Letter to the editor

Manufactured crisis abroad, real crisis at home

Posted 1/6/26

"Wag the Dog is a tactic in which a leader creates a fake international crisis or conflict to distract the public from domestic scandals or failures, using the 'rally 'round the flag. effect to gain public support, often to manipulate public perception and political outcomes ..."

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