US election exposed media lies and liars – we now question their credibility of Sri Lanka’s war against LTTE terrorists
The US Presidential election has been an eyeopener for the entire world. Many people the world thought were beacons of justice and bearers of truth have been exposed – the UNSG and UNHRC heads were caught subtly canvassing for the defeated US Presidential candidate, mainstream media lies were derobed that some are now even apologizing (New York Times), bogus NGOs/Charities funded by West like White Helmets will hopefully halt kind people from donating to liars. The people must realize that they had been fed lies and false news brainwashing their minds all these decades. Entities that lie and are paid to lie never tell the truth nor are they paid to tell the truth. These same entities were working overtime during the Sri Lanka’s conflict and in particular the last stages and their venom was felt when the then Sri Lankan Government refused to halt their military offensive thus ending their terror toy. Their angst has been delivered through the very parties that are out to destroy Syria, the UN and UNHRC are doing the same damage to both countries. It is time that the rest of the world stood up and put a halt to these lies and treacheries taking place.
Noam Chomsky in his book “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media,” detailed how U.S. media frequently serve as an errand boy for U.S. corporate, military and imperial interests.
“The media serve, and propagandize on behalf of, the powerful societal interests that control and finance them. The representatives of these interests have important agendas and principles that they want to advance, and they are well positioned to shape and constrain media policy.” –Chomsky
www.youtube.com (please listen to his propaganda model)
Brandon Turbeville piece “CNN in a Panic Over Assad Success, Collapse of ‘White Helmets’ (also known as Syrian Civil Defense) Narrative, Fumbling Over ‘Humanitarian Organizations’” has brought out some important questions relevant to Sri Lanka. He refers to CNN as a ‘discredited news agency’. During the US election the ordinary Americans referred to CNN as ‘Clinton News Network’ highlighting how hideously it had discredited itself.
White Helmets openly acknowledged that they were funded by Western governments. “We do not hide it, we admit [that] there is funding from the USA, from the UK, from Germany, from Netherlands,” Abdulrahman Al Mawwas, the chief liaison officer of the White Helmets www.rt.com. This ‘humanitarian’ venture has been given $60million by USAID, UK Foreign Office and various EU nations like the Netherlands. While the Aleppo media centre was funded by French foreign office – EU and the US.
This little boy became their propaganda coup
This was no different to the manner LTTE terrorist dead were being glorified and shown as being innocent lambs killed by Sri Lankan soldiers completely ignoring the scores of innocent unarmed civilians LTTE killed throughout 30 years with the icing coming from UN’s crocodile tears over failing to stop the killing.
However, when the ISIS rounded up civilian hostages/human shields there was no UN coming out with their rules and regulations to stop a humanitarian catastrophe BEFORE it occurred highlighting what pathetic lows the UN officials stoop to. They can offer no solutions before the problem but they have enough of solutions after the problem and after the damage has been done!
All these examples remind us of the scores of NGOs/INGOs that were located amongst LTTE offices and helped LTTE thrive.
It was these same western funded ‘NGO’ that claimed schools and hospitals were being bombed. sputniknews.com
Is it any different to the barrage of media coverage and reports that went to town over schools and hospitals being bombed by the Sri Lanka Army, even when a LTTE child soldier training centre ‘Sencholai’ in the middle of the thick jungle was projected as an ‘orphanage’.
Can we not remember the lies of people like Benjamin Dix www.lankaweb.com
Rick Sterling writes ‘White Helmets’ are not the impartial relief organisation Right Livelihood and alternative media sites like CodePink take them to be. Rather they are instruments in the information war which is being waged against the Syrian government.” Sri Lanka knows too well the many local and foreign writers who were lined up to issue tirades against Sri Lanka – we had Francis Harrison who was ‘still counting the dead’ from third party sources living outside the country! Some parties including the Ban Ki Moon expert panel quotes from LTTE propaganda sources! We had a UN official in a ‘Cage’ of his own making lying about casualty figures and unable to substantiate with evidence. We had plenty of journalists and media turn credible allegations into ‘credible evidence.’
theduran.com Sterling highlights the media manipulation against Syria.
The June 2014 Syrian election is noteworthy for Sri Lanka’s regime change in January 2015 election. We know that 585million has been spent by the US on delivering ‘democracy’. 73% voter turnout in Syria gave 88% votes to President Assad. The West may hate him but the Syrians loved Assad. John Kerry condemned Syrian election as a ‘farce’ but was overjoyed at Sri Lanka’s election result. Regime change succeeded in Sri Lanka where it failed in Syria.
A group called The Syria Campaign was inducted to demonize Assad, we know the numerous local groups inducted to demonize the Rajapakse regime which did have its own faults that made the job easier and believable. Just as ‘activists’ like puravesi balaya and numerous other civil society groups were promoted the White Helmets too were marketed as ‘civilian volunteers’ They were even awarded for their lies – “for their outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians from the destruction of the Syrian civil war.” We know how C4 and Callum McRae’s fictions were also nominated for awards as well.
This seriously questions the validity of these so-called paid documentaries and the manner they have been used to make allegations of war crimes against a national army even calling for war crimes tribunals. We have all the reasons to question given that Bell Pottinger the famous PR company was paid USD540million to prepare false videos and footage to justify the war on Iraq. Therefore, Sri Lankan citizens have every right to demand a relook at all of C4 videos and refuse to have these used as the basis for allegations of war crimes against Sri Lanka.
Turbeville’s article claims CNN has taken the side of the terrorists no different to how these same media took the side of LTTE terrorists. CNN barrage was against President Assad of Syria again no different to how the then Sri Lankan Government was attacked. CNN and coterie kept on claiming Assad was attacking ‘unarmed civilians’ – these agencies did the very same to Sri Lanka. According to the media ISIS were projected as “democracy-loving freedom fighters” exactly how LTTE was projected. Reference to ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ by these media was bang on during the last stages of Sri Lanka’s battle as well and the UN was happy to join in. Turbeville says “United States and its treacherous allies funded a proxy army of extremists to destroy the country” – you should next wonder who has been supporting the LTTE against Sri Lanka too.
Turbeville also describes the ‘humanitarian’ NGO ‘White Helmets’ as a typical terrorist support group who are used as ‘activist’ when a quote is needed, he says. This should automatically bring to mind the scores of NGOs that had been LTTE’s best friend throughout the 30 years of LTTE terror. We know how many of these LTTE supporting ‘activists’ had been issuing regular reports, holding panel discussions, briefing the UN and even foreign envoys against Sri Lanka. The similarities and comparisons are too shocking. You will recall how doctors in the Vanni were used to lie about civilian casualties during Sri Lanka final stages and their eventual affidavits which were discarded because it nullified the lies that were being drummed.
If White Helmets had been supporting terrorists in Syria how different is that to NGOs like TRO, or Norwegian People’s Aid, which said its heavy earth moving vehicles, trucks & tractors have been “stolen” by the LTTE (NPA has been accused of secretly smuggling arms to Sudanese rebels), when Sri Lankan army overtook a LTTE base they discovered electricity generators, water pumps, tents, water dowsers belonging to INGOs! We will also recall how a senior member of Zoa Refugee Care decided to join LTTE without evacuating with the rest of his staff! Commissioner General of Essential Services, S. P. Divaratne estimated the number of INGO vehicles in the LTTE’s hands at 38.
UN and UNHRC as well as foreign governments are quoting from a panellist of the Ban Ki Moon personally commissioned report on Sri Lanka who is a regular visitor to LTTE front events and referred to as ‘comrade’ by them.
The bias of the UN in Syria is no different to UN/UNHRC crass bias against Sri Lanka. U.N. special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has gone to the extent of offering a ‘peace agreement’ that virtually offers Aleppo to the terrorists! Syria’s response quite rightly has been that such an offer is a violation of Syria’s national sovereignty. Is this no different to the inundated attempts to use fabricated, exaggerated reports drawing a picture that militarization, ‘rape’ by soldiers, funded people protests against the Sri Lanka army all with a bigger intent to offer the north to the LTTE front TNA? We know that the current new constitution, calls for devolution, decentralization complimented with calls by Tamils and Muslims for greater autonomy and self-rule is basically the same as what the UN envoy is offering to Syria…
Ron Paul recently released a list of fake news journalists. It is a good time to compile a similar list of journalists in Sri Lanka paid to tell lies, promote anti-national theories and on payroll of foreign countries. www.rt.com We can identify the elements paid and on the payroll drafting and laying out the same plans by the same handful of people.
In such a scenario where from UN to media to human rights groups are all part of a global charade of lies deceiving the masses should we accept their notions for solutions to Sri Lanka, should we not reject the war crimes tribunal requests and reject the new constitutional proposals out to divide the nation along ethno-religious lines all with the long term intent for foreign corporate-governance to rule over innocent masses who will be divided and kept divided?
People must see the larger picture, connect the dots and realize that they are being turned into pawns unless they wake up.
Shenali D Waduge
Further reading
667 Viewers
