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A '''pact''' is a synonym for a diplomatic agreement.
 
A '''pact''' is a synonym for a diplomatic agreement.
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The Cambridge dictionary defines is simply as<ref>https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pact</ref>:
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:"a formal agreement between two people or groups of people"
  
 
==Official narrative==
 
==Official narrative==
''We'', the good guys, make agreements; ''they'', enemy countries, sign '''pacts'''.
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However, the word has a distinctive usage in Western [[corporate media]] and academia. ''We'', the good guys, make agreements, become allies or sign treaties; ''they'', enemy countries, sign pacts.
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*The 1938 [[Munich Agreement]] with the 1939 [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]], which had the formal name the ''Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics''.<ref>https://www.1000dokumente.de/index.html?c=dokument_de&dokument=0025_pak&object=facsimile&pimage=1&v=100&nav=&l=de</ref>
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*Or the 1949 [[NATO]]-alliance with the 1955 [[Warsaw Pact]], which has the formal name the ''Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131002102140/http://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20219/volume-219-I-2962-Other.pdf</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:21, 8 April 2022

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We, the good guys, make agreements, they, enemy countries, sign pacts.

A pact is a synonym for a diplomatic agreement.

The Cambridge dictionary defines is simply as[1]:

"a formal agreement between two people or groups of people"

Official narrative

However, the word has a distinctive usage in Western corporate media and academia. We, the good guys, make agreements, become allies or sign treaties; they, enemy countries, sign pacts.

Compare the very similar:

  • Or the 1949 NATO-alliance with the 1955 Warsaw Pact, which has the formal name the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.[3]


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