I have always thought that renaming of the War Department as the “Defense Department” in the late 1940’s was a sneaky move made in the never-ending assault on public opinion in order to manufacture consent for endless wars- this was right around the same time as the passage of the National Security Act of 1947, creating the CIA and the NSA, and the building of the Pentagon. An endless gravy train for war profiteers.
“Once they find that the way you lied, and all the corny tricks you tried, will not forestall the rising tide” - Frank Zappa, Hungry Freaks Daddy (1966)
Never forget the Rheinwiessenlagar Camps, the US’s open air concentration camp without any protection where million died from exposure.
It's more than that but that's a good start.
my deep respect
I have always thought that renaming of the War Department as the “Defense Department” in the late 1940’s was a sneaky move made in the never-ending assault on public opinion in order to manufacture consent for endless wars- this was right around the same time as the passage of the National Security Act of 1947, creating the CIA and the NSA, and the building of the Pentagon. An endless gravy train for war profiteers.
“Once they find that the way you lied, and all the corny tricks you tried, will not forestall the rising tide” - Frank Zappa, Hungry Freaks Daddy (1966)
https://youtu.be/IDE9MC3jnl0?si=osyBmNsHu-KNxHNd
I’m learning from you. 🔥