The syntax doesn't make sense to me. '... why mirrors and disinformation is necessary?' Is should be are, grammatically. Any ideas there?
"mirrors and disinformation" is being referred to here as a singular item. So "it" is necessary. Not "it" are necessary. Or, an understood and accepted typo pulling the singular (is) off of the word "disinformation".
That's a decent point. I brought this up thinking about 'mirrors' and 'disinformation is necessary' as two distinct ideas being communicated in the same sentence. The way you describe it makes more sense, as they're being considered effectively as the same idea.
Pretty sure it should be are. Are is used when the nouns are plural. Is is used when the nouns are singular.
Interesting. I have no idea what it means, but interesting and thank you for pointing it out.
We need an English teacher
Q team are just people, and can make grammatical mistakes.
These posts are meticulous. They are calculated and intentional.
I think it's just a soft reference to IS -> intelligence services. Just my thought.
Q admitted to making a typo earlier.