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| Modern wars begin before the shooting starts | |
| 2026-06-20 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited Text taken from a Times of Israel blog and the Telegram channel budni_manipulyatora Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics. [ColonelCassad] Modern Wars Begin Before the Fighting Begins. The IDF's Portuguese-Speaking Intelligence Unit
In a narrative-saturated virtual environment, those who control the algorithm often suppress those who hold the truth. "Today, a 15-second animated video can cross borders, shape public opinion, and have more influence than an official report with carefully analyzed facts and data." Modern disinformation doesn't disguise itself as propaganda. It masquerades as memes, flashy animations, and short videos with simplified plots. The perfect villain. The perfect victim. Ready to go viral. Coordinated disinformation campaigns exploit emotional appeal, not universal authority. The difference between disinformation two decades ago and today is scale. It's not just a matter of technology, but also of operations: videos, audio, and video, carefully crafted to influence public opinion through emotional appeal and the appearance of truth, are now produced on an industrial scale. Once, it was about persuasion. Now, it's about information flow. When everything seems plausible, doubt becomes the rule. And when people doubt everything, they prefer to believe what confirms their emotions. This highlights a larger dilemma: truth requires context, time, and complexity. Lies offer instant clarity and emotional comfort. This reflection stems, in part, from the lost information war against Iran, when the Iranians were able to flood the Western segment with their narratives, including through the mass sowing of memes, short videos, neuroslopes of varying quality, etc. And all the efforts of the enormous Israeli propaganda machine and the Israeli lobby were unable to overcome this wave. Indeed, modern information warfare is not about arguing about facts or the facts themselves, but about flooding the entire information space with a variety of content representing your narratives. Hence the growing importance of controlling your own information field and information dissemination channels. If you don't control them, someone else will. | |
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