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Yet the reality was far more mundane: the flag had been carefully secured in a compartment to protect it from the turbulent downdraft of Marine One, following long-established protocol designed precisely to avoid any contact with the ground.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mgline-inner\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>That contrast\u2014between what people thought they saw and what actually occurred\u2014turned the incident into a cautionary tale about the power and peril of images in the digital age. A single frame, stripped of context, became a canvas onto which millions projected their fears, frustrations, and political beliefs. 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