Yeah strategy of tension 101
That's NATO playbook
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Strategy_of_tension
The strategy of tension is a method of social control involving a series of covert attacks upon a population, intended to promote stress and fear amongst them. The purpose is, by inducing a mistrust of one another and of the world at large, to increase child-like dependence upon perceived authority figures (such as national governments). The English phrase originates from the Italian (strategia della tensione), which was first applied to Operation Gladio in Italy during the years of lead.
“When you were on the Right you were not supposed to attack the State or its representatives. You were supposed to attack civilians, women, children, innocent people from outside the political arena. For one simple reason: To force the Italian public to turn to the State turn to the regime and ask for greater security. This was precisely the role of the right in Italy. It placed itself at the service of the State which created a strategy aptly called the "Strategy of Tension" in so far as they had to get ordinary people to accept that at any moment over a period of 30 years, from 1960 to the mid eighties a state of emergency could be declared. So, people would willingly trade part of their freedom for the security of being able to walk the streets, go on trains or enter a bank. This is the political logic behind all the bombings. They remain unpunished because the state cannot condemn itself.” Vincenzo Vinciguerra [1]
PC version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_of_tension
A strategy of tension (Italian: strategia della tensione) is a supposed policy wherein violent struggle is encouraged rather than suppressed.
The strategy of tension is most closely identified with the Years of Lead in Italy from 1968–1982, wherein both far-left Marxist extremists and far-right neo-fascist groups performed bombings, kidnappings, arsons, and murders.[1] Activists have accused NATO of allowing and sanctioning such terrorism, although this conclusion is hotly disputed.[2][3][4] Other cases where writers have alleged a strategy of tension include the Turkish military against Islamists from the 1970s–1990s ("Ergenekon"),[5] the war veterans and ZANU–PF in Zimbabwe which coordinated the farm invasions of 2000,[6] the DRS security agency in Algeria from 1991-1999,[7] and Belgium's state security service from 1982–1986.[8]
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