Kimmo Huosionmaa
https://sites.google.com/view/operationnorthwood/etusivu
In the beginning, I must say that I know that I write lots of American operations. The reason for that is the information of the United States psychological warfare is easier to get that information from Soviet information campaigns. Operation “Jade Helm” was the straight copy of Vietnam-age “Operation Northwood" from the 1960’s. That program was a pilot test for the disinformation warfare. The reason why Pentagon launched those operations were, that the leaders of the U.S Military wanted to get the public opinion for support operations in the Far East, and of course, they wanted to hide the massive chemical warfare in that country.
The chemical agent what was used in that operation, was Agent Orange, what is made for agricultural use. That chemical is very common in the normal agriculture, but misuse that chemical will cause cancer. That kind of chemical weapons is so-called “stealth killers". That means that those chemicals don't injure people in the normal way. They cause cancer and the danger of those actions is that chemicals like agent orange are very easy to get. Even if American military leaders meant to kill people with that chemical, they used that component in large areas in that country. And that might cause numbers of cancer cases in that area. But when we are talking about “Operation Northwood" we must say that those kind of disinformation projects risks are, that they can use to hide war crimes.
But also hide the real reasons for the war. The disinformation warfare is a very dangerous if somebody wants to agitate the hate between the people. If we are talking about those operations, what the USA has done past years and what it has done in the Cold War, we must say that the relationship with United States military and those guerilla movements is not so simple than we think. The threat to the United States has always been right-wing nationalists like Ku Klux Klan, and in 1960’s the problem with the United States was it was grown too strong. The result of too strong military force was that US military was always asked for support some local governments, what made very strong risk for men who served in the military forces. And the threat of that era was, that some nazi will be the rise in the Presidential position in that land. That’s why the military forces needed the Vietnam War and the loss in the Far East.
Those men who served in the military in the Vietnam war or other wars in the world are justified as the veteran position. But the men who have served with the CIA can’t get veteran benefits and sometimes they can’t even say that they are veterans. But when we are thinking about risks of information warfare, we must realize, that false news might be more deadly than any other weapon in the world. There is the danger that the propaganda-unit might just invent the “news" what they give to the world, and that might cause even the War. But in the information warfare in one risk. There is no need for special equipment for beginning those operations, only the writing program or pencil and papers are needed, and of course, the operator needs the good imagination to make those texts.
And if the source is mentioned to be some bandit, who lives in the jungle the paper and the pencil would grow the strength of that information. Those papers might be set to find in some tourist area, what increases the trust for that information. And of course, somebody can make blogs for some business managers, who will not want to travel to the China. The blog might involve information what is harmful to China, and after that, this person will ever get the visa to that country. The danger of that kind of actions is that if some business manager is in the trip in North Korea, would somebody make the blog for that person's name and that might make the lots of trouble for that person.
