What? Didn’t say conspiracy, just said it’s a common tactic of grifters. Have you seen the uncle ruckuses they trot out on American propaganda networks? This happens all the time.
I didn't say it was official, if anything I think it's somewhat unofficial by its very nature, no?!
It's not like I have a classified document where this sorta thing would be mentioned 😀
It's just an observation, and it's something I learned (didn't come up with it myself), probably from a video essay on Youtube or something like that - tried to remember specifically from where but I couldn't tell you. But it's been a pattern, with Colin Powell being used for the war in Iraq for example.
edit: I think /u/crusa187 offered a better reply with more examples
I know, I was going along with the "asking the obvious" joke lol. It was pretty easy to guess even without the /s, impossible not to for anyone familiar with that lol