Misinformation I.

This is coolbert:

Lusitania of yesterday, Moskva tomorrow?

From the Threadreader of CJ Killmer and thanks to same.

CJ Killmer as self-described: "Dangerous Historian & Podcaster. Guerrilla Scholar-Warrior. Renaissance Man in the New Dark Age. Proud Citizen of the Republic of Florida Man."

Regarding the Great War sinking of the British steamship Lusitania by a German submarine and the controversy as surrounding the event:

"A campaign (ultimately unsuccessful) was launched to remove La Follette [Senator Robert] from the Senate, & a big part of their charges was that he’d been spreading what would in today’s Orwellian lingo be called #misinformation."

"Just a few years after the war ended, a New York customs official claimed the ship had in fact been carrying a large amount of ammo. Divers on the wreck in 2008 proved the customs official & La Follette were correct, & that the US & UK govts & press had knowingly lied at the time"

PUBLISHED:  20 May 2022 | UPDATED: 07:31 EDT, 21 May 2022.

Controversy at the time to include:

* The Lusitania was a legitimate target of war. The Lusitania was NOT a legitimate target of war.

* The Lusitania was carrying war munitions. The Lusitania was NOT carrying war munitions.

* The Lusitania was DELIBERATELY placed in a precarious position. The Lusitania was NOT placed in a precarious position.

Regarding war munitions, the divers [in 2008] did confirm the presence of about 4 million rounds of small-arms ammunition. Probably of the British .303 caliber.

By that standard [the presence of war munitions] the Lusitania WAS a legitimate target of war. PROVIDED the German submarine captain at the EXACT moment KNEW the ship was carrying the ammunition.

MORE to follow. Stay tuned everyone!

coolbert.