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kentuck

(115,627 posts) Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:44 PM Oct 2019

Propaganda at its finest

I am beginning to wonder if the raid happened at all? Instead, just a fabrication by Trump to divert the attention away from all the other bad news?

The Situation Room photo is obviously staged. What did he say to the Generals to get them to pose for the photo with he and Pence and the Defense Secretary?

Would he create a narrative about the dogs, the tunnel, the whimpering and crying, just to win the next day's news cycle?

How do we know that it even happened?

Because he tweeted that "something big was about to happen"?

Russia says it didn't happen. Baghdadi has not been killed, they say?

Why should anyone believe a word he says?

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Propaganda at its finest (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2019 OP

Baghdadi head survived when his suicide vest blew up.. pbmus Oct 2019 #1

Well, there is that. spanone Oct 2019 #2

No one believes that any president would make up a lie about such a serious matter. kentuck Oct 2019 #4

I have been thinking this since last night. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #3

Everything Trump is associated with is fake. Botany Oct 2019 #5

Sad state Timewas Oct 2019 #6

If it happened last night...? kentuck Oct 2019 #7

Is this TWEET accurate? Generic Other Oct 2019 #8

pbmus

(13,141 posts)

1. Baghdadi head survived when his suicide vest blew up..

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:50 PM

Oct 2019

When I see pictures of his head...he’s dead

spanone

(142,059 posts)

2. Well, there is that.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:51 PM

Oct 2019

There are no boundaries between a lie and the truth anymore.

Not good for a democracy.

kentuck

(115,627 posts)

4. No one believes that any president would make up a lie about such a serious matter.

Reply to spanone (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:53 PM

Oct 2019

But, we have seen no evidence and we have heard from no witnesses.

dewsgirl

(14,965 posts)

3. I have been thinking this since last night.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 03:52 PM

Oct 2019

Botany

(77,863 posts)

5. Everything Trump is associated with is fake.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 04:04 PM

Oct 2019

Remember "the little boy with the lawn care business" mowing the White House grass?
That young man had really never cut grass in his life. Notice all the strips of grass that he
missed when mowing the lawn. You mow with 1/2 to 1/4 of the deck over lapping the area
you just mowed to keep from getting those un-mowed strips.

Timewas

(2,776 posts)

6. Sad state

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 04:09 PM

Oct 2019

When I actually tend to believe the Russian story over rumps

kentuck

(115,627 posts)

7. If it happened last night...?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 04:30 PM

Oct 2019

Why are there no people standing around or looking for bodies?

Why do they have piles of stones that look as if they have been graded up by bulldozers?

Why are there no bulldozers in the photos?

Where's the video?

Generic Other

(29,082 posts)

8. Is this TWEET accurate?

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Oct 27, 2019, 04:32 PM

Oct 2019

Link to tweet

Staged
6/12/16: al-Baghdadi killed in a US airstrike.
5/28/17: killed in Russian air strike.
6/11/17: killed in Syrian artillery strike.
6/29/17: Iranian leader says he's "definitely dead."
7/11/17: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed his death.
10/26/2019: Killed again

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