Pentagon pushed secret anti-vax campaign against China to sell more US vaccines

[IIVI]

This country man. Shameful in 2024 to proclaim itself as some "shining beacon".

The military program started under former President Donald Trump and continued months into Joe Biden’s presidency, Reuters found – even after alarmed social media executives warned the new administration that the Pentagon had been trafficking in COVID misinformation. The Biden White House issued an edict in spring 2021 banning the anti-vax effort, which also disparaged vaccines produced by other rivals, and the Pentagon initiated an internal review, Reuters found.

If you think they're lying to another country about how effective another country is, imagine what they lie to us about. That's been one of my biggest qualms about this country. They always do the shyt they accuse everyone else of doing.

That's straight out the horse's mouth. Things to think about when you hear them accusing others of "propaganda".

A senior Defense Department official acknowledged the U.S. military engaged in secret propaganda to disparage China’s vaccine in the developing world, but the official declined to provide details.

A Pentagon spokeswoman said the U.S. military “uses a variety of platforms, including social media, to counter those malign influence attacks aimed at the U.S., allies, and partners.” She also noted that China had started a “disinformation campaign to falsely blame the United States for the spread of COVID-19.”

It's ALWAYS "would'ves", "could'ves" and "should'ves" with these people.

Always on some "When we look back we think 'What could we have done better?'"
KNOWING what they were doing was wrong in the first place. Typical bullshyt. Typical.
They do it to people who live IN THIS COUNTRY all the time, so of course doing it to other countries isn't far-fetched.

“It should have been in our interest to get as much vaccine in people’s arms as possible,” said Greg Treverton, former chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council, which coordinates the analysis and strategy of Washington’s many spy agencies. What the Pentagon did, Treverton said, “crosses a line.”

Philippines got one of the largest amounts of U.S citizens. No doubt they got people here killed when they brought it back.

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

If true, this is very dangerous. It literally gives right-wing conspiracy theory nuts a legit justification and they are usually on the offense.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

And? Are we gonna pretend that Russia and China weren't running anti vaxx campaigns here? There were a lot of Russia and China bots telling people don't get vaccinated.

One of them is on this site and you probably know him as @Big Boda

This dude was going hard pushing anti vaxx info, even terming those of us who got the vaccine as "booster boys"

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

And? Are we gonna pretend that Russia and China weren't running anti vaxx campaigns here? There were a lot of Russia and China bots telling people don't get vaccinated.

One of them is on this site and you probably know him as @Big Boda

This dude was going hard pushing anti vaxx info, even terming those of us who got the vaccine as "booster boys"

Just because one country does it doesn't make it right for others to do the same. That's a weak excuse especially considering people were criticizing what those countries were doing at the time and rightfully so.

 

[987654321]

corrupt ass men behind the scenes that we didnt vote for get to do things to fukk us over... but keep voting things will change ya'll

Voting still matters because these people get into those positions through political appointments and senate confirmation.

 

[ORDER_66]

Voting still matters because these people get into those positions through political appointments and senate confirmation.

...And the contractors and corporations that pay the judges and politicians under the table to do what they want are those folks voted in???

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Just because one country does it doesn't make it right for others to do the same. That's a weak excuse especially considering people were criticizing what those countries were doing at the time and rightfully so.

So a country can attack another country but that country shouldn't attack them back because "it's not right"

Basic geopolitics 101 is that an attack requires an in-kind response.

The US was cyber attacked (both literal cyber
attacks and by influencing Americans via social media to engage in behavior that was against their own best interests). No nation is going to lie down and take that. They are going to respond in kind.

The only difference between the two nations is that here in the US, we have a free press that will report on it and people like you are allowed to express free speech to voice your opinion about it. Whereas in China, the media is locked down and both reporters and regular people will get killed if they speak on China cyber attacking other nations.

 

[987654321]

...And the contractors and corporations that pay the judges and politicians under the table to do what they want are those folks voted in???

Basically because if the right people win, they don’t have any power over them. To take it step further, enough people can control which lobby groups can swing dikk in DC

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Coli cacs and c00ns will come in here to justify mass death

 

[MikelArteta]

and i'm proud to be an american

 

[JT-Money]

That's a legit news source, so posters can't juelze their way out of trying to explain it.

It's bad optics, but some posters will either avoid the thread altogether or have revisionist history about the rhetoric they were using on the sight at the time.

Before anyone tries it, I got both vaccine shots at the time, so I'm not anti-vax by any means.

If another WikiLeaks type breach happens from the Government. All the Shills on here will be editing their post history like crazy.

 

[gho3st]

good thing i never got poked

 

[ORDER_66]

Basically because if the right people win, they don’t have any power over them. To take it step further, enough people can control which lobby groups can swing dikk in DC

Ummmm yeah... in a perfect world maybe... but we dont live in a perfect world do we..?

 

[Kenny West]

good thing i never got poked

Literacy on this site is hilariously bad

 

[Pazzy]

If another WikiLeaks type breach happens from the Government. All the Shills on here will be editing their post history like crazy.

Exactly like those compulsive liars @Professor Emeritus and @BaggerofTea always talking the loudest like theyre smarter than everybody.