| | |Conservapedia argues that "[[Western alliance|Western]] [[NATO]] leaders and [[population]]s were misled by groupthink and greed into believing fourth-generation warfare could be won through [[propaganda]] and [[misinformation]] alone"<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/NATO_war_in_Ukraine</ref> | | |Conservapedia argues that "[[Western alliance|Western]] [[NATO]] leaders and [[population]]s were misled by groupthink and greed into believing fourth-generation warfare could be won through [[propaganda]] and [[misinformation]] alone"<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/NATO_war_in_Ukraine</ref> |
| − | |[[International relations]] expert [[John Mearsheimer]] said, "The liberal west forgot this. It convinced itself that [[economic sanctions]], [[social media]] [[narrative]]s, and international condemnation could substitute for hard power....Yet, unlike [[the West]], which has built its [[strategy]] almost entirely on [[narrative]] supremacy, [[Russia]]'s invitation [to visit the battlefield] was a paradoxical act of dominance. ...The [[Kremlin]] was saying in effect, "Look for yourselves. The [[fact]]s, speak louder than your [[propaganda]]."<ref>https://youtu.be/NjbQPgGRIHY</ref> | + | |[[International relations]] expert [[John Mearsheimer]] said, "The [[liberal]] [[Western world|West]] forgot this. It convinced itself that [[economic sanctions]], [[social media]] [[narrative]]s, and international condemnation could substitute for hard power....Yet, unlike [[the West]], which has built its [[strategy]] almost entirely on [[narrative]] supremacy, [[Russia]]'s invitation [to visit the battlefield] was a paradoxical act of dominance. ...The [[Kremlin]] was saying in effect, "Look for yourselves. The [[fact]]s, speak louder than your [[propaganda]]."<ref>https://youtu.be/NjbQPgGRIHY</ref> |