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the defence/offence line is pretty blurred... What with 99+% of the kills by the US Department of Defence being on other peoples soil...
by londons_explore 3y ago
the defence/offence line is pretty blurred... What with 99+% of the kills by the US Department of Defence being on other peoples soil...
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoThat really says more about America than it does the blurred lines between offence and defence :)
- lupusreal 3y agoIt used to be called the Department of War. The "Department of Defense" name came about in 1949 for PR reasons. Also, "PR" is an American propaganda term which means "propaganda".
- mlazos 3y agoIsn’t it public relations?
- lupusreal 3y agoPR expands to public relations, which is a euphemism for propaganda. Propaganda was rebranded in America after WW2 because people associated the term with Nazis. https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american-mind-edward-bernays-and-the-birth-of-public-relations-44393 https://theconversation.com/the-manipulation-of-the-american...