Historical examples include the Reichstag fire in 1933 and the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Modern examples include the 9/11 attacks and the covid pandemic.
“False flag operations are occurring almost daily now,” Dr. Vernon Coleman writes.
The name “false flag” comes from the days when naughty captains of sailing ships used to put up a flag suggesting that they belonged to an opposing navy. The innocent ship captains, seeing a replica of their own flag fluttering aloft, would merrily assume that they could safely approach to exchange cooking recipes and favourite holiday resorts with a fellow captain.
Then, suddenly, whoosh, a flurry of cannon balls would tear away their mizzen mast (I read the Horatio Hornblower stories when I was young), leaving them vulnerable to a quick and humiliating capture.
Pirates used to favour the same trick. Down would come the Jolly Roger. And up would go the Spanish or British flag.
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