The White House has launched an aggressive social media blitz to sell the Iran war, splicing real missile strikes with video game footage in videos that have racked up billions of views.Â
With machismo narration from Pete Hegseth, Call of Duty scenes and dramatic backing music, the videos have horrified traditionalists who believe it is offensive to America’s troops.Â
But in the battle for eyeballs, the administration is unmoved.Â
‘Over a four-day period, the videos that we put out had over 3 billion impressions,’ a senior White House official told Politico, speaking anonymously about the administration’s communications strategy.Â
pistoffcynic on
And in other news, Trump announced that he wants to wind down the war.
Which is it Trumpy McTrump? You can’t have it both ways ya liar.
neverpost4 on
Land war will be expensive.
It will be a meat grinder.
Taking over the Kharg Island will be as difficult as Normandy. Except, the Nazis did not know Normandy was going to be the site.
At the moment, there just isn’t good justification for it.
So, there will be a major terrorist attack in the magnitude of 9-11 in 2026 within the US. Since the administration is very anxious to finish this, it will be before the Midterm. My guess is it will be in Chicago. if multiple attack, Chicago, San Jose, and Houston.
If the attack is spectacular enough, the election could be canceled or ‘delayed’.
UnarmedSnail on
The only way to achieve this is to fully occupy the country for the next eternity.
A county of 92 million people.
Sindertone on
It’s just a game to them. Can thet make that more obvious? Our soldier’s lives are just tokens.
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The White House has launched an aggressive social media blitz to sell the Iran war, splicing real missile strikes with video game footage in videos that have racked up billions of views.Â
With machismo narration from Pete Hegseth, Call of Duty scenes and dramatic backing music, the videos have horrified traditionalists who believe it is offensive to America’s troops.Â
But in the battle for eyeballs, the administration is unmoved.Â
‘Over a four-day period, the videos that we put out had over 3 billion impressions,’ a senior White House official told Politico, speaking anonymously about the administration’s communications strategy.Â
And in other news, Trump announced that he wants to wind down the war.
Which is it Trumpy McTrump? You can’t have it both ways ya liar.
Land war will be expensive.
It will be a meat grinder.
Taking over the Kharg Island will be as difficult as Normandy. Except, the Nazis did not know Normandy was going to be the site.
At the moment, there just isn’t good justification for it.
So, there will be a major terrorist attack in the magnitude of 9-11 in 2026 within the US. Since the administration is very anxious to finish this, it will be before the Midterm. My guess is it will be in Chicago. if multiple attack, Chicago, San Jose, and Houston.
If the attack is spectacular enough, the election could be canceled or ‘delayed’.
The only way to achieve this is to fully occupy the country for the next eternity.
A county of 92 million people.
It’s just a game to them. Can thet make that more obvious? Our soldier’s lives are just tokens.