Although WWII is fast (and dangerously) becoming a misty memory, it’s probable that most people still know about the infamous “Tokyo Rose” (actually a collective of English-speaking Japanese women) who would broadcast reports intended to demoralize troops fighting the Japanese. In England, Lord Haw-Haw (another collective) broadcast false news intended to demoralize troops fighting the Nazis. Indeed, Wikipedia has a long list of famous fake-news spouting propagandists during wartime.
Today, propagandists don’t use radios; they use social media, but the tactic is the same: disseminate false material to demoralize the enemy. Yesterday, X, whether intentionally or not (I’ve seen conflicting reports), allowed people to see the countries of origin of tweets. Imagine everyone’s surprise to learn that some of the most vile anti-Israel propaganda during the Gaza war came from anywhere but Israel. Well, maybe that wasn’t so surprising given the world’s interest in seeing Israel destroyed.
What was probably very surprising, though, was to learn that tweets that purported to come from disaffected Republicans who support the Nick Fuentes/Tucker Carlson/Candace Owens faction of virulent antisemites and Israel-haters weren’t from Americans at all. These tweets were also from foreign accounts.
In other words, there is no serious Republican civil war over Israel. There is a strong fringe of antisemites (as is always the case during unstable times), but most of the Republican party lives where it has always lived: Supporting Israel, because it recognizes that the tiny nation is America’s frontline in the war against radical Islam, sparing America uncounted deaths and destruction.
That’s the premise. Here’s the proof. Faerie, a pro-Israel account, amusingly summed up what was happening:
X revealed the fake accounts pushing anti-Israel propaganda - American Thinker
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