At the end of World War II, John Godfrey, the former Director of Britain's Naval Intelligence Division, identified two major weaknesses of the Nazi espionage bureaucracy: ‘wishfulness' and ‘yesmanship'. Wishfulness and yesmanship are not real words; they are strictly Godfrey's concoctions. Yet the behaviours behind these terms have changed history. And they are still with us today.
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Is criticism of Iran a form of anti-Iranianism?
Happy April Fool's Day to our rabble-rousing readers! The following is a short parody about the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism (CPCCA). Their deliberations are based on the premise that criticism of Israel is anti-semitic. The author of this piece, Terry Greenberg, takes a look at an original quote below by writer Thomas Friedman, which was cited by MP Irwin Cotler as the basis of the CPCCA.
The mythology of 9/11
The 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001 has come and gone. One could not help but notice the media was full of articles on the event, and of public officials and others holding forth on what it all meant, yadda, yadda, yadda. There was no opportunity passed up to pander to the fears and gullibility of the citizenry and feed them fantasies and half-truths. A propaganda event, in other words.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in his statement on the occasion, classified the event as a horrific act of terrorism. Fair enough, they all got that right, it was. But he also characterizes the acts on that day as senseless and cowardly. Really. I do not think that he is ignorant enough to believe that, but it is part of the official story that he hopes the public swallows.
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Media myths on Iran
Jan 27 2010 - 6:30pm
Jan 27 2010 - 8:30pm
Location
McMaster University, Chester New Hall Room 607
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON Canada
Phone:
(905)-383-7693
43° 15' 28.7712" N, 79° 54' 50.6592" W
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Join author and activist Phil Wilayto for his special talk on “Media Myths on Iran.” Wilayto, who has lectured extensively in the United States on the topic of U.S.-Iran relations, and is a member of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran [CASMII], will present in Hamilton on pernicious myths promoted by the North American media about Iran—myths intended to build consent for an attack on Iran in the same vein as Iraq.
Contact name:
Jessica Whitehead
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