Posted on 05/03/2024 5:20:02 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Ukraine’s American-backed fight against Russia is being waged not only in the blood-soaked trenches of the Donbas region but also on what military planners call the cognitive battlefield — to win hearts and minds.
A sprawling constellation of media outlets organized with substantial funding and direction from the U.S. government has not just worked to counter Russian propaganda but has supported strong censorship laws and shutdowns of dissident outlets, disseminated disinformation of its own, and sought to silence critics of the war, including many American citizens.
Economist Jeffrey Sachs, commentator Tucker Carlson, journalist Glenn Greenwald, and University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer are among the critics on both the left and the right who have been cast as part of a “network of Russian propaganda.”
But the figures targeted by the Ukrainian watchdog groups are hardly Kremlin agents. They simply have forcefully criticized dominant narratives about the war.
Sachs is a highly respected international development expert who has angered Ukrainian officials over his repeated calls for a diplomatic solution to the current military conflict. Last November, he gave a speech at the United Nations calling for a negotiated peace.
Mearsheimer has written extensively on international relations and is a skeptic of NATO expansion. He predicted that Western efforts to militarize Ukraine would lead to a Russian invasion.
Greenwald is a Pulitzer Prize-winning independent journalist who has criticized not just war coverage but media dynamics that suppress voices that run counter to U.S. narratives.
“What they mean when they demand censorship of ‘pro-Russia propaganda’ is anything that questions the US/EU role in the Ukraine war or who dissents from their narratives,” Greenwald has observed.
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>>>>My personal Christian theological doctrine is Sola scriptural: the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.<<<<
Truth. I knew asking you to PM for further discussion of my faith was laughable! LOL
“And you posted a screenshot of my entire imgbox album.
How did you do that without breaking into/hacking my account?”
Wrong I didn’t.
However, I bet that would have been quite interesting.
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“Kadyrov again decided to prove everyone that he is ‘healthy’. 30,000 Z-Soldiers were sent to capture one micro settlement. Putin blamed and threatened Shoigu for not being able to achieve any significant goals. Putin wanted personally to see one controversial commander go.
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>>>>“And you posted a screenshot of my entire imgbox album.
How did you do that without breaking into/hacking my account?”<<<<
I have a screenshot of your post which was taken before Jim pulled it.
I also took a screenshot (before Jim pulled it) of your post 61 from yesterday in which you revealed my personal info.
Posting reminders from the ace prosecutor against Christianity?
A man who believed Christianity was anti-life, anti-intellectual, and the religion for losers.
A man who claimed “God is dead”?
Strange coming from a REVEREND.
Biden stooge. Wow. Is that the best you can do? You literally base that insane (and quite stupid) label based on me pointing out the inconsistencies and abject falsehoods in the original post? Really?
Biden stooge. Wow.
Biden voter? That is hilarious. Did your mother actually give birth to any children that lived?
is that in any way related to what I replied above? I literally pointed out that both sides have spewed propaganda - Further - which critics have been silenced? It seems the OP is the one crying like a baby... Oh -and you folks who seem to have a man crush on Putin.
I have no idea what caused your yipyapping, but this stupid, completely unfounded comment, “Oh -and you folks who seem to have a man crush on Putin” puts you solidly in the zeeper-clown category and I am unable to take you seriously.
Bye now!
They don’t criticize Hillary either, a tip off that these are EuroWankers , not Americans .
They truck with Pedo Joe and filthy Hillary, no these aren’t Americans , EuroWankers,or 3 Letter Agency Bois doing the dirty work of the DeepState.
OldHarbor: They don’t criticize Hillary either, a tip off that these are EuroWankers , not Americans .<<<<
Who zeepers DO criticize are the people who speak out against UKE funding.
For example MTG, who strongly supports the Constitution, President Trump and MAGA, and President Trump openly supports her. Gaetz is another one zeepers hate with a passion because of his anti-UKE funding views.
One would think these people would be praised on an American Conservative site.
I think zeepers would bash President Trump because he doesn't have his nose up Zelensky's greasy and well-used arse like the members of the UniParty, but they know they'd be thrown off this site if they did.
Here' a post which attempts to link MTG with the Russians. It can longer be found on FR because the thread that it was in was removed by JimRob.
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Hurt people hurt people.
As Mr. Robinson has directed, it is time to disengage from your comments.
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>>>>As Mr. Robinson has directed, it is time to disengage from your comments.<<<<
TRUTH! Mr. Robinson has never directed me to do anything.
Put your thinking cap on mommy. It was YOU he directed.
Remember?
Respectfully, this is America. Christian America. Our history does not include ‘GLory’ to anyone other than to God. All Glory to God.
Less propaganda would be appreciated.
43 posted on 12/2/2023, 11:36:05 PM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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As I said, less propaganda would be appreciated.
48 posted on 12/2/2023, 9:50:52 PM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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KNOCK OFF THE SPAMMING!
148 posted on 2/29/2024, 11:11:27 AM by Sidebar Moderator
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