Russia 'will likely lose' its war in Ukraine if the US can keep from falling prey to Moscow's information game, conflict analysts say

Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | April 2nd, 2024 | Ella Sherman

[Mariner]

The US must be aware of and avoid Russian disinformation operations at all costs if it wants to maintain its Western values and help Ukraine win the war, conflict analysts argue.

"Basic facts are in question daily as the Kremlin floods the Western debate with its narratives," analysts at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said in a March 27 report.

The analysts said that "the notion that the war is unwinnable because of Russia's dominance is a Russian information operation, which gives us a glimpse of the Kremlin's real strategy and only real hope of success."

For years, Russia has manipulated information enough to cause other countries to perceive Russia as a dominant force in Europe and, more recently, that it is winning in Ukraine.

Because Russia needs to sideline Ukraine's Western partners, the US in particular, the ISW analysts wrote, "the Russian strategy that matters most, therefore, is not Moscow's warfighting strategy, but rather the Kremlin's strategy to cause us to see the world as it wishes us to see it and make decisions in that Kremlin-generated alternative reality that will allow Russia to win in the real world."

ISW asserts that the Kremlin is pushing the narrative that "supporting Ukraine is a distraction from 'real' US problems" and is simply not worth the effort, and it's having an effect. Conflict fatigue has become a serious issue in the West, especially the US as support funding for Ukraine's war effort has been held up and unable to pass in Congress for months.

[Mariner]

According to the neocons at ISW the US must exercise control over the narrative and expunge information that supports America First.

Because MAGA is just a bunch of Kremlin stooges.

[Mariner]

ISW asserts that the Kremlin is pushing the narrative that "supporting Ukraine is a distraction from 'real' US problems" and is simply not worth the effort, and it's having an effect. Conflict fatigue has become a serious issue in the West, especially the US as support funding for Ukraine's war effort has been held up and unable to pass in Congress for months.

[kiryandil]

    Ella Sherman     

[yuleeyahoo]

Thanks, this article was the best comedy I read in a while.

[existentially_kuffer]

Yeah, reads about right.

[armourenthusiast]

Is victoria nueland hiding from the world criminal court?

[kiryandil]

Yahoo! "news" is one Trump hitpiece after another.

Must be a Deep State mouthpiece.

[Darksheare]

Don’t worry, the fart sniff brigade will be along shortly to insist that being an unending robbery victim is okay as magically that money is coming from “the government” and not us somehow.

[kiryandil]

ISW = "The Institute for Grifting on War"

These pinheads are going to be surprised when The Russia and The Putin shut off all The Electricity to The Ukraine.

[TonyinLA]

West believes controlling the “narrative” is the same as reality.

Russkies believe controlling reality is the same as controlling reality.

It’s that simple.

[kiryandil]

Don’t worry, the fart sniff brigade will be along shortly to insist that being an unending robbery victim is okay as magically that money is coming from “the government” and not us somehow.

Plus, they'll call us "Putin stooges" for disagreeing with them...

[No Party Affiliation]

Consider the source 💩

[Right_Wing_Madman]

ISW asserts that the Kremlin is pushing the narrative that "supporting Ukraine is a distraction from 'real' US problems"

ISW literally calls the war the "Ukraine Project." This is where the term Project Ukraine comes from.

UKRAINE PROJECT
https://www.understandingwar.org/project/ukraine-project

[Robert DeLong]

Shouldn’t surprise anyone. Propaganda & gas lighting are the tools of deception. Those who think our government being run by Joe Biden doesn’t employ those tools, then they are not paying attention to reality.

[kiryandil]

Russkies believe controlling reality is the same as controlling reality.

OK, I burst out laughing when I read that, after first reading what The West believes.

[Darksheare]

True, after all the powers what are here in the
US think that chromosome 23 can magically change because the bearer of the chromosome can imagine really hard.

[Darksheare]

All as they act like they are on reddit and powermodding like awkwardtheturtle instead of being here.
A more strident bunch of karens I have not met before.

[Darksheare]

I liked the Biden misadministration saying that they never proclaimed Easter to be trans day of hysteria, yet the whitehouse website had the proclamation out in the open.
This was said by the media to be “misinformation”.

[wildcard_redneck]

Zeepers are anti-MAGA maggots.