[tohnjitor]

Seems like a cover for publishing false evidence of crimes that will be used to justify military invasions.

[bhaney]

Why would they need to publicly announce a new program to continue doing that?

[BirAdam]

To get more public buy in and quiet dissent. The current climate is somewhat hostile to even supporting war much less directly engaging in it.

[tempodox]

They didn‘t need any such cover for the Iraq war.

[Yasuraka]

They may not have needed it, but it happened nonetheless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_testimony

There are recent parallels, but this time by Biden who was fed false information. Though this time, the white house retracted that statement immediately instead of waiting for things to blow over[1].

I suppose the difference was that this time, the US government had nothing planned to capitalize on the lie.

[1] https://nypost.com/2023/10/11/biden-ive-seen-pictures-of-ter...

[dartos]

Is there a difference

[webdoodle]

Yes. After Obama failed to renew the Smith-Mundt Act, now they can feed propaganda intended for a foreign audience, directly to your smartphone.