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<blockquote data-quote="WTJ" data-source="post: 1726618" data-attributes="member: 6661"><p>I submit that by '61 the American people were much the same, as a group, as they are now. A decade of prosperity and new shiny balls had dulled them into a state of torpor. I wonder if many of the citizen-soldiers who went through the horrors of WW II could bring themselves to believe that would ever happen again. The professional military had a new threat, and they did, like they always will, what they had to do to protect their charges. The politicians and elitists, however, saw a whole new wealth opportunity through fear, subterfuge, and propaganda. Hell, they had just vanquished the world champion of that league.</p><p></p><p>The people just never saw it coming. </p><p></p><p>I am a child of the professional military. I grew up on the top ten target list. My dad, while I was a little better than a year old, sat 12 hour shifts under a special weapon loaded B52 during November of 1962 in Michigan while his wife and kid sat on top of the first target to go, 90 air miles from Havana. I asked later,as an adult, what he was thinking during that time. He said he figured we were all going to die, but at least he would get his shot in. He was a maintainer and probably would have made it a few hours longer. I get the mindset and inherited some of it myself. I just never will understand why we would protect a bunch of people who haven't a clue or even care. You do what you must. Genetic programming? I will say my Dad, while a warrior, became disillusioned with the political aims of the Republic. And he remains so.</p><p></p><p>The elite made the sheeple just paranoid enough with Bert the Turtle to keep the money flowing, but not enough to make them confine themselves to quarters. That would have been counterproductive. The 15 minute myth was designed to prevent the inevitable gridlock caused by a evacuation. Early on many target areas had several hours of survivability after the first strike, and at most times during the Cold War the US had a good 72 hours of warning from intel sources.</p><p></p><p>By the time Ike left, he had realized he had been conned. He did his duty and tried to warn the public. Ike was sent away quietly, and Camelot was created. Let the next level of conditioning begin. Time for the next chapter of social engineering. All hail the 60's!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WTJ, post: 1726618, member: 6661"] I submit that by '61 the American people were much the same, as a group, as they are now. A decade of prosperity and new shiny balls had dulled them into a state of torpor. I wonder if many of the citizen-soldiers who went through the horrors of WW II could bring themselves to believe that would ever happen again. The professional military had a new threat, and they did, like they always will, what they had to do to protect their charges. The politicians and elitists, however, saw a whole new wealth opportunity through fear, subterfuge, and propaganda. Hell, they had just vanquished the world champion of that league. The people just never saw it coming. I am a child of the professional military. I grew up on the top ten target list. My dad, while I was a little better than a year old, sat 12 hour shifts under a special weapon loaded B52 during November of 1962 in Michigan while his wife and kid sat on top of the first target to go, 90 air miles from Havana. I asked later,as an adult, what he was thinking during that time. He said he figured we were all going to die, but at least he would get his shot in. He was a maintainer and probably would have made it a few hours longer. I get the mindset and inherited some of it myself. I just never will understand why we would protect a bunch of people who haven't a clue or even care. You do what you must. Genetic programming? I will say my Dad, while a warrior, became disillusioned with the political aims of the Republic. And he remains so. The elite made the sheeple just paranoid enough with Bert the Turtle to keep the money flowing, but not enough to make them confine themselves to quarters. That would have been counterproductive. The 15 minute myth was designed to prevent the inevitable gridlock caused by a evacuation. Early on many target areas had several hours of survivability after the first strike, and at most times during the Cold War the US had a good 72 hours of warning from intel sources. By the time Ike left, he had realized he had been conned. He did his duty and tried to warn the public. Ike was sent away quietly, and Camelot was created. Let the next level of conditioning begin. Time for the next chapter of social engineering. All hail the 60's! [/QUOTE]
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