Posted on 03/03/2022 5:21:22 AM PST by Kaslin
As of this writing, predictions of a Russian day or two romp through Ukraine, all the way to the point of threatening NATO countries, have proven wrong. Profoundly wrong.
War is always unpredictable.
But clearly much of the American news coverage underestimated both the totalitarian appetite of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the grit and determination of the outgunned and outmanned Ukrainian people, a resolve against Putin's designs that has inspired the West and caused Europe to rethink its dependence on Russian energy. In response to the United States' offer of evacuation to a safe-haven extended to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he responded, "I need ammunition, not a ride."
Be careful about the American reporting. After former President Barack 0bama's administration successfully pushed the Iran Deal, his Deputy National Security Adviser and point man for the agreement, Ben Rhodes, boasted to The New York Times about how he pulled it off.
He admitted that he peddled a phony narrative, completely swallowed by an accommodating media, about the supposed battle between "moderate" versus "hardline" Iranian ayatollahs. To give the moderates more sway and to lessen the potential for war against Israel and the West, Rhodes argued during the negotiations, the moderates need this deal. Rhodes said he invented this moderates-versus-hardliners construct in order to complete the deal. How did he dupe the media into parroting his fake narrative? Because of legacy media's drastic changes to adapt to the internet, changes resulting in downsizing and the elimination of experienced journalists, Rhodes said: "The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. That's a sea change. They literally know nothing."
Ukrainian news bloggers criticized inexperienced American journalists, many of whom are newly dispatched to Ukraine. They had never been to Ukraine, never covered Ukrainian politics and know little to nothing about its people, culture, history or topography.
The media, of course, fail to credit former President Donald Trump's forewarning about growing European dependence upon a potentially menacing Russia. At a Brussels, Belgium, NATO summit in 2018, Trump gave the Europeans a tongue-lashing for relying on Russian energy, failing to contribute the recommended percentage of their GDP to NATO, while simultaneously depending upon America to defend itself against possible Russian aggression. To NATO's Secretary General, sitting across a table and flanked by NATO country leaders, Trump said: "I have to say, I think it's very sad when Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with Russia, where you're supposed to be guarding against Russia, and Germany goes out and pays billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia. So we're protecting Germany. We're protecting France. We're protecting all of these countries. And then numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with Russia, where they're paying billions of dollars into the coffers of Russia.
"So we're supposed to protect you against Russia, but they're paying billions of dollars to Russia, and I think that's very inappropriate. And the former Chancellor of Germany is the head of the pipeline company that's supplying the gas. Ultimately, Germany will have almost 70% of their country controlled by Russia with natural gas.
"So, you tell me, is that appropriate?"
Ukrainian news bloggers criticized inexperienced American journalists, many of whom are newly dispatched to Ukraine. They had never been to Ukraine, never covered Ukrainian politics and know little to nothing about its people, culture, history or topography.
The media, of course, fail to credit former President Donald Trump's forewarning about growing European dependence upon a potentially menacing Russia. At a Brussels, Belgium, NATO summit in 2018, Trump gave the Europeans a tongue-lashing for relying on Russian energy, failing to contribute the recommended percentage of their GDP to NATO, while simultaneously depending upon America to defend itself against possible Russian aggression. To NATO's Secretary General, sitting across a table and flanked by NATO country leaders, Trump said: "I have to say, I think it's very sad when Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with Russia, where you're supposed to be guarding against Russia, and Germany goes out and pays billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia. So we're protecting Germany. We're protecting France. We're protecting all of these countries. And then numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with Russia, where they're paying billions of dollars into the coffers of Russia.
"So we're supposed to protect you against Russia, but they're paying billions of dollars to Russia, and I think that's very inappropriate. And the former Chancellor of Germany is the head of the pipeline company that's supplying the gas. Ultimately, Germany will have almost 70% of their country controlled by Russia with natural gas.
"So, you tell me, is that appropriate?"
It's also a wake up call to us conservatives to absolutely make sure no elections are ever stolen again. I'm not saying it's "fighting in the streets" time, but it's almost to that point.
Pushing back against the NWO is risky business.
It woke me up to how many woksters there are on Free Republic. I didnt realize how many people here believe what the MSM tell them.
Conservatives support Ukraine.
Americans support Ukraine.
Liberaltarians support Russia, but they are only 3% of the US population. They are loud on FR, but in reality, irrelevant.
As a person in the so called west, I am not united with any WEF commie “west” governments.
If you are I pity you.
Ever since I learned about the actual real live Nazi activities in the Ukraine my view of all this is shifting.
Meanwhile the invasion of the USA continues unchecked......
“Trump gave the Europeans a tongue-lashing for relying on Russian energy, failing to contribute the recommended percentage of their GDP to NATO, while simultaneously depending upon America to defend itself against possible Russian aggression”.
Widely reported in the UK at the time and then debunked by our media as a Trump fantasy, but many here knew he was right.
The UK has been the destination of choice for wealthy Russians, and their money talks. Our largest evening newspaper is owned by a friend of Putin. It’s given away free of charge Monday to Friday, in an area covering 20% of England’s population. Few realise the bias.
Don’t unite with Brussels. Too much of the West has become like what used to be the East to justify this unity.
Disagree. It’s not a misadventure. Putin will achieve his goals, the unrealistic expectations are ours. The Ukraine government will be replaced, and it will be “agreeable” to Russia.
The price of oil is a bonus. The sanctions were most likely anticipated, and are nicely offset by the price of oil.
The West is not united. There is much virtue signaling, which is something the West is very good at doing. The UN entered the fray by denouncing the invasion. Well done, I guess that’s unity? The UN is useless and should be disbanded. The West is run by jelly spined liberals and unity isn’t what they do, unless Putin suddenly began murdering transgenders, oh that would get the West’s panties in a wad.
Yeah, we are scary close to the choice being “fighting in the streets” or “fighting in the streets”.
Ukrainian news outlets were reporting that Andrei Sukhovetsky, deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, had been killed on Wednesday.
Media outlets cited a post on VKontakte announcing the death, written by Sergei Chipilev, a deputy of the Russian veterans group, Combat Brotherhood.
"It is with great sorrow that we learned of the tragic news about the death of our friend, Major General Andrei Aleksandrovich Sukhovetsky, on the territory of Ukraine during a special operation," his post said, without specifying the circumstances.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-sukhovetsky-conflict-1684441
We are scary close to that nightmare simply defending ourselves from govt jack boot thugs and antifa/blm/democrat/woke aggression.
I'm seeing news reports of black mongrels in New York assaulting innocent women, black mongrels playing the "knockout" game upon elderly white folk, and realize it can happen ....... anywhere.
How on earth those white fools in New York can ignore this is beyond me.
Putin still has Biden, Iran, N.Korea, Cuba and most of the African countries. Oh and FR Putinistas...lol
Yawn.
Well said.
Bingo!
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