I'm having trouble trying to tranfer a video from my Facebook page to my blog here on Blogspot. Not sure how to tweak the code - but I can't fix it now because I have plans for midday today.
Also don't know anything about the source for this, but the claims being made do tend to echo what I've heard intermittently on Al Jazeera. There is a war of disinformation going on, and I don't know how this fits in. The video uses the face of George Will, but I'm sure this is generated by AI from a written text because of various glitches in pronunciation. I may erase this by tonight if I don't find other confirmatory evidence.
Years ago, probably during the first Trump presidency, I remember speculating (silently to myself, not here on the blog) whether if Trump were to order a nuclear strike or some other catastrophic order, whether the Joint Chiefs of Staff would tell him "Sir, we need to move you to a secure facility first," and then would take him to a bunker in Washington, lock him in, and announce to the Congress and the American people that they have effected a bloodless coup and ask the country to select a new leader. Trump has removed most of the military brass who disagree with him, but I still wonder whether such a turn of events would be possible. It would result in a total political clusterfuck, but might be better than the alternative.
Who is this guy? The Facebook page has no identifying information and the website link is a dead end. Is it AI generated? Is it pure propaganda?
ReplyDeleteMore research suggests that the talking head is supposed to be the conservative columnist George Will and may be deepfake. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fox-news-george-will/
Yes, that's what I said in the post. Whether it's "propaganda" or not depends on how you define propaganda. The term "agitprop" comes to mind, but that has a fairly narrow definition in common usage.
DeleteThe video looks fake. US war ships are so far from Iran right now it would be pointless trying to target them. That's why they want the ships in the strait, "protecting" shipping.
ReplyDeleteIf Trump orders a nuclear strike I doubt there is anyone close to him that would try to stop it. One of the first steps in a dictatorship is removing anyone who disagrees with you.
Why he won't nuke Iran? It's too close to Israel. When Chernobyl blew up, Europe was in disarray and the PPMs for nuclear material in the atmosphere were being measured hourly.