davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoIt's Official: US Boots-On-Ground Deep Inside Iran Amidst Another Day of Humiliating Lossesopen.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down13
arrow-up1150arrow-down1external-linkIt's Official: US Boots-On-Ground Deep Inside Iran Amidst Another Day of Humiliating Lossesopen.substack.comdavel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoThe first casualty in war is truth. Aeschylus
minus-squareghost_laptop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agothat quote is not from aeschylus, and it’s much more modern, since “truth” in warfare during ancient times wasn’t what we would consider today as “information warfare”, but rather deceptions in the battlefield
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agohttps://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/04/11/casualty/
The first casualty in war is truth. Aeschylus
that quote is not from aeschylus, and it’s much more modern, since “truth” in warfare during ancient times wasn’t what we would consider today as “information warfare”, but rather deceptions in the battlefield
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/04/11/casualty/