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Originally Posted by PCH
Ditto Clive - thanks for sharing. I wish I knew more about what really happened.
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Well... if there is one thing I have learned studying history over the last 10 years it is that even the portion of the public record that is factually correct is mostly, contextually dubious.
The alternate sources of media are even worse.
The only reliable way to navigate through the morass of bad information is with a thought process described as follows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKA4w2O61Xo
Suffice it to say that there is more than a grain of truth to the maxims:
The first casualty of war is the truth.
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The victors write the history books... including the books that tell you who fought who, how the battle lines were defined, why they fought and who the victors actually were. The corollary to that is:
If you want to know who the (real) victors are.. look for those who define the public narrative.
If you are up for a ripping yarn over a beer... come over some time and I will tell you the tale of the 'black swan's' that have defined history.
best
~c