davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 days 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 · 17 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 days agoThe first casualty in war is truth. Aeschylus
minus-squareghost_laptop@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days 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-up2·17 days 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/