{"id":62088,"date":"2022-03-03T17:01:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T22:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62088"},"modified":"2022-03-03T17:01:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T22:01:59","slug":"every-us-enemy-is-hitler-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=62088","title":{"rendered":"Every US Enemy Is Hitler: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2022\/03\/01\/every-us-enemy-is-hitler-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix\/\">Every US Enemy Is Hitler: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix<\/a><\/h3>\n<article id=\"post-11162\" class=\"post-11162 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-narrative-matrix tag-russia tag-ukraine tag-war\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/medium.jpeg?485df6&amp;485df6\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/medium.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/medium-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/medium-768x474.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"494\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/going_rogue\/every-us-enemy-is-hitler\">Listen to a reading of this article:<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1224464017&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=1000&amp;maxwidth=1060\" width=\"1060\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just incredible how even after all this time, after all those wars, after all those lies, it\u2019s not even occurring to most mainstream westerners to investigate whether the US could possibly have had anything to do with starting the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one asshole in the room who always starts shit. Any time any shit has started he\u2019s always been involved. And hardly anyone\u2019s even looking at him thinking, \u201cI wonder if that shit-starting guy has anything to do with this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>I am convinced that mainstream culture\u2019s fascination with World War II has made us all dumber. Everyone just lives in this dopey children\u2019s cartoon now where every US enemy is Hitler and they\u2019re the brave hero who is fighting Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has no chance of winning this war alone, no matter how many weapons are sent to it. All weapons can do is make the war more costly for Russia, which it\u2019s in the US empire\u2019s interests to do. Stop pretending your calls for more weapons are anything more noble than that.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re not trying to save lives; only the negotiation of a ceasefire can do that. All you\u2019re doing with your calls to arm Ukraine is helping the most powerful empire that has ever existed make this war more expensive for Moscow and hurt Putin\u2019s popularity at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>This was the USA\u2019s strategy in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2003\/4\/23\/afghanistan-the-soviet-unions-vietnam\">arming the mujahideen in Afghanistan<\/a>\u00a0during the first cold war; to give the Soviets their own Vietnam. A costly quagmire that consumed their wealth and military focus for years, contributing to their downfall.\u00a0They\u2019ve already re-employed this strategy in Syria, where a US official openly admitted they worked to create a \u201cquagmire\u201d for Moscow:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1327710965274710017&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2022%2F03%2F01%2Fevery-us-enemy-is-hitler-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix%2F&amp;sessionId=653699586e78170ce159475e706c7eebcb877550&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1327710965274710017\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gumby4christ\/status\/1497075370734014464\">they\u2019re hoping<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gumby4christ\/status\/1497278452398841856\">pull off the same trick again<\/a>, to any extent possible. That\u2019s all this is. It\u2019s not about saving lives or stopping a war, it\u2019s about grand chessboard maneuverings to maintain US planetary domination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1498175120447213572&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com%2F2022%2F03%2F01%2Fevery-us-enemy-is-hitler-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix%2F&amp;sessionId=653699586e78170ce159475e706c7eebcb877550&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2582c61%3A1645036219416&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1498175120447213572\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every US Enemy Is Hitler: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: \u2756 It\u2019s just incredible how even after all this time, after all those wars, after all those lies, it\u2019s not even occurring to most mainstream westerners to investigate whether the US could possibly have had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[17039,14545,655,776,827,862],"class_list":["post-62088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-narrative-control","tag-propaganda","tag-syria","tag-united-states","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62089,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62088\/revisions\/62089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}