Post #510569

2026-03-01 21:55 UTC

I forget, what is it called when you claim to be negotiating and then suddenly attack the other side while at the conference table. Perfidy, it&#39;s called Perfidy. Perfidy (Military/Diplomatic): In international law, this is the specific term for acting in bad faith, such as using a flag of truce or diplomatic negotiations to lure an opponent into a trap before attacking. Bad Faith Negotiator: A term for someone who never intends to reach a fair agreement, but uses the negotiation process to delay or catch the other side off guard. Betrayal/Treachery: General terms for the violation of trust involved when one party suddenly attacks after claiming to negotiate. In contemporary diplomacy, this has been described as &quot;abusing diplomacy to cover up a military operation&quot;

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@Geoffberner@zeroes.ca 2026-03-01 23:36

@BuckRogers1965 fun fact: My Canadian province, "British Columbia" came into existence about five years after the British invited six chiefs to a "peace conference" under a flag of truce and then had them lynched.

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@drakakis@mstdn.ca 2026-03-01 23:57

@BuckRogers1965 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐭'𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 8 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 1941 "Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐲 — the United States of America was 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. "The United States was at peace with that nation, and, at the solicitation of Japan, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 ... 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 in the Pacific." "𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 that since the unprovoked and 𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐫 has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire." 𝚂𝚘 ... "𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚢", "𝚍𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚕𝚢", & 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, "𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚢". - 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚔

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@EricLawton@kolektiva.social 2026-03-02 01:15

@BuckRogers1965 The USA inherited it from its former colonial master and current lapdog, England. I learned the phrase “perfidious Albion” from the Irish song "The Foggy Dew" but it has a long history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidious_Albion @PhoenixSerenity

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