Enigma Solution

  Our perception shapes our reality. Propaganda, which is the shaping of perception using the media is an integral part of war. In war one of the goals of propaganda is to demoralise the opponent and their supporters, so that they withdraw support to their own political and military leadership. The Ukrainians have of late adopted a strategy, reminiscent of the Tet offensive launched by the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong in 1968. The North Vietnamese reframed the perspective, projecting the prospect of an un-winnable 'forever war' to shock and demoralise the American military and population particularly during an election year. The political impact of the Tet offensive upon the incumbent Lyndon Johnson government accused of misleading Americans was so adverse that he did not dare to stand for re-election. America subsequently withdrew from the Vietnam war in humiliation within a couple of years. In spite of a loss of approx. 50,000 soldiers the war was won by the North Vi...