[alexander_busek]

The term "cordon sanitaire" has been in use in the military/political sense for more than a century.

If I remember correctly, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau first used it in the military/political sense just as WWI was coming to a close.

Regards,

[pepsionice]

You are kinda correct. On relating to int’l events...Mar 1919, is when it gets ‘re-used’.

Originally, it was developed by the French...1821. French used the idea (30k troops in the mix) along the French/Spanish border...originally to prevent Yellow Fever coming from Spain into France. This was a fake agenda...real purpose was to prevent Spanish propaganda/fake agenda...from getting into France (if the story from French sources is true).

Even then, you had to worry about fake news. (Hard to believe fake news from Spain...out-bested....fake news from France).