Posted on 04/17/2022 8:26:48 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
It matters a lot, to Russian freedom of maneuver. An accident is unlikely to happen again. Enemy action means any other vessels traversing those waters are at grave risk. This precludes amphibious landings on or near Odessa for instance, or the use of ports in range of the weapon system that hit the Moskva.
Wag The Dog, 1984 and Idiocracy were not written as instruction manuals, yet here we are....
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Yup.
You're absolutely right! Better off treating everything as propaganda (at least if it fits the 'official narrative'):
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There is no more reason to believe even the things that don't fit the official narrative. Crap, sometimes the "counter" narrative is being supported by blog pimps who are just trying to get traffic by telling people what they want to hear to validate their pre-existing beliefs.
Pretending that only one side of these issues distorts facts and engages in propaganda is foolish. And personally, I'm inherently suspicious of those who claim that "everyone else is being fooled/misled except me, so listen to me if you want to hear the truth."
"Facts" baked in that mindset tend to stink like week-old fish.
Here we have another anti democracy, pro Putin article posted by a consistently pro Putin commenter. And while we are evaluating the quality of propaganda, what the heck does this line mean: “The last time a powerful empire poured this much PR and perception management into the image of a foreign Jewish leader it involved stained glass and crucifixes.” except that it seems to paint an anti-Jewish message?
It was my overall take that she sort of cleverly tossed anti Ukrainian supportive
background in there about 90% of the time, then tossed that in to make it appear
she was being balanced.
At least they are consistent. Trump was all Putin’s fault for four years.
Caitlan doesn’t grasp the reality.
Mother Russia is sick. The eastern Ukraine is needed to make her well
It doesn’t seem to me like addressing his ethnicity was necessary.
I’d have to lean in your direction on that.
Could be D1.
However, there are always two-sides to every story.
And I, and you, know who are lined-up on the Ukraine side of this equation and they are a Whose Who of Scoundrels, Democrats, Marxists, Globalists, just plain evil people.
That alone should give everyone pause.
Things can get real simple real quick if
you look at what really has taken place
here.
Biolabs remain in place with no attempt
the remedy them. All land over and with
access to the Azov Natural Gas Preserves
has been captured.
They lied to cover why they went in.
They took what they wanted.
Russia has Europe in a blackmail
position with their natural gas
provision.
The Ukraine could have been an
alternate source of gas for Europe.
Russia didn’t like that.
To this point, all the death and
destruction was for this.
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