Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Photoshopped.


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Photoshopped?

Death card the Ukraine Conflict. Not since the Vietnam War have I ever heard of such an item. That is over fifty years ago now!

"photoshop: verb transitive - To digitally edit or alter a picture or photograph."

"The Ace of Spades: How American soldiers used 'the death card' as a psychological weapon during the Vietnam War"

From https://www.thevintagenews.com | Mar 29, 2018 | Nikola Budanovic.

"The Ace of Spades gained notoriety after Francis Ford Coppola’s war epic, Apocalypse Now, hit screens in 1979. The card was flung onto the bodies of dead enemy soldiers as part of psychological warfare designed to reap fear in the Vietnamese.

Next time Charlie, you are next! That is the message being sent!

"The card, associated with death, could be found among standard-issued card decks distributed to soldiers. The practice of putting those cards on the bodies of dead enemies began in Vietnam and was most probably initiated by American soldiers in the field."

"But in Vietnam, it took on a darker and more sinister meaning. The intention was to target the alleged superstitions of the North Vietnamese, by making the Ace of Spades the symbol of death, humiliation, and suffering."

"It was believed that all these features were well-known to the Vietnamese and that the card was a potent symbol that would strike fear into the enemy ranks."

Death card the Ukraine Conflict that image as accompanies this specific blog entry the men on the ground laying face down appear to be alive, tied up, not dead. That hand holding the card has an appearance from my examination to be perhaps photoshopped. But I might be wrong.

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