The Masses React the Way the Incompetent Press Tells them to

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In sociology classes, I learned that individuals are hard to manipulate and guide to a predetermined conclusion, but crowds are easy. The more people in the manipulated group, the easier it is to guide the conclusion. I laughed then... but life has taught me how true it really is. Don't believe me? Let's give it a try, shall we? I have evidence that the US Military held Iraqis in tents in the middle of the desert for months at a time. There was no attempt to air condition these tents, in fact, most of the time, the tent sides were rolled up, leaving Iraqis open to the elements. The Iraqis were fed an MRE for breakfast and one for lunch. They were only given 1 freshly cooked meal a day. The only snacks, coffee or other "comfort food" available were 3 year old M&Ms, equally old crackers and small packets of instant coffee. They were given no beds, just hard, unsupporting foldable cots with wool blankets and old feather pillows. The only "entertainments" were a few soccer balls, "weight sets" made of concrete and galvanized posts. The only radios on the "camps" were set to Armed Forces Network. The "camps" were just 2 GP medium tents for the Iraqis, a GP Small tent for command and control and a couple more GP small tents for the US Troops guarding and interrogating them to sleep in. Triple strands of "razor wire" coiled their way around each "camp", one stacked upon two in a sort of "pyramid" formation. The "razor" part being 1/2 inch blades sticking out every few inches. The blades were sharp and dirty, which meant certain wounds and infection for any Iraqi who decided to take his chances with the relentless heat of the empty desert. Every US troop carried an M-16 or 9mm Baretta menacingly at his side at all times. Their magazines loaded to the hilt with deadly bullets. While on "guard duty" one guard entertained a few visiting troops by showing them the trick he taught the Iraqis in his care. He stood at his post, between the two GP mediums out by the razor wire. As he stood, he held up both his arms, which quickly caught the attention of the Iraqis. He then lowered his arms sharply, then grinned... as he held up his left arm, the Iraqis in the tent to his left yelled in their best broken English... "TASTES GREAT!" He then lowered his left and brought up his right as the Iraqis to the right of him yelled, (you guessed it), "LESS FILLING!" ~~~~~~ The above story is true, all of it was reported in the news. I don't know how it would have been reported during the Iraq war, but during Desert Storm, it was reported in the light of how well we treated the EPWs who surrendered to reporters, cooks, drivers and anyone else who looked American. Such treatment was not only completely within the terms of the Geneva Convention, it has become the very picture of humane treatment of enemy prisoners of war... and the standard by which all countries should be held in the treatment of prisoners during wartime. Be honest with yourself, did you gasp about the conditions? Did you feel the need to express outrage in your comment to this post? Think about that when you are reading about the "national embarrassment" that the incompetent press (and a few abusive troops a half a decade ago) made out of GITMO today. Then ask yourself how much of the "outrage" is based on reality, and how much is based on the predetermined conclusion the world has been manipulated to come to... not just about GITMO or about Desert Storm, but about everything you hear, see or read in the incompetent press... or from any other source with an agenda.