Blowback is a hot buzzword among the talking heads of the fifth estate lately. It is a pacifying word, turning outrage and grief into an inevitable consequence of State actions.
The true BLOWBACK actually occurs when a penis is inserted so far into another persons mouth that it chokes the back of their throat, gagging them and causing vomiting.
Which, it turns out, is an apt metaphor for the blowback being discussed regarding the lies of the Ruling Elite.
~el duderino
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Blowback (intelligence)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Blowback is a term used in espionage to describe the unintended consequences of covert operations. Because the public was unaware of the operation, the consequences transpire as a surprise, apparently random and without cause. In context, it can also mean retaliation as the result of actions undertaken by nations. The phrase is believed to have been coined by the CIA, in reference to the shrapnel that often flies back when shooting an automatic firearm.
Given prior CIA support of the Islamic insurgency in Afghanistan and purportedly also of Osama bin Laden, it could be argued that the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack is the most prominent contemporary example of blowback, since some contend that this U.S. support actually helped build Bin Laden as a geopolitical force.
* Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire, by Chalmers Johnson, ISBN 0805062394
Blowback in a more direct sense refers to the consequences that are entailed when an intelligence agency participates in foreign media manipulation, which is then reported by their own domestic news sources as "fact".
