​The Western Way Of War – Owning The Narrative Trumps Reality – Tyler Durden

The Western Way Of War – Owning The Narrative Trumps Reality Authored by Alastair Crooke, War propaganda and feint are as old as the hills. Nothing new. But what is new is that infowar is no longer the adjunct to wider war objectives – but has become an end in and of itself. The West has come to view ‘owning’ the winning narrative – and presenting the Other’s as clunky, dissonant, and extremist – as being more important than facing facts-on-the ground. Owning the winning narrative is to win, in this view. Virtual ‘victory’ thus trumps ‘real’ reality. So, war becomes rather the setting…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More