Have You Noticed ?

I am wondering if others have noticed the familiar pattern which from time to time emerges .
Every time a certain President is running low and I do mean low in the opinion polls of his country , up pops yet another a video courtesy of a well known middle eastern TV broadcasting station.
This we are told is that rather infamous character whose family are all good friends of the same certain President . O and L should give you a clue !
Thus follows much hype with regard to the threats contained there in . Alert states are increased and a certain President assures his weary public that yes he, will personally ensure that all will be well.
Ratings rise all be it for a while and the video is soon forgotton until that is, unpopularity calls for a re-run .
Considering the film industry and make up techniques available I would ask the reader to consider the following :-
If a film can be made in which the actor is so well made up he could pass for the late Johnny Cash to the most ardent of his fans .. how easy would it be to create a video of a certain very unpleasant terrorist who none of us have ever met ?
The tactics employed my Big Brother in Orwell's 1984 were so simliar and so simple .
Create fear and maintain control ...........
I deplore all forms of terrorism and likewise abhor media manipulation or any attempt at it .