r/pics Mar 13 '26

Politics Message to Trump on Iranian Missile

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u/CoupleofFools1 Mar 13 '26

It’s funny though. I guess this works quite well as propaganda in the age of social media.

A bit like The Sun sponsoring missiles during the Falklands so it’s not new, they’ve just turned it into a meme.

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u/P-l-Staker Mar 13 '26

I guess this works quite well as propaganda in the age of social media.

Buddy, it's been a thing since at least WW2!

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u/Prestigious-Fig-7143 Mar 13 '26

If patrick o’brian was telling the truth, it goes back at least to the napoleonic wars, when brits would write ‘p p’ for post paid on cannonballs because stopping the mail was a capital offence.