Ministry of Truth Daily Update - 13 Aug 2024 - The Power of Diplomacy

 

The Power of Diplomacy

The presumptive candidate-in-waiting said of trading hostages for criminals, "This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having [Big Brother] who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances."  If you don't understand the significance of this utterance, then you need to climb back up your coconut tree.  The Ministry of Truth has since cleaned up this tidbit of wisdom to be significantly more understandable to the masses.

More info:

• https://freebeacon.com/democrats/harris-campaign-takes-page-out-of-biden-playbook-edits-kamalas-bizarre-word-salad-about-diplomacy 

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Ministry of Truth Daily Update - 27 Nov 2023 - Prisoner Swap

 

Prisoner Swap

Unjustly detained citizens must be freed at any cost, including removing sanctions, delivering pallets of cash, or trading them for those wrongly claimed to be criminals and terrorists.  Big Brother will never negotiate with terrorists; he just strategically capitulates so that hopefully they will hate us less.  The value of "hostages" is based on their social equity and intersectionality score, damage to our foreign policy image, current terrorist exchange rates, business influence, and international gala invites. Sadly, these inequitable exchanges show that the lives of freedom fighters are viewed as less valuable than citizens of the powerful, by at least 3 to 1.

More info:   

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/24/hamas-releases-24-hostages-from-gaza-after-truce-comes-into-effect
  
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66784817

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Ministry of Truth Daily Update - 08 Nov 2023 - Proportionate Response

 

Proportionate Response

Countries have a limited right to self-defense, but must use restraint in retaliating against terror acts.  The archaic revenge doctrine ("Eye for an Eye") must be replaced with one of ceasefire ("Turn the Other Cheek"), even when desiring vengeance for attacks on women and children.  Examples of past overreactions: 

• Rebelling colonists against their rightful King over minor taxation issues
• Launching a Civil War over private property rights of slaveholders 
• Allied WWII atrocities over surprise attacks and a few ethnic cleansing events 
• Threatening nuclear war over some "too close" missiles based in a sovereign country.

War by the powerful is always bad, and must never be fought to win, especially if even one civilian life would be lost.

More info:   

• https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-proportionate-response
  

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