A wide range of false information is being spewed out about the events now occurring in the Middle East

Just because Whitehouse spokespersons, mainstream news, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC or a YouTube based newscasts say something, does not mean it is true!

I vividly remember my professor for Twentieth Century Naval History (NROTC) telling us this:. “When a nation or nations start a war, Pandora’s Box is being opened up. All participants lose control of sweeping events and nothing goes as planned.” He was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and had just been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, for exceptional bravery, while commander of a gunboat on the Mekong River in Vietnam.

by Richard L. Thornton, Architect & City Planner

Yesterday, I became curious about an especially professional newscast on YouTube, being anchored by a distinguished young man of northern Han Chinese ancestry. He spoke very articulate English with a Midwestern or Canadian accent. His professionally illustrated reports gave the impression that he held a PhD in Military Science. However, he said some things about relative capabilities of the Iranian military and United States Navy, which did not ring quite true. I fact-checked him and found that his seemingly professional newscast was “caca de toro.” I told my AI computer to find out who this man really was.

Although made to look like a program from the United States or Canada, this program was coming from the Peoples Republic of China and was very skillful propaganda in support of Iran’s oligarchy.

Don’t ask me what’s going on. I don’t know, but I do know that it is a very dangerous situation. I have my hands full trying to figure out the surprisingly complex and ancient history of the South Atlantic Coast. I still don’t have all the answers, but the answers that I do have are quite different than the history you read in high school Social Studies or college anthropology textbooks.