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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>: | ||
| + | :"a formal agreement between two people or groups of people" | ||
==Official narrative== | ==Official narrative== | ||
| − | ''We'', the good guys, make agreements; ''they'', enemy countries, sign | + | 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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| + | Compare the very similar: | ||
| + | *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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==References== | ==References== | ||
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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:
- 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.[2]
- 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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References
- ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pact
- ↑ https://www.1000dokumente.de/index.html?c=dokument_de&dokument=0025_pak&object=facsimile&pimage=1&v=100&nav=&l=de
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131002102140/http://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20219/volume-219-I-2962-Other.pdf
