Posted on 01/05/2024 3:12:00 PM PST by ransomnote
[H/T JonPreston]
Excerpted:
SNIPThe ‘Azov Debate’
Azov Regiment has been a point of heated debate since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Critics of the unit point to its ongoing use of Nazi symbols, and evidence of continuing links to Andrey Biletsky, a white supremacist, Azov founder and leader of the far-right National Corps political party. Until Russia launched its invasion, extensive reporting from Western media outlets documented comments from Azov commanders and members who openly endorsed neo-Nazi ideas.
Those who defend Azov, including some Western news outlets and opinion writers, claim that since it was integrated into Ukraine’s national guard in 2014, the regiment has been gradually deradicalized and today functions as an ordinary military unit. Focusing on the group’s neo-Nazi origins, they argue, lends credence to Russia’s claim that its invasion of Ukraine was necessary because the country was overrun with fascists and needed to be “de-Nazified.”
Last year, The Maple found that major Canadian news outlets adopted this position during the spring of 2022, when Azov fighters were engaged in an intensive battle against Russian forces in Azovstal. At this time, news stories began suggesting that the group’s Nazi ideology was consigned to its past, or the publications glossed over the issue entirely.
This culminated in a profile published by The Globe and Mail in August 2022 that critics said whitewashed Azov’s ongoing neo-Nazism and functioned as a piece of far-right propaganda, regardless of the reporter’s intent. The Globe reporter wrote that Azov “has a history of far-right leanings but is now part of the Ukrainian army.”
Writing in The Nation last June, The Forward correspondent Lev Golinkin accused Western media of whitewashing the neo-Nazi unit.
“This overnight normalization of white supremacy was possible because Western institutions, driven by a zeal to ignore anything negative about our Ukrainian allies, decided that a neo-Nazi military formation in a war-torn nation had suddenly and miraculously stopped being neo-Nazi,” he wrote.
“But the truth is that this is an easily debunked fantasy spun out by a handful of propagandists.”
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Them Canadian made rifles are designed and made for Nazi hands.
In before the (vapid) attempts to say Russia is more Nazi than Ukraine!!!
The way Leftists work is that there are “Good Nazis” and “Bad Nazis”, and if the Nazis are helping their agenda (Globohomo, Climate Change, Socialism, etc.), then they’re “Good Nazis”, and they’ll tell us that everything we’ve read about them, in WESTERN MEDIA, is lies. And don’t forget, Hitler only became Bad Nazi when he invaded Russia - prior to that, the Left LOVED HIM. Other Bad Nazis for the Left include Trump and his supporters.
Ukraine, of course, is filled with Good Nazis, at least as far as the Ukraine Cheerleaders are concerned.
But it won’t matter - Russia will neutralize them before ending their military operation.
But aren’t Ukrainian Nazis good guys?
Zeepers said they didn’t exist…
Then said Russian Nazis were bad, Ukrainian Nazis are good!
Did something big get destroyed by the Ukrainian attack on Russian forces in Crimea?
I’d be amazed if any of them are still alive, much less a fighting force at this point.
"North99 was founded as a non-profit with a mission to give a voice to working class people, their issues and to counter the rise of right-wing online content through our social media advocacy."
"After seeing how social media algorithms throttled political content, and observing the power of independent media across the country, North99 pivoted to become The Maple, a journalistic publication focused on news and investigations."
Why are you relying on a source that was created to oppose "right-wing online content" from places like Free Republic?
“What happened to get all you Russian propaganda posters back onto the “Nazi” talking point? “
NATO finally ADMITTED the obvious regarding Ukraine, as the TITLE of this article states:
“NATO Directorate Warned Azov Remained ‘Fanatics.’”
Russia loved Hitler and his National Socialists until Hitler turned against them.
When leftists and Russians complain it is always because somebody opposes their tyranny.
That's why you are complaining now.
This horse died ages ago. Continuing to beat it accomplishes nothing.
Are those US Marines fanatics?
Hmmmm. Fanatical moslem Chechens were brought on board by the Russians to invade Ukraine. C’est la guerre.
Putin killed his Nazi buddy, maybe he knew too much.
>Are those US Marines fanatics?<
No, they aren’t fanatics, they’re mistaken.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-16973868
I think the de-Nazification claim was for Russian and Eastern UKR consumption. It is pretty obvious the real reason for the war is NATO’s incessant push to get into Ukraine.
Though a review of NATOs actions versus their statements seems to indicate that NATO was not going to allow UKR into NATO anytime in the near future. They know how corrupt and broken the UKR government is. But they knew (because Putin told them) that their continued efforts would lead to war.
NATO is using UKR to weaken RU and hoped the war would lead to regime change in RU. The lives of UKR’s don’t matter a wink to NATO. Bonus points because EU has weakened itself and become more dependent on the US.
Now that they have a hold of the Tiger’s tail NATO is trying to find an exit strategy.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled NATO Directorate Warned Azov Remained ‘Fanatics.’ Recruits Acquired Canadian-Made Rifles. ‘It’s true that Azov was brought into the National Guard of Ukraine, but they are fanatics.’, Chad C. Mulligan wrote: This horse died ages ago. Continuing to beat it accomplishes nothing.
False. The US and Canada and other NATO nations are actively funding the Ukraine AND it's neo Nazis now protected with the banner of 'Ukrainian National Guard.'
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