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What is this called? Where someone says "we will defend A against B!" when there is no threat at all to B and it's a completely false and manufactured thought?
Is there a word or phrase for manufacturing a lie about something like this? Making up a false threat or lie about something to take a stand against?
Edit: Apparently a specific descriptor doesn't exist? One needs to be made. A made up statement of false threat to something created to motivate defense against said nonexistent threat, done so for political purposes. Terms with similarity to "false flag" or "crisis actor".
Tilting at Windmills is the closest I can think of.