Posted on 07/26/2022 8:39:28 AM PDT by Kazan
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard have been listed by Ukraine among a number of American politicians, academics and activists Kyiv claims have promoted “Russian propaganda.”
The list was compiled by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, founded in 2021 by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to study the impact of Russian disinformation. The center is part of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
The list—which also includes retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor, military strategist Edward Luttwak, political scientist John Mearsheimer and journalist Glenn Greenwald—does not explain what the consequences are for those who Ukraine clearly considers responsible for promoting the Kremlin’s line. But it offers explanations for inclusion on the list.
In April, Paul said President Joe Biden provoked Russia to invade its neighbor by advocating Ukraine’s entrance into NATO.
He also said: “You could also argue the countries they’ve attacked were part of Russia. Or part of the Soviet Union.”
Paul was immediately rebuked for this by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said Russia was not justified in invading Ukraine.
Former Rep. Gabbard said that the U.S. had provoked Putin for many years and that there are 25 dangerous biolabs in Ukraine that could release deadly pathogens.
The former representative has been accused of of lending credibility to Russian propaganda.
The biolab claims have also been supported by Greenwald, who Ukraine says didn’t want the U.S. to help Ukraine to avoid provoking Russia into a nuclear war.
Macgregor is listed as having said that the Russian army was highly skilled and “invincible,” while Mearsheimer is on Ukraine’s blacklist for having said NATO provoked Vladimir Putin into war.
Luttwak is listed as having given support to holding referendums in the breakaway Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Newsweek has contacted Paul, Gabbard, Macgregor, Mearsheimer, Greenwald and Luttwak for comment.
Greenwald told UnHerd that the list was “standard McCarthyite idiocy.” Mearsheimer told the news site he was disappointed with being listed as a Russian propagandist, while he defended his claim that the war was provoked by the U.S. wanting to accept Ukraine into NATO.
Luttwak also objected to the label of Russian propagandist. Talking to UnHerd, he said he was not “exactly Putin’s most faithful agent,” saying he has argued for Western powers to send weapons to Ukraine since “day one of the war.”
As well as U.S. citizens, the list of “Russian propagandists” includes political figures, experts and public figures from Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Poland and France.
Other Americans on the list are: political and business advisor Harlan Ullman, author Paul Pillar, economists Jeffrey Sachs and Steve Hanke, political analyst Brian Berletic, academics Patrick Basham and Clifford Kiracofe, former army officer David Payne, ex-diplomat Michael Springmann, retired intelligence officer Scott Ritter, finance specialist Jason Ross, businessman Mike Callicrate, politicians Geoff Young and Diane Sare, journalists Caleb Maupin and Tony Magliano, retired business consultant George Koo, Republican former Senate staffer Jim Jatras, former CIA officer Ray McGovern, former Virginia State Senator Richard Black and political analyst Graham Fuller.
It’s as if some eighth grade Russian offshoots just got a
new keyboard to celebrate the invasion of the Ukraine.
Russia sent over 100-150 thousand troops into the Ukraine,
but this is your fault. And you know it! /s Good grief!
Seriously some folks are really challenged on this one.
There has been loose talk of Russia taking further action or
at least creating reasons for invading Moldova, Latvia,
Estonia, Poland, Sweden, and Finland. But no, none of
this is Russia’s fault.
It’s so tiresome I don’t even bother countering their
nonsense. It falls apart on them, and they don’t even
know.
You still don’t know why Russia invaded do you.
Was it NATO, NAZIS, BIOLABS? No.
The Ukraine stated it would give up joining NATO on
March 15th.
Did you expect Russia to withdraw after getting what it
wanted? Ah no!
You’re nothing but a Russian agitator, who can’t even
be honest with himself.
Russia has now situated itself to take full control of
the complete AZOV Natural Gas Preserves.
Now, prattle on with your nonsense.
What in hell are you babbling about?
It's not even arguable that biolabs existed. Victoria Nuland and Marco Rubio admitted they had deadly pathogens in them
You're the idiot or liar if you don't know or deny that or think we'd tolerate another country funding them in country on our borders.
Trump months ago called for negotiated settlement to this war. He has ripped Congress for spending billions on this war.
Let's see...Zelensky 1) has banned opposition parties 2) imprisoned opposition leaders 3) Has banned opposition media outlets 4) has allowed neo-Nazis and Ukrainian nationalists to terrorize those for Russian decent in eastern Ukraine.
During this war, I have seen videos of civilians in Ukraine that have said the Ukrainian army has used them as human shields, killed those that tried to escape, have stolen from them and burned down their homes.
Spare the horse sh#t about Ukraine being a democracy that we must fight a proxy war over and spend billions. It's all nonsense.
This war is, as Biden advisor, Brian Deese, has said is about defending the "liberal world order". That's all that it's about -- sucking as much money out of Ukraine as possible for the defense industry and our corrupt political class and their business allies before Ukraine becomes useless to them.
Lol you figured out a response.
Trump unlike you, supports Ukraine being armed and defended.
His position is nothing like your hate toward people battling for their freedom.
Yeah it’s the biolabs. Boo!
You idiot.
Wow your mind only works in one deluded direction. You have every stupid story of supposed Ukrainian abuse.
But your little mind doesn’t see them fighting your beloved “Vlad” for their very survival. That little detail can’t enter your conspiracy deluded skull.
It’s a war. They were attacked. Putin wants their country and even he didn’t claim it was over biolabs. or anti gay rights. Until fools like you started falling for his propaganda.
He wants the farms, seaports, manufacturing, oil and gas, strategic position.
And he has useful idiots like you doing his lying for him.
Have a good night.
When are you leaving to fight ?
Donald Trump doesn’t support lying Sorosbot trolls.
When are you leaving to fight ?
Every last damn one of these warmongering Sorosbot trolls are cowards. They want 18 year old boys to fight their war. Scumbag loser pukes.
When are you leaving to fight ?
Putin is the only thing that stands between them and the globalist-puppet eunuchs in the rest of Europe.
None.
Of.
Our.
Business.
If you are so worked up over the place and hate Putin so much, when are you leaving to fight ?
Meanwhile, the Ukraine is moving fast into the Sodomarchy camp of degeneracy like the other globalist pervert states. Guess it dovetails with its premier reputation as a child sex-trafficking state. Gotta help Soros keep the degeneracy flowing...
Bingo. Absolutely dead on the money.
When are you leaving to fight ?
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