(Stillness in the Storm Editor) The following article offers a rather conclusive perspective on the alleged insider Q Anon and their call for freeing countries. It is not my contention or belief that the Q Anon is pushing a pro-war agenda, although it is possible. I frankly think that the author of this article is taking a myopic view.
Q Anon claims to be working to take down the Deep State.
Assuming that is true for the moment, what would that require? If the Deep State is truly a multinational clandestine organization with ties to all governments, arguably populated by millions of individuals, would it not stand to reason that taking out such an organization would require military force?
Would it not also stand to reason that the few nations that have not been completely turned to the Deep State agenda are being sanctioned? And that the nations cited for liberation have been oppressed, e.g. North Korea and Iran?
All that being said, the use of interventionary power on the part of one nation toward another is an extremely complex and serious matter that requires careful consideration and strategy.
I cannot claim to know if these efforts by the Trump administration are not an attempt to further the neocon agenda of imperialism. But I do think it is shortsighted to assume the mere suggestion of freeing a nation-state can only mean imperialism.
I encourage you to think dynamically about the theories presented below, and not fall pray to close-minded unidimensional analyses.
– Justin
Related QAnon links US Attorney with Thousands of Sealed Indictments Decimating the Deep State
by Caitlin Johnstone, July 2nd, 2018
I just want to briefly document some of the ways I’m seeing the 2015/2016 anti-establishment sentiment of Trump’s base being hijacked and re-routed into supporting some highly conspicuous pro-establishment interests this year.
In 2016 and 2017, much of the anti-establishment sentiment on what passes for America’s political “left” today was co-opted and re-routed into supporting longstanding establishment agendas against WikiLeaks, Russia, and Syria. I watched many Bernie Sanders supporters I’d fought alongside in 2015 and 2016 succumb one by one to the establishment Russiagate mind virus; it felt like watching a zombie apocalypse unfold, infection by infection.
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Fearmongering about Trump was used to herd people who support peace into cheering for ancient neoconservative agendas against Russia, making everyone terrified of a country they’d previously never thought much about using still-unproven and plot hole-riddled claims about hacking and election meddling. This in turn was used to create narratives about “Russian propaganda”, which was used to poison the well against anyone who questioned the warmongering establishment Syria narrative. It was also used to turn people against WikiLeaks who had supported it since its publications about Bush administration war crimes, and in the case of Berners even during the 2016 DNC/Podesta email drops.
In exactly the same way, I’ve been watching a lot of Trump supporters herded into supporting longtime neoconservative agendas they would surely have claimed to oppose in 2016. Because of the establishment psyop known as “QAnon” and Trump’s near-total abandonment of the anti-interventionist platform he campaigned on, a good chunk of Trump’s base who in 2016 would never have been on board with attacks on WikiLeaks or another regime change agenda in the Middle East are now fully on board with both of those things.
It's nice having so many conservative allies in my fight to defend #WikiLeaks from establishment propaganda. I'm really gonna miss you guys next time they leak something about a Republican.
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) November 19, 2017
Seven months. Turns out all it took was some criticism of QAnon and the publication of information ICE agents made public themselves. https://t.co/Tw9qf7UxYG
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) June 28, 2018
The WikiLeaks Twitter account has criticized the QAnon phenomenon multiple times, initially because of false, damaging rumors among Q enthusiasts that WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange was no longer at the Ecuadorian embassy, then later because of its calls for regime change in Iran, which of course brought the wrath of the blind-faith Q followers down upon them and widespread rumors that they are now “compromised”. This despite the fact that the transparency advocacy organization has always since its inception stood in opposition to US regime change interventionism, and the fact that it would have every incentive in the world to oppose the false narrative that Assange no longer needs assistance being freed from his arbitrary detention at the embassy.
Anti-WikiLeaks sentiment among the MAGA crowd escalated much further when the outlet published a searchable database of the LinkedIn information of ICE agents. Because of the right-wing support for US policing institutions, as well as their support for tight immigration control, this brought about a blind, irrational backlash from Trump supporters. The word “doxxing” has been absurdly thrown around despite the fact that the database consists solely of employment information that ICE agents had already made public themselves.
This sentiment appears to arise largely from the impression Trump supporters may have gotten from their casual WikiLeaks support in 2016 that every single thing WikiLeaks releases contains earth-shattering, paradigm-shifting information. In reality the database simply makes it a bit easier to bring transparency and accountability to a faceless, nameless, powerful government organization. Not every WikiLeaks publication is a major bombshell, but the assumption to the contrary by right-wing casual observers makes it seem as though they’d provided a vast amount of information on ICE agents that didn’t exist anywhere previously.
Make a note of which Trump supporters who were dutiful skeptics about Russiagate and Syria turn into worthless foam-brained sheep about Iran.
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) April 30, 2018
I tweeted this two months ago. It's been a very disappointing but informative two months. https://t.co/AsO41Sn2cr
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) June 29, 2018
The support for interventionism in Iran has been even more disappointing. CIA agents ramped up covert operations in Iran last year, just like they did with Libya and Syria, and now just like in Libya and Syria we are seeing protests across the country, some of them highly suspicious-looking. Just as with Libya and Syria, it is entirely likely that we will soon see violence of suspicious origin erupt as a result of these protests, and just like with Libya and Syria we can then expect to see widespread condemnation of Tehran and loud calls for western humanitarian interventionism.
Instead of remaining vigilant about these very real risks, many Trump supporters who’d kept their skepticism goggles firmly in place during Russiagate and Syria interventionist propaganda have removed them completely due to sheer partisan hackery, and now they’re loudly cheering on the Iranian protesters. Critical thinking is completely dead in those circles. They regurgitate party lines in support of a longstanding neoconservative agenda against one of George W Bush’s “Axis of Evil” countries, then claim they’re doing it because “Trump is fighting the deep state.” Ridiculous.
Back during the Bush years, it was very easy to funnel America’s political right into their proper pens using the echo chambers of Fox News and AM radio. Karl Rove could issue a decree at some think tank round table on Monday morning and it would be standard water cooler conversation among US conservatives by Tuesday afternoon. In today’s modern media environment things are much more difficult to control, so they’ve had to come up with new means of manipulation like QAnon, Trump’s Twitter account, and the various young MAGA pundits who understand the new media environment. And, while there do remain critical thinkers on the American political right, for the most part this establishment propaganda system seems just as streamlined and effective as during the Bush administration.
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http://theantimedia.com/trumps-base-cheering-deep-state-q/
It’s been reported that George Soros bought Wikileaks and this makes sense given that they are no longer reporting anything of import about the deep state and in fact appear to now be a propaganda arm of the deep state. The Iran intervention is about replacing the deep state control of that country and this is proven given the fact they were bribed by Obama and the EU to keep quiet about money laundering and other shenanigans that transpired.
The argument presented here and in many other recent articles that Q has to be a ‘establishment psyop’ is based on pure fallacy. This particular train of thought has been echoed throughout the media and opinion pieces after Q posted this.
“We stand w/ the good people of IRAN who are currently battling their ‘installed’ regime for FREEDOM. TRUE RULE, THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER. RISE UP and DEMAND THEY BE REMOVED.”
This article and many others like it are plucking choice words out of context from this post and then using it to propagate that Q is furthering Neocon agenda of American installed regime change that has sadly ruined other middle eastern countries in the past such as Iraq and Libya. Using past events caused by the establishment deep state controlled US to be ‘evidence’ that Q is now doing the same is the fallacy pure and simple. I can confidently say this by viewing the oppressed state Iran and its people have been in these past decades. Q only stated that the citizens of Iran should rise up and use the power of the people to expose the corrupt regime in Iran and that the rest of the world should support there human rights and liberties for freedom. There is a picture on social media that puts this in to context perfectly, http://i.imgur.com/s2l9V7F.jpg This image here shows what Q meant when the good people of Iran deserve true freedom. This is true critical thinking that the post claims to do.
I don’t know who is in control of Wikileaks, but it is pretty clear that they are not the same after Assange has been put into isolation. It speaks volumes that Wikileaks would dox hundreds of ICE agents, who are on the front lines of arresting sex and drug traffickers.
If you believe it’s justifiable to interfere in the affairs of any country,you are wilfully turning a blind eye to the disaster that such interventions have become.Libya,Irag,Syria,Yemen.You claim Iran is in the hands of the Deep State so intervention is justified.Which country on the whole planet is the creation of the Deep State and its operational headquaters?
We are being deceived once again so easily.We are desperately waiting for a saviour.Q Anon comes along and pronto,we have lost our rational thinking.
Justin Duchamp’s observations about the article are sad and disappointing.No one,but no one has the right to interfere in anybody’s life, nor in any country’s affairs.Supporting violence and crude interference is hardly what one would expect from a man who preaches spiritual awareness.
You’re wrong. When any group seeks to harm another, it is the right of the targeted group to take measures to defend themselves. The principle is valid. You don’t know what you’re talking about.