Posted September 02, 2014
All they need to do is provide proof, ie evidence that cannot have holes knocked in it by five minutes on google.
eg, Satellite photos could be proof, but a couple of low quality ones don't say anything relevant, if anything they beg the question as to why such low quality ones are released. If they're the only satellite photos available that show what they want then there certainly there's not enough evidence to say there's been any large scale 'invasion'. And if they have lots of others why not release more, and especially higher quality ones. Anyone can go to Google Earth and see what the same commercial satellite can do, let alone spy satellites. Not like the Russians don't know that the US has spy satellites, they do after all supply the rocket engines to get them into space...
But twenty different people yelling 'fact' in unison doesn't prove anything except that those twenty people believe (or purport to believe) that they're saying a fact. That's why I like the analogy to the Iraq War 2 build up. You had lots of supposedly conclusive stuff like satellite photos, mock ups of mobile chemical labs, Powell with his phial of white powder, supposed Al Qaeda links, Nigerien yellowcake, 45 minute launch times, lots of 'just trust us, we're right' all sorts. All shouted as fact. All undeniably wrong.
eg, Satellite photos could be proof, but a couple of low quality ones don't say anything relevant, if anything they beg the question as to why such low quality ones are released. If they're the only satellite photos available that show what they want then there certainly there's not enough evidence to say there's been any large scale 'invasion'. And if they have lots of others why not release more, and especially higher quality ones. Anyone can go to Google Earth and see what the same commercial satellite can do, let alone spy satellites. Not like the Russians don't know that the US has spy satellites, they do after all supply the rocket engines to get them into space...
But twenty different people yelling 'fact' in unison doesn't prove anything except that those twenty people believe (or purport to believe) that they're saying a fact. That's why I like the analogy to the Iraq War 2 build up. You had lots of supposedly conclusive stuff like satellite photos, mock ups of mobile chemical labs, Powell with his phial of white powder, supposed Al Qaeda links, Nigerien yellowcake, 45 minute launch times, lots of 'just trust us, we're right' all sorts. All shouted as fact. All undeniably wrong.