i en tid av total tåkelegging er det revolusjonært å si sannheten

The struggle between social factions does not determine government policy, but it does succeed in focusing people's attention on peripheral issues so that the elite agenda can proceed unimpeded.

Richard Moore

Pentagon bak ulovlig reklame i norske medier?

Einar Idsøe Eidsvåg spør hvem står bak nettstedet www.esag.info, som bl.a. har kjempedyre annonser i avisene.

På nettstedet kaller de seg "European Security Advocacy Group" og sier at den er "Advised by a diverse group of communications professionals and academics from six countries." Hvem som har tatt initiativet og hvem som dekker de svære utgiftene, fortelles ikke. Det er jo ganske mystisk at det er hemmelig hvem som står bak!

Selvfølgelig står Bush-administrasjonen bak. En talsmann for Bush-administrasjonen forteller at meningen er å påvirke opinionen i Europa slik at europeerne sender minst en divisjon soldater til Irak. Han mener (drømmer om) at utgiftene til mediekampanjen kan bli mer enn oppveiet ved dette - og spare amerikanerne for minst en milliard dollars i måneden!!

På nettstedet moonofalabama.org er det flere opplysninger, som jeg har kopiert inn nedenfor.

Det er mildest talt sleipt å bare stå fram med at "kommunikasjonseksperter og akademikere" står bak. Men verden venter jo ikke så mye åpenhet og ærlighet fra Bush-administrasjonen, skriver Hans Olav Fekjær i Verden går framover.

Strategic Campaign Extended

Fri Oct 22, 2004 06:21 AM ET

Washington DC (RBN)

The US government has extended its strategic communication campaign to remind "Old"-Europeans of the danger of terrorism. The advertising and influence campaign, which has be running for one year, recently launched into a new phase.

"We need to get more determination to actively fight the war on terror into the European mind" a senior administration official said. "There is no way we will ever have German or French troops in Iraq or Iran if we can not stir up the popular fervour," he added.

The campaign with the slogan "There is no future in terrorism" began in November 2003 with full page advertisements in leading newspapers in ten Western European countries. Additional newspaper ads were launched in March 2004 and in October. New committed funds now allow for 30 seconds TV spots with powerful scenes of nuclear, biological and explosive attacks to be broadcasted.

The advertisement campaign is supervised by VALE International LTD, a group of international professional advertising and public relation consultants under the leadership of Norman Vale, a long time professional in international marketing.

VALE International has established a European entity under the label of "European Security Advocacy Group". The website www.esag.info promises "sustained effort to change people's attitudes and behaviour" and to "raise people's concern about the disastrous threat terrorism poses to world peace".

The strategic communication effort is estimated to have cost $20 million. "We intend this to get us at least one division of European troops into Iraq. That could save us a billion a month," one official said. "It is the cheapest imaginable way to free our troops for other commitments."

Related links:
European Security Advocacy Group
VALE INTERNATIONAL LTD
Bjørn Stærk has the TV ads and more information

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