hard to follow!

posted to facebook under the title..."origins of the 'deep state'...down the rabbit hole"..

A quote by the famous philosopher, Jerry Lewis:"The soldiers up the street are coming down."

The rotten corruption of South Vietnamese was in the news when me dino got drafted--to fight for what?
Anyway, I lucked out with the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) of supply clerk and learned Marines were being pulled out of the "police action," leaving the Army to save the world from "the Domino Theory."
I never got out of the Carolinas before I left with an honorable discharge and a good conduct ribbon.
When I was a raw recruit expectant of the MOS 0300 of a Grunt doomed to charge Commie machine guns for nothing, I heard drill instructors tell us we were going to protect our girlfriends, wives, sisters and mothers from being raped.
I also recall thinking, "What a bunch of BS" while being smart enough to keep that sentiment to myself.
At some point during my recruit training, our beaming, grinning and at times laughing senior drill instructor recalled his observance of the North Korean interrogation technique. "North Koreans really hate Communists " he said, describing how a group of hogtied Viet Cong would be taken up in a helicopter and pushed out one by one.
I have a over the top conservative brother who told me we did not lose the Vietnam War even though we did not win it. Guess that's why undeclared wars are called "police actions."
Winning must not matter. Life really must be dirt cheap to some people.
Me dino prefers Gen. George Patton's (I paraphrase) "win wars by making the other SOB die for his country" point of view.
Yeah, always win war is really a war wars.