Political Deception (2017)

December. 30,2017

TV-Y7

| Documentary

Political Deception

Recounts and analyses great lies that have changed the course of history. An edifying examination of wide scale disinformation and cunning deceptions with serious geopolitical, historic and human consequences. Between an investigation and a forensic analysis. The biggest bluffs in our history.

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Political Deception

2017 / TV-Y7

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2017

4 Episode

Episode 1 - Star Wars: Reagan's Gigantic Bluff

December. 30,2017

It begins like a children's story, like the universal tale of the battle between Good and Evil. A gigantic farce, called Star Wars, that the former movie star, Ronald Reagan, President of the USA, set in motion to bring down his sworn enemy, the Soviet Union. The American president's last leading role was to benefit from an epic staging and setting, and would enshrine Reagan in history.

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Episode 2 - The Italian Conspiracy: The Years of Lead

December. 30,2017

Assassinations, kidnappings, terrorism... In the midst of the Cold War, a "strategy of tension" blocked the way for the communists in a country that was strategically key for the United States. Corrupt secret services, rebel soldiers, dirty politicians, the mafia... an investigation into 12 years of manipulations in the Italian peninsula.

Episode 3 - Iraq, a Veritable Imposture

December. 30,2017

Saddam Hussein's arsenal of "weapons of mass destruction" was George W. Bush's main justification for waging war against Irak in 2003. After the invasion of the country, American leaders recognised that they had been mistaken, and that the Baghdad tyrant did not possess such a capability. Bush claimed it was an error and defended his good faith, denouncing the negligence of his secret services.

Episode 4 - Killing Gaddafi!

December. 30,2017

How a military campaign in Libya, for a time spearheaded by Sarkozy, Cameron and Obama, was in fact part of the strategy for regime change in the Arab-Muslim world, decided by the United States since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Revisits the lies that justified the outbreak of hostilities against Mouammar Gaddafi, with misleading arguments to cover up the decision.