• ???@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    We are in a war

    As much as I agree, I don’t think the main factor now is the fog of war. Seems like it’s the White House deliberately removing credibility from a governing entity, which didn’t echo well at all, and diplomatically could be seen as giving the middle finger to Gazan civilians are already invisible in their suffering. Biden made them even more invisible. He didn’t say that the numbers were inflated (as far as I recall), but that they cannot be trusted at all. This is very different from saying, “take these numbers with a grain of salt”.

    • jet@hackertalks.com
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      1 year ago

      War is war. Even if the information is 100% accurate and true and undeniable, the war playbook says you deny it, say the enemy is lying, and undermine their credibility at every turn.

      War is not about accuracy, it’s not about fairness, it’s not about law, it’s about winning.

      Deny, deny, deny, until you believe.