Baghdad Bobbed

When war propaganda becomes so out of touch with reality it turns comedic and achieves the opposite of the desired effect. It is said such propaganda is "Baghdad Bobbed" exactly at the moment when this threshold is crossed. As a side effect such propaganda is short-lived. The original reference of Baghdad Bob was the Iraqi information minister who insisted the US army would be defeated in Baghdad, shortly after which they overran it.

"These arrested Azov militants are not nazis, the Hitler tattoo on their back is merely there to scare the Russians."
"But the russians only discovered it after capturing them, do they fight bare-chested?"
"..."
"Sorry mate, it looks like your propaganda was Baghdad Bobbed."

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Baghdad Bob

Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf was the Iraqi Information Minister during the 2003 US invasion. He became famous, ludicrous, for making claims about the US activities that were the exact opposite of the truth, such as "Shock and awe? It seems that we are the awe on them. They are suffering from the shock and awe."

Sean Spicer is America's Baghdad Bob.

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