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Title: Post-facto twisting of history for partisan reasons ...
Post by: Baruch on August 07, 2018, 10:48:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4m_BwYeIRo

Disinformation that is plausible, is a very strong tool of statecraft.
Title: Re: Post-facto twisting of history for partisan reasons ...
Post by: Cavebear on September 23, 2018, 12:37:16 PM
Quote from: Baruch on August 07, 2018, 10:48:33 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4m_BwYeIRo

Disinformation that is plausible, is a very strong tool of statecraft.

Trump should try that sometime, a very good statecraft technique.  Oh wait, that would require a knowledge of history.  Oops, my bad!
Title: Re: Post-facto twisting of history for partisan reasons ...
Post by: Baruch on September 23, 2018, 02:01:49 PM
Churchill did know his history.  Most politicians now can't be bothered to remember last week.
Title: Re: Post-facto twisting of history for partisan reasons ...
Post by: Cavebear on September 23, 2018, 03:37:53 PM
Quote from: Baruch on September 23, 2018, 02:01:49 PM
Churchill did know his history.  Most politicians now can't be bothered to remember last week.

I meant the Orange Menace, of course.  For him, 30 minutes ago is a whole new re-imagining of the world.