DAY TWO: 6th Feb 2007 Tuesday
War Criminal Conference & Exhibition
[Dewan Merdeka, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur]
 
SESSION 4: MASS MEDIA - WAR PROPOGANDA
War Propaganda and War Crimes
Mr. Michael Carmichael
 
  • Historian & Author: Progressive Politics.
  • Thanks to TDM for most clarion call to Criminalize War for the first time in the world.
  • He is going to address the issue of the relationship of War Propaganda & War Crimes
  • It started with The Politics of Perceptions and How the Perceptions are altered through Governments through the Media.
  • Historical Examples:
  • o During Hitler Era. Media Propaganding Hitler as the Brutal Murderer who thirst of Human Blood.
  • o During the Ancient History: The Pharaoh Drawing. Propaganding Him as the Greatest Warlord eventhough according to the history he is in the losing side.
  • Modern Examples:
  • o The Flags of Our Father (Clint Eastwood-Hollywood Movie)
  • o Who is Hiding Bin Laden
  • Now is about Science of Perception Management- Try to alter public opinion to accept the horrific nature of War Crimes and agree to war activities.
  • Example: Psychology War Training in USA-
  • o Some of the students wore army uniform in the classroom
  • o Ultimate Mission: To manufacture acceptance perception of the public of Bush's war and future war.
  • o Demonize others is an essential part of our life
  • How to use propaganda to influence people?
  • The most important tool is using the Language:
  • Look back at the Ancient Principles in Intellectual Input and compare to the organized used of language of dirty propaganda.
  • Evolutions of language propaganda
  • Confucius: "The correct use of language leads to the correct behavior of people"
  • Dante: Perfect language for communicating the highest level of understanding to the broadest number of the people.
  • Machiavelli: Prince to keep faith and live with integrity but as using the words the prince might cannot keep it
  • Pope Alexander VI: Words is something that influential to the course of action
  • George Orwell:
  • o Looking closely at term called Doublethink : The structure of totalitarian using propaganda. The power of holding 2 things by doing it and believing it even though it is proven unethical.
  • o Newspeak: Eliminate thought crime and you can go live with it without feeling guilty.
  • o Language: Political Language is designed to make lies
  • The Bush Doctrine:
  • o Preemptive War Definition; "To prevent war, we need to start a war"
  • o In America a lots of propaganda of perpetual war.
  • o The mission is to manufacture consent for perpetual war
  • Modus Operandi:
  • o Eg. The Tony Show- The show that consent perpetual war
  • o Government by Public Relation. The spokesperson for White house is the Tony, the host of The Tony Show
  • Confucius: The correct use of language must begin from the top of governments.
  • Thus Bush used this idea by defines thoughtcrimes: "Either you with us or you with the terrorist"
  • It was hailed from the ancestors of George W. Bush. Evidence: Demonization of Muslims: Reverend George Bush (ancestor of George W. Bush) wrote a book called the life of Mohammed: 1837. He condemns Prophet Mohammed (p.b.u.h) as a brutal and blood thirst person.
  • Franklin Graham: The God of Islam not the same god of the Christian or the Judaism. I believe this god is far more brutal.
  • Confucius: The ruler must correct his own behavior
  • George W. Bush: North Korea and Iran support terror. These regimes are an axis of evil. This statement is in political agenda in mind.
  • Pope Benedict: Condemn & Demonize Prophet Mohammed
  • Aladdin: Many of American soldiers in Iraq actually watching this movie during their children and teenager's time. The villains speaking in Arab English Accent and Aladdin speaking in American Accent.
  • Islamophobia used by the Media
  • BBC: Hell: The Musical Comes to the Vatican
  • Gustavo Dore 1869 in his play The Divine Comedy: Inferno: Canto
  • Salvador Dali 1959: in his play called: Mahomet. Demonization of Islam in culture
  • Confucius: The moral character is the wind. When the wind blows, the grass bends.
  • In the context of war propaganda: a massive numbers of deaths of journalist die in the war. Pictures of died journalists.

In conclusion George W. Bush is a war criminal.