On January 2nd, Frank Kitson, a lifelong British Army officer, writer and military theorist died peacefully in his sleep, at the grand age of 97. It was an undeservedly dignified exit for an individual who directly and indirectly inflicted misery upon untold people, for much of his lifetime. Many will undoubtedly continue to suffer adverse consequences as a result of his teachings for decades to come.
(“Law should be used as just another weapon in the government’s arsenal…a propaganda cover for the disposal of unwanted members of the public. For this to happen efficiently, the activities of legal services have to be tied into the war effort in as discreet a way as possible.”)-
I think it is clear that is the case more and more in the USA. The corrupt Establishment is engaged in an open "counter insurgency" against the American people.
Really enjoyed this article. In 1998 while preparing a BBC2 documentary on the Malayan Emergency (The Undeclared War) which featured Chin Peng the secretary-general of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) , other Malayan communists and assorted British military, intelligence and civil service personnel, I contacted Frank Kitson. I was told to write to his bank manager at Lloyds Bank in Torbay, Devon which I duly did. After a few weeks the bank manager replied saying General Kitson did not feel he had anything to contribute. Instead, I made do with General Sir Walter Walker who was living in Dorset attended by Gurkha servants. He made outlandish and lurid unsupported claims about the ‘communist terrorists’ (CTs) slitting open the stomachs of babies (shades of today’s allegations in Gaza). Walker had been part of an attempted coup d’etat in the mid-1970s that sought to overthrow the Wilson government and replace it with a junta led by Louis Mountbatten. Mountbatten declined, the plot fizzled out and Walter Walker wrote to me after our film was shown on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency declaration to say how much he regretted taking part. Chin Peng came to London for the broadcast – was interviewed by Neal Ascherson for the Observer and attended a premiere party at the now defunct Commonwealth Institute where he met Hugh Humphrey the British colonial civil servant who drafted the Emergency law – a document that became the blueprint for repeats in Kenya, Northern Ireland and elsewhere and is still in place, I believe, in Singapore and possibly Malaysia. Humphrey said to Chin Peng ‘you ran a very good Emergency’ and Chin Peng replied, ‘but you ran a better one’. It was an amazing meeting which I regret we did not photograph or film – partly out of respect for Chin Peng’s habitual suspicion. I remember we had to deal with the Foreign Office to get him a visa because in 1998 he was still on a list of barred terrorists. In fact, Kitson would have had a great deal to contribute to our film – but his spirit and MO were adequately represented by Walker and other military intelligence officers like Harvey Ryves.
Substitute "USSR" or, now, "Russian Federation," perhaps also "Iran" or "North Korea," for "Britain" and see how "the West" and most of its media would react. (The People's Republic of China seems to get somewhat of a pass - somewhat, not complete.) It is interesting, to say the least, that while the US and Western European nations prattle about human rights, war crimes and the rule of law, several have eager students for Kitson's and Britain's methods.
Hamas released a detailed explanation for their Oct 7 attack. It's important and thus not receiving fair media coverage. I've posted it at https://mikehampton.substack.com/p/oct-7-hamas-tells-their-side-of-the and I'm making the exception to post this message on a dozen substacks. I'm not self-promoting. Use the press release as you wish, and then delete my comment. Thanks.
I have been thinking about this article more as time has passed. Everyone needs to read it and have their eyes opened with the insight into the current World it provides.
Uuggghhhhh! What kind of people are these? I rest assured this nasty man is currently suffering the five techniques in a subterranean cell somewhere in the belly of Hell.
"Law should be used as just another weapon in the government’s arsenal…a propaganda cover for the disposal of unwanted members of the public. For this to happen efficiently, the activities of legal services have to be tied into the war effort in as discreet a way as possible.” Is this not a more targeted definition of lawfare in a climate of perpetual war (hybrid war) waged by the West against all adversaries real or imagined? And is it not an entirely appropriate description of the inhuman treatment and incarceration of an innocent publisher and journalist Julian Assange?
"Law should be used as just another weapon in the government’s arsenal…a propaganda cover for the disposal of unwanted members of the public. For this to happen efficiently, the activities of legal services have to be tied into the war effort in as discreet a way as possible.” Is this not a more targeted definition of lawfare in a climate of perpetual war (hybrid war) waged by the West against all adversaries real or imagined? And is it not an entirely appropriate description of the inhuman treatment and incarceration of an innocent publisher and journalist Julian Assange?
The combination of profit-above humanity capitalism and white supremacy is deadly. From by understanding the oh-so-"civilized" British essentially invented it. Torture is wholly understandable and inevitable with this combination. We must eliminate capitalism and white supremacy, clearly, if we are to survive.
(“Law should be used as just another weapon in the government’s arsenal…a propaganda cover for the disposal of unwanted members of the public. For this to happen efficiently, the activities of legal services have to be tied into the war effort in as discreet a way as possible.”)-
I think it is clear that is the case more and more in the USA. The corrupt Establishment is engaged in an open "counter insurgency" against the American people.
Really enjoyed this article. In 1998 while preparing a BBC2 documentary on the Malayan Emergency (The Undeclared War) which featured Chin Peng the secretary-general of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) , other Malayan communists and assorted British military, intelligence and civil service personnel, I contacted Frank Kitson. I was told to write to his bank manager at Lloyds Bank in Torbay, Devon which I duly did. After a few weeks the bank manager replied saying General Kitson did not feel he had anything to contribute. Instead, I made do with General Sir Walter Walker who was living in Dorset attended by Gurkha servants. He made outlandish and lurid unsupported claims about the ‘communist terrorists’ (CTs) slitting open the stomachs of babies (shades of today’s allegations in Gaza). Walker had been part of an attempted coup d’etat in the mid-1970s that sought to overthrow the Wilson government and replace it with a junta led by Louis Mountbatten. Mountbatten declined, the plot fizzled out and Walter Walker wrote to me after our film was shown on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency declaration to say how much he regretted taking part. Chin Peng came to London for the broadcast – was interviewed by Neal Ascherson for the Observer and attended a premiere party at the now defunct Commonwealth Institute where he met Hugh Humphrey the British colonial civil servant who drafted the Emergency law – a document that became the blueprint for repeats in Kenya, Northern Ireland and elsewhere and is still in place, I believe, in Singapore and possibly Malaysia. Humphrey said to Chin Peng ‘you ran a very good Emergency’ and Chin Peng replied, ‘but you ran a better one’. It was an amazing meeting which I regret we did not photograph or film – partly out of respect for Chin Peng’s habitual suspicion. I remember we had to deal with the Foreign Office to get him a visa because in 1998 he was still on a list of barred terrorists. In fact, Kitson would have had a great deal to contribute to our film – but his spirit and MO were adequately represented by Walker and other military intelligence officers like Harvey Ryves.
The fact that anyone would do these to another human being isstartling to me. We must humanize humans.
Substitute "USSR" or, now, "Russian Federation," perhaps also "Iran" or "North Korea," for "Britain" and see how "the West" and most of its media would react. (The People's Republic of China seems to get somewhat of a pass - somewhat, not complete.) It is interesting, to say the least, that while the US and Western European nations prattle about human rights, war crimes and the rule of law, several have eager students for Kitson's and Britain's methods.
These are the good guys?
Colonialism is ugly, let's face it.
Hamas released a detailed explanation for their Oct 7 attack. It's important and thus not receiving fair media coverage. I've posted it at https://mikehampton.substack.com/p/oct-7-hamas-tells-their-side-of-the and I'm making the exception to post this message on a dozen substacks. I'm not self-promoting. Use the press release as you wish, and then delete my comment. Thanks.
Thank you for this excellent article. It should be distributed widely!
In the late 1950s and early’60s, the U.S. invited “Tommy” Thompson to tell us how Britain successfully managed its counterinsurgency in Malaya.
I have been thinking about this article more as time has passed. Everyone needs to read it and have their eyes opened with the insight into the current World it provides.
Uuggghhhhh! What kind of people are these? I rest assured this nasty man is currently suffering the five techniques in a subterranean cell somewhere in the belly of Hell.
"Law should be used as just another weapon in the government’s arsenal…a propaganda cover for the disposal of unwanted members of the public. For this to happen efficiently, the activities of legal services have to be tied into the war effort in as discreet a way as possible.” Is this not a more targeted definition of lawfare in a climate of perpetual war (hybrid war) waged by the West against all adversaries real or imagined? And is it not an entirely appropriate description of the inhuman treatment and incarceration of an innocent publisher and journalist Julian Assange?
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The Tavistock Institute in London has played a key role in Psychological Warfare against the human race in all cultures.
Rick Jan 23
"Law should be used as just another weapon in the government’s arsenal…a propaganda cover for the disposal of unwanted members of the public. For this to happen efficiently, the activities of legal services have to be tied into the war effort in as discreet a way as possible.” Is this not a more targeted definition of lawfare in a climate of perpetual war (hybrid war) waged by the West against all adversaries real or imagined? And is it not an entirely appropriate description of the inhuman treatment and incarceration of an innocent publisher and journalist Julian Assange?
The combination of profit-above humanity capitalism and white supremacy is deadly. From by understanding the oh-so-"civilized" British essentially invented it. Torture is wholly understandable and inevitable with this combination. We must eliminate capitalism and white supremacy, clearly, if we are to survive.