Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on 27 Dec 2007 set off psychological shockwaves that rapidly propagated around the world aided by transnational TV and the Internet.The shockwaves delivered a mental blitzkrieg attack measured not in explosive weight but in the weight of perception.
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Initial reports from Pakistan: ( “Tonight Pakistan said it has “intelligence intercepts” indicating that al Qaeda was behind the killing of opposition leader Mrs. Bhutto. The Interior ministry said today there is "irrefutable evidence" that Al-Qaeda is trying to destabilise the country. “—the Sun)
Snop's Commentary:
Regardless of who is responsible, the “Cognetic Effect” of this attack is palpable from Rawalpindi to London- Washington and beyond.
News aggregators like Buzztracker (featured in the graphic w/ modifications) and Newsmap are useful in creating a visual depiction of the news. Even though both are limited scope, they help us visualize the relationship of major news stories to points around the world and provide a sense of what the “weight of perception” looks like.
“Weight of perception” as introduced Dawn of the Cognetic Age:
“Unable to attack the United States directly since 9/11, al-Qaeda uses global media to bypass the strength of our homeland defenses, follow the path of least resistance through our open society, and attack our psychological center of gravity."
"Because we do not censor the Internet or transnational television, images of death and destruction from terror attacks speed unimpeded (like Germany’s tanks and aircraft) across the flat plains of the global media directly to our TV screens and computer monitors, delivering a mental blitzkrieg attack measured not in explosive weight but in the weight of perception.”
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1 comment:
Snop,
Agree with your assessment. All the major players in Pakistan are culpable. The Army spins the news to AQ, the interior spokesman tries to neuter AQ, by stating that the bullet didn't kill her but hitting her head on the sunroof did. We will never know the true cause of death, or the real perps, but I can tell you this...the Army and AQ are in bed together along with the ISS and they ALL had a finger on the trigger. We'll see how the Paki gov't spins the cognetics to make it look like they are actually doing something. I watched CNN all morning today, and you could literally feel the Paki gov't pulling CNN's strings to get them to report what they reported. It is easy to see it through the cognetics lens.
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