that makes sense if you’re trying to manufacture consent for another unpopular invasion.
Trust me bro, there wmd in Venezuela bro. I just need another useless invasion, bro. That’s not about oil bro. I assure you bro. Bro?
Police love scaremongering about scary furrin criminals. It gives them yet another excuse both as to why crime remains high in cop-heavy cities (instead of seeking literally any other solution) and to brutalize people who look different.
This doesn’t sound like that. Sounds like the federal government either wrongly or purposefully put out bad information and police agencies circulated that information amongst themselves.
I’m leaning towards purposeful since there was no official retraction, but OTOH, intelligence is not something you can easily retract. If they say, “My bad!”, they risk backlash if any bit of it turns out to be true and a cop gets killed. And in any case they look foolish. Lose/lose proposition.
Russian propaganda site
-Some braindead yakistanis
Unfortunately they need to be more blatant/offensive with their wording. Rumors make it seem like they heard something from somewhere that it may have been happening. They Lied.
