The opening paragraph of Philosophy of Information Warfare (1998) by Russian military analyst Sergei P. Rastorguev:
“Once there was a fox that wanted to eat a turtle, but whenever he tried to, it withdrew into its shell. One day there appeared a television hanging in a tree, displaying images of flocks of happy, naked turtles—flying! The turtle was a bit skeptical and amazed at the same time. Meanwhile, fox continued to pay for more broadcasts advertising flying turtles. One morning, when the sky seemed bigger and brighter than usual, the turtle removed its shell.
The turtle didn’t know and never will, that information warfare — it is the purposeful training of an enemy to remove its own shell.”
Acknowledgements
Hat tip to Eto Buziashvili at Atlantic Council