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Wag the dog is a political term for the act of creating a diversion from a damaging issue usually through military force. It stems from the generic use of the term to mean a small and seemingly unimportant entity (the tail) controls a bigger, more important one (the dog).
Gambling for resurrection is often referred to in the mainstream media as "Wag the dog," a reference to a 1997 film by the same name in which a fictional President of the United States starts a fake diversionary war to distract the American public from a sex scandal.
Wag the Dog is a 1997 American political satire black comedy film. Wag the Dog may also refer to: Wag the Dog, by Larry Beinhart, 1993, on which the film is based; Wag the Dog, by Mark Knopfler, 1998, a soundtrack for the film; Wag the dog, a political term for a situation in which a seemingly less important entity controls a more important one
Third rail (politics) Trigger law; U. Unholy alliance (geopolitical) W. Wag the dog; Wall of Shame; Y. Yellow dog Democrat; You have two cows
Kylie Kelce opened up about her disdain for the term WAG during an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, telling host Alex Cooper "I think it has a serious negative connotation attached" "I ...
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Wag the Dog is a movie released by coincidence a month just before the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal with high likenesses to the events of the affair. To divert attention on a sex scandal, the American president fabricates a war with terrorists in Albania. The movie was also remade two years later.