Even Russian human rights body finds Crimean referendum falsified

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69. It's effective enough to an established part of doctrine.

I don't quite understand why anyone would want to be a party to it...but the parts are understandable.

Like advertising, there's the hook --some part of the cultural values that can be leveraged. "So let's negotiate, let's discuss." Right? Who's against that? "All of the parties involved." Again, no objection. But before you know it's the President who should be negotiating with C. Bundy and the local self-appointed militia, which in turn becomes an endless, circular, tangential mess. There are plenty of unpaid actors who will get involved.

But the purpose isn't winning or resolution or POV sharing, the purpose is the conflict and confusion which ends up degrading the cultural value and creates distrust. The topic is never the point.

I'm not kidding about it being part of doctrine. Though it's very generalized here:

"First Phase: non-military asymmetric warfare (encompassing information, moral, psycho-logical, ideological, diplomatic, and economic measures as part of a plan to establish a favorable political, economic, and military setup)."

That's from a Latvian military assessment of Crimea in regards as to how they should prepare.

For what it's worth, the Koch bros use the same method to defend coal and bash renewables. But at least they don't have an army. That I know of.