Sunday, June 22, 2025

The first casualty of war is the Truth

I guess we will eventually know what damage the Iranian nuclear program suffered.  I expect we will have to wait a while.

While we await the verdict of History, skepticism seems prudent for all "news" and Internet bloviating.

History is a set of lies we agree to tell each other.

- Bernard Le Bouyer de Frontenelle

4 comments:

Glen Filthie said...

I think the truth is dead and is never coming back. I’m seeing AI vids of Ayatollah Cornholio, Blumpf, and Putler saying obviously ridiculous things but they were done so well…they could say anything and it would sound and look legit. We can no longer trust anything we see or hear…

Michael said...

AI Deep Fakes does make it hard to accept anything, even "grainy war videos" as anything close to the truth.

Maybe in 72 hours we will see more clearly.

Personally, I'd follow ole Remus's advice to "Stay away from crowds" until well past the 4th of July.

ASM826 said...

I noticed that msm.com is calling Pr. Trump a war President. Pr. Truman was the last war President, becoming President upon the death of Pr. Roosevelt during WWII. All the rest of the non-war events in the last 80 years being undeclared use of military assets. Among other changes I would make if I was given the capability, I would require that any extended military use of force would require a Declaration of War as laid out in the Constitution.

President Trump, like Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden, is using military force unchecked by Congress.

Congress could choose to support his actions with a Declaration of War. Congress could pass a resolution denouncing his use of force. Instead, just as in every other case, they will bluster, do nothing, and look toward their next re-election.

Pigpen51 said...

With the way the world is now, I would stay away from crowds until further notice.
And I have gotten to where I don't believe much unless I see it for myself. Even primary sources are suspect.