Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Arnaud de Borchgrave, a CSIS senior advisor, published a commentary in the Washington Times, "Mirrors and misconceptions."
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Arnaud de Borchgrave, a CSIS senior advisor, published a commentary in the Washington Times, "Mirrors and misconceptions."
Every lie contains a truth and every truth contains a lie is a safe rule of thumb when Shakespeare's powers of observation are applied to the Middle East.
With each shake of the kaleidoscope, the configuration of the key players becomes a wilderness of mirrors. Add to the mix a whispering campaign in which rumors and innuendo are spread to conceal ulterior motives, and sorting fact from fancy is frequently mission impossible. Good disinformation contains a kernel of truth spun with a tissue of lies.
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