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Dmitry Orlov: “a most convenient massacre”

as part of our challenging the narrative of the “new 9/11” series, Dmitry Orlov suggests the Paris attacks were classic false flag events.

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“… after the Russian jet crashed in the Sinai there weren’t all that many Facebook avatars with the Russian flag pasted over them…What’s the difference? You were told to grieve for the French, so you did. You were not told to grieve for the Russians, and so you didn’t. Don’t feel bad; you are just following orders…” .

What a difference a single massacre can make!

• Just a week ago the EU couldn’t possibly figure out anything to do to stop the influx of “refugees” from all those countries the US and NATO had bombed into oblivion. But now, because “Paris changed everything,” EU’s borders are being locked down and refugees are being turned back.

• Just a week ago it seemed that the EU was going to be swamped by resurgent nationalism, with incumbent political parties poised to get voted out of power. But now, thanks to the Paris massacre, they have obtained a new lease on life, because they can now safely embrace the same policies that a week ago they branded as “fascist.”

• Just a week ago the EU and the US couldn’t possibly bring themselves admit that they are utterly incompetent when it comes to combating their own creation—ISIS, that is—and need Russian help. But now, at the après-Paris G-20 summit, everybody is ready to line up and let Putin take charge of the war against terrorism. Look—the Americans finally found those convoys of tanker trucks stretching beyond the horizon that ISIS has been using to smuggle out stolen Syrian crude oil—after Putin showed them the satellite photos!

Am I being crass and insensitive? Not at all—I deplore all the deaths from terrorist attacks in Iraq, in Syria, in Lebanon, and in all the other countries whose populations did absolutely nothing to deserve such treatment. I only feel half as bad about the French, who stood by quietly as their military helped destroy Libya (which did nothing to deserve it).

Note that after the Russian jet crashed in the Sinai there weren’t all that many Facebook avatars with the Russian flag pasted over them, and hardly any candlelight vigils or piles of wreaths and flowers in various Western capitals. I even detected a whiff of smug satisfaction that the Russians got their comeuppance for stepping out of line in Syria.

Why the difference in reaction? Simple: you were told to grieve for the French, so you did. You were not told to grieve for the Russians, and so you didn’t. Don’t feel bad; you are just following orders. The reasoning behind these orders is transparent: the French, along with the rest of the EU, are Washington’s willing puppets; therefore, they are innocent, and when they get killed, it’s a tragedy. But the Russians are not Washington’s willing puppet, and are not innocent, and so when they get killed by terrorists, it’s punishment. And when Iraqis, or Syrians, or Nigerians get killed by terrorists, that’s not a tragedy either, for a different reason: they are too poor to matter. In order to qualify as a victim of a tragedy, you have to be each of these three things: 1. a US-puppet, 2. rich and 3. dead.

Also, you probably believe that the terrorist attacks in Paris were the genuine article — nobody knew it would happen, and it couldn’t have been stopped, because these terrorists are just too clever for the ubiquitous state surveillance to detect. Don’t feel bad about that either; you are just believing what you are told to believe. You probably also believe that jet fuel can melt steel girders and that skyscrapers collapse into their own footprints (whether they’ve been hit by airplanes or not). You can certainly believe whatever you like, but here are a couple of easy-to-understand tips on telling what’s real from what’s fake:

1. If it’s fake, the perpetrators are known immediately (and sometimes beforehand). If it’s real, then the truth is uncovered as a result of a thorough investigation. So, for instance, on 9/11 the guilty party were a bunch of Saudis armed with box cutters (some of whom are, paradoxically, still alive). And in Paris we knew right away that this was done by ISIS—even before we knew who the perpetrators were. And when that Malaysian jet got shot down over Ukraine, we knew right away that it was the Russians’ fault (never mind that on that day the Ukrainians deployed an air defense system, and also scrambled a couple of jets armed with air-to-air missiles— against an enemy that doesn’t have an air force). Note, however, how we still don’t know what happened with the Russian jet over Sinai. That case is still under investigation—as it should be. If it’s real, officials stall for time and urge caution while scrambling to find out what happened. When it’s fake, the officials are ready to go with the Big Lie, and then do everything they can to make it stick, suppressing what shreds of evidence can be independently gathered.

2. If it’s fake, than you should also expect cute little touches: designer logos for publicity campaigns ready to launch at a moment’s notice, be it “Je suis Charlie” or that cute little Eiffel Tower inscribed in a peace symbol. There weren’t any props to go with the Russian jet disaster—unless you count that tasteful Charlie Hebdo cartoon of a jihadi rocket having anal sex with an airliner. There might also be a few traditional titbits designed to feed a media frenzy, such as a fake passport found lying next to one of the perpetrators—because when terrorists go on suicide missions they always take their fake passports with them. The people who are charged with designing these events lack imagination and usually just go with whatever worked before.

We should certainly expect there to be more fake massacres of this sort — whenever the political situation becomes sufficiently fraught to call for one—because at this point ready-to-go jihadi terrorist cells are something of a sunk cost and can be deployed very cheaply and effectively. Of course we should grieve for the victims, but there is something far more important at stake than mere human lives, which are, deplorably, becoming cheaper with each passing year. We should grieve for the truth.


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Elvis
Elvis
Dec 25, 2015 5:35 PM

Money power and who has that power and given by whom? This question will lead us to the source of mankind’s problems..

misericordia
misericordia
Nov 20, 2015 9:10 AM

I freely admit that I cribbed some of Dmitry’s latest a few days ago in a comment I made on the Indy. It’s all for nothing. The emotional plague has once again spread like a miasma as the drumbeats for war grow louder. I wonder if it matters any more whether it is a false flag (with a side order of Islamophobia) or blowback. There is no moral or practical difference between the intelligence agencies and the Islamists; they are all terrorists, only with differing motives. How they might work together in concert will only come out when another John Perkins writes a book about it. Which few will read because by then there will be another atrocity to stir the pot.

Seamus Padraig
Seamus Padraig
Nov 19, 2015 5:28 AM

I’ve been following ClubOrlov (http://cluborlov.blogspot.de/) for years now, and let me say that Dmitry rarely disappoints! It’s become clear to me that this so-called War on Terror is largely a fake, and that they can crank it up or down practically at will. The only real question left is, Who exactly are ‘they’ in this case? Gladio? Mossad? Some combination of the two?

shatnersrug
shatnersrug
Nov 19, 2015 10:03 AM
Reply to  Seamus Padraig

I don’t think you need look at further that the oil companies do you?

Who could arm these folk? Who has clandestine operations all over the world? Who’s close to governments but don’t always get their own way?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/03/shell-oil-paid-nigerian-military

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/03/shell-accused-of-fuelling-nigeria-conflict

Who’s got connections?

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/05/former-head-gchq-sir-iain-lobban-adviser-shell-hakluyt

Who wants the oil that Isis now run? Who has the skills to keep oil fields running even in captured Isis land?

Who though Obama would definitely put troops on the ground but has, so far, be thwarted by O himself

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/18/no-ground-troops-to-syria-obamas-smartest-move-in-eight-years/

It’s so easy for us to think there’s one big conspiracy up top, but it’s a nest of vipers – and a certain nest of shell/BP/Exxon etc aren’t getting their own way, so a bit of mobster style “pressure” in Paris goes down a treat.

And now the G20 climate talks have been pretty much scotched we’ve got some happy board members – and who sit on those boards? Rothermere? Murdoch? Barclay Brothers? Chairman MSNBC?

Oh yeah. If big oil are now planning attacks on home soil – we’re really screwed…

susannapanevin
susannapanevin
Nov 18, 2015 10:26 PM

Reblogged this on Susanna Panevin.

shatnersrug
shatnersrug
Nov 18, 2015 8:37 PM

You’re doing the same thing everyone else does generalising by judging everyone on the behaviour of those you consider too subservient.

So my question has to be, what are you trying to do here? Inform? Dismiss? Impress on everyone how much more knowledge of our leaders behaviour you have compared to the rest?

I’m not sure but I do know this, if you, if we want to open folks eyes to what is done in our name then shouting at them isn’t the answer. They will switch off, write you off as aggressive or mad.

The only way to see a change in policy is through solidarity, protest, and the most important thing – the demands must be clear it’s no good being wishy-washy like occupy – it will just become a joke to elites, he’ll they’ll even sing a long if they can sell you something.

Solidarity, friendship. As the man said. Peace, love and understanding, or we will never break the cycle.

misericordia
misericordia
Nov 20, 2015 9:01 AM
Reply to  shatnersrug

The exact word they will use is “disgruntled.” They always do.