You can understand history, or you can trust the government – but you can’t do both. This is a statement that Southerners have understood for more than a century. Those that have served the American Empire in its futile military escapades are usually in tune with this sentiment. Of course, I don’t trust the government. I was the government. As the popular insurance slogan goes, “I know a thing or two because I’ve seen a thing or two.” It’s a common quote that veterans will rattle off when they’re asked about their faith in the government. We all know the victors write the narrative and usually the highlighted or “justifiable” reason for any endeavor that took place is less than truthful. Usually, the righteousness of any imperial campaign is only a sliver of the reason, or completely made up, as to why the Empire’s involvement was even necessary. Most of the deployments to the Balkans (former Yugoslavia) had more to do with failed CIA operations than any sort of humanitarian reason. The article by a Kentuckian in Kosovo is a good example of what happens when the Empire interferes in the affairs of others.
What used to be considered a “tin foil hat” mindset has become more and more a reality. I was recently reminded of Operation Northwoods that was released to the public in 1997, where the CIA suggested creating terrorist attacks inside the United States and blaming them on Cuba. The purpose was to galvanize the country – instead of the Feds trying to sell a war with Cuba to the American people, the people would demand it.
Operation Northwoods involved an airplane shot down by “Cubans.” The plane would take off and then land at Eglin AFB, where it would be swapped with a drone plane and then shot down while close to Cuban airspace. The drone plane would send out Mayday signals stating it was under attack by MiG aircraft. In turn, this would cause media outlets to draw their own conclusions. Next, there would be foiled hijacking attempts by Cuban nationals that would lead the public to even more outrage.
Another way that the shadow government would create chaos was by creating a terror campaign. There was a planned communist “Cuban terror campaign” to take place in Miami, Florida. There would be strategically placed bombs, as well as, attempts on the lives of Cuban refugees. The media would be encouraged to highly publicize any wounding or deaths that happened during such events. There would also be the arrest of Cuban agents and timed releases of prepared documents substantiating Cuban involvement and a projection of the irresponsibility of the Cuban leaders, too.
Another important step of Northwoods was to blow up a Navy ship near Guantanamo Bay, so that we could focus on remembering the loss of American life and making sure the American people “never forgot” what happened. The plan was designed to ensure that the public would unite as a country and swell with patriotic pride.
Military bases would have to suffer slightly, there would be mortar attacks and sabotaged aircraft, and ammo depots might explode in very questionable circumstances. Operation Northwoods was made mostly mainstream after the 9/11 attacks. In turn, its release started planting the seeds that terrorist attacks by “our own government” were plausible and even actually considered during the 1960s. At that time, I still laughed and made my own tin foil hat jokes.
Thankfully, Northwoods was shot down by John F. Kennedy. But, it was supported by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. So, it had the backing from top-ranking military officers, as well as, shadow government officials. If ever there had been men with moral fortitude in the Imperial City, those days are long gone and the thoughts of any current official at the federal level having virtuous convictions is sketchy at best. I stand clearly against and rebuke any government that would consider such action. The Empire is not my government, and has not been for many years now.
Secession is the only answer to protect ourselves against the corrupt and unethical ruling-class of the American Empire. Secession was once considered a conspiracy theory and now it has grown from more than just a whisper and is reaching acceptance by many. We must keep moving forward through open discussion and continued proof that staying united is a deadly mistake.
-By Dixie Anon
O I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am. For this “fair land of freedom” I do not care at all. I’m glad I fit against it, I only wish we’d won, And I don’t want no pardon for anything I done.
I’ve told the story many times over the years of when I was watching a “special” on one of the “big 3” networks in the mid-’90s, of a “townhall” style meeting in Michigan shortly following the OKC bombing. The venue only held maybe 150 people or so, and the crowd was overwhelmingly “Heritage American.” At one point during the Q&A session of the meeting, the microphone was passed to a woman who said, and I quote, “if we can’t trust our own government, then who can we trust?!” Her question was answered approvingly with a large round of applause from the bulk of the attending audience. It was, from my perspective, one of the stupidest questions I’d ever heard in my lifetime, and the approval from the audience literally made me want to throw something through the screen, or otherwise reach through it and beat some common sense into those (male and female) attendees. Granted, in hindsight, that very few, if any, of them had ever served in any capacity under the government of the United States. Hopefully they’ve learned by now how misplaced their trust in the government was, but I have my doubts.
I knew about the airplane hijacking part, but not the other aspects of Op Northwoods
Much enjoyed this insight, and we press forward.
I simply cannot understand why those who believe in the ‘total depravity of man’ cannot believe in the ‘total depravity of the U.S. government.’