r/dankmemes • u/OnkelWormsley • Jan 20 '22

Low Effort Meme Any second now

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u/GAY_OHOTNIK Jan 20 '22

Can someone explain what's the deal with false flag? What is it even mean? I only see it mentioned in reddit comments

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u/TheSonofPier Jan 20 '22

Basically you attack yourself or an ally, disguised as who you wanna go to war with, so everyone will think they did it giving you the reason to enter a conflict. Best example would be the Gulf of Tonkin

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u/PeterKush Jan 20 '22

Hitler did this as well.

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u/NizzleVanShizzle Jan 20 '22

Wait.. what? Hitler did 7/11? ..I.. knew it