As a lover of History, especially, American History, I'm loving these essays.
At:
www.ahealedplanet.net...
The Author discusses
There are "gentler" paired examples to demonstrate the dynamics at work. One was a pair of military missile attacks on commercial airliners.
The Soviet Union shot down one, and the United States shot down another. In 1983, a South Korean passenger jet flew hundreds of miles off its
course, flying over sensitive Soviet airspace at night. The Soviet Union shot it down. Five years later, an Iranian airliner took off from Tehran in
broad daylight, flying over the Persian Gulf. The United States shot down that airliner. They make an instructive paired example. The Soviet
shooting was far more understandable than the United States'. Soon after the Soviet attack, the United States had intelligence showing that the
Soviet Union thought it was shooting down a spy plane.
I remember that event. And as I recall, there was evidence supporting that that SK Flight the USSR shot down was, in fact, being "shadowed" (that
is, it was being followed and it's course matched using it for RADAR cover) by an American Spy plane (a U2, I believe). What's more, I recall the
negotiations that took place between the US and the USSR to obtain the salvaged wreckage. A deal was reached and the USSR sent the USA the salvage
(After reverse engineering it, of course). Interesting since it was a South Korean Flight, not a US one, and since the news I recall from the tv and
newspapers confirmed that it was a US sply plane that was being returned mixed in with the South Korean passenger plane wreckage. The paper even
showed artistic renderings of what the advanced spy plane theoreticaly looked like and it's supposed functions, and the "misinformational"
intelligence which caused it to be there. There were also implications of intential operations to spy on the USSR in that manner. It was even debated
whether the South Koreans knew their flights were being shadowed, and whether the drift off course was intentional, the result of sabotage to the
flight instruments, etc. As well as, speculations on how many other countries, then and now are used, wittingly or not (or shades in between),
possibly, even now, for such practices. The US was embarrased and caught off guard by their (supposedly, I believe more likely, second or third rate)
advanced technology being exposed and captured like that. But, the USSR RADAR operators had noticed a second signature drifting in and out of the
first signature. Photo's (taken by the USSR members who blew it down-- although, I recall them being Soviet MiG's, not surface to air rockets) even
showed shadowing on the commercial flight, despite it being a clear sky with no overcast, and being above the cloud line, as if the sun were being
blocked by a large craft.
The Author is right. That's why I generally dismissed everything I was ever taught in school out of hand since I was young.
I remember the Iran- Contra hearings, I watched them as they were aired live on tv. Oliver North, stated that the whole case against him was because
he refused an Order from Washington, while he was there with the Joint Cheifs, planning his mission. Col. North was to walk his men into an ambush, so
their deaths could be used to drum up support from the American People to attack the Contra's. He argued to not lead his men to their deaths. But,
when they told him it was final, he agreed to do it. In truth, he didn't want to be relieved by another who would. So, he turned to the very
Contra's they were supposed to be fighting and gave them American arms and supplies, in return they were to protect his men and help keep them alive,
which they did. I'm papaphrasing, of course, I was very young then, during the hearings, but, I've always had a sharp long term memory. And I
remember it was at that point in North's confession's that Congress immediately called for closed door proceeding's. When they returned it was
never brought up again, and I've not heard of it since.
For that reason, Oliver North has alway's been one of my top heroes, despite the ignorance based bad label as a traitor he has been given. He only
betrayed government, which, in my book, is not on par with betraying America. He defended his men from Government's death trap, by NOT walking them
into an ambush blindly. America had provided Intelligence to the enemy as to when and were North's men would be. North was supposedly to remain
unharmed, maybe even, taken as a political prisoner. That's not the Hero he wanted to be. He'd rather be the Villain, if that's what it took to be
the real Hero.
I believe that during the closed door hearings North traded his silence for his freedom, which may be why, despite being found to be a traitor, he was
not incarcerated, stripped of his rate and rank, and was given an early honorable discharge. Odd thing to do to a Traitor, don't you think?
Especially when the Walker family suffered worse fate for their giving up of National secrets to the enemy, when they felt it would protect them from
American Government's abuses. Admiral Walker, was confined to Naval Ships afloat- being transferred from ship to ship, but, neither being allowed to
step foot on soil anywhere at any time nor to take part in ship's functions, for the rest of his life. Yet, North aides the rebel's and is allowed
to walk. Rebels who were rebelling against US sponsored dictators, just like the Al Quaeda and Taliban College student factions of today.
Odd how history repeats itself.
OK, disinformationalist's and Nationalist's bring on your rhetoric, yawn.
Who will preserve the true history, if not the ones who don't professionally report it?
[edit on 28-1-2009 by PhyberDragon]