Moron, Establishment-Stooge General Barry McCaffrey Posts Video Game Footage Claiming Russian Jets Shot Down by Ukraine

By Victor Tangermann. Retired US four star general Barry McCaffrey, who also served as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under the Bill Clinton administration and makes regular TV appearances as an expert on military affairs, shared a video yesterday of what he said was a “Russian aircraft getting nailed by [Ukraine] missile defense” on Twitter — only to realize minutes later that the choppy footage came from a video game.

“Russians are losing large numbers of attack aircraft,” McCaffrey argued in the now-deleted tweet. “Ukraine air defense becoming formidable.”

The incident goes to show how quickly misinformation can disseminate online, particularly when it comes to geopolitical conflict.

Twitter users were quick to point out McCaffrey’s blunder.

“This is a video game, General,” one user wrote. “Very realistic but a good lesson to verify sources/material before posting online.”

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