AIR EUROPE: Fighting Russian Bullshit, Old School Style

Taking a propaganda cue from previous wars

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Unfortunately, it looks like Putin holds the digital space and fighting back on his turf, unprepared, is a losing proposition.

So let’s go old school.

Let’s drop flyers and give away radios.

And let’s add some new school tactics by utilizing drones to deliver the payloads.

Let’s produce Russian language soap operas glorifying the joy and integrity of Western culture and put them on USB sticks — ten cents a piece when bought in bult — that we drop from drones. Maybe we throw in some malicious software that could hack the Russian internet.

The sticks could be full of enticing media — beautiful women, the Italian Riviera, well-equipped soldiers who’ve actually known training and have confidence in the value of their mission.

Russia doesn’t even have the wherewithal to operate a fab. Any European nation could spew out millions of tiny radios without breaking a sweat.

So let’s make the radios, and drop them from drones in Russia and on the camps of Russian soldiers, and let them enjoy European culture right from the source. Unlike their families, many of whom have never known a functional toilet or a double-glazed window, the poorest Europeans are warm at night.

Maybe Ukrainians would like to produce some media for this project, so even the most brainwashed Russian gets a taste of how their battles are actually going.

The great thing about dropping flyers is it forces the Russian military to dispose of them as rapidly as possible, which accomplishes two things: they see the media, and they’re not on the battlefield.

Putin has done a good job of closing the internet, controlling the media, and scripting lies and fake histories, but let’s see what he can do with old-fashioned paper.

Let’s tear him a new one just by telling the truth.

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Above: Royal Artillery gunners fill 25-pounder shells with leaflets. Roermond, The Netherlands, January 1945; photo courtesy Wikipedia

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