The psy-op is that the story plants in the heads of Americans the idea that Iranian kids *can* buy Barbie dolls. Corollaries being that Persian people are "just like us" and that the country is open to foreign trade and cultural influence. An antidote to what (over here) we perceive as US ignorance of Iran - if all you get to hear is Bush & govt. spokescreatures you get the idea that all USans think Iran is a totalitarian anti-women anti-semitic dictatorship al la the Taliban
Expect to see more news items that mention the democratically elected Jewish and Armenian members of the Iranian Parliament, and well-dressed, well-paid, well-educated women running businesses in Teheran. The most effective propaganda is the truth - especially if you get to choose which part of the truth is told. Ken Sampo Syreeni wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > > >AP) Iran has introduced its version of Barbie and Ken: twin dolls Dara > >and Sara, who promote traditional values with their modest clothing and > >pro-family stories. > > Presumably this counts as a counter-offensive in the Jihad against > Foreign, Wanton Dolls, then? > > A relatively meticulous exercise in psyops, I'd say. > > Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], tel:+358-50-5756111 > student/math+cs/helsinki university, http://www.iki.fi/~decoy/front > openpgp: 050985C2/025E D175 ABE5 027C 9494 EEB0 E090 8BA9 0509 85C2
