Thread by @randymot4

#defundukraine ? You have been lied to and manipulated. Facts are important and this thread will illustrate the scope of the deception being used. NOTE: if you don't trust MSM, why would you trust a KGB guy invading his neighbor?/1

Start with the Nazi allegations: the internet is full of fake photos trying to make this case. The classic one of Zelensky is here. But ask who would take the time to do this and why?/2
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Should you jump to conclusions from a couple of photos? You would not make any other decision in your life on such a frivolous basis. World experts in neo-Nazis state that there is no significant neo-Nazi influence in UKR. [quoted in link]./3
factcheck.org/2022/03/the-fa…

Some tweets try to portray Zelensky as a cocaine user. This is far more elaborate in the deception. A real effort. All a lie./4 observers.france24.com/en/europe/2022…

Various real clips of Zelensky as a comedian doing parodies are often re-tweeted. He was subsequently elected w/ 73% of the vote and now has 90% approval in UKR. He was elected for same reasons as Trump, to put an outsider in power./5
newsweek.com/volodymyr-zele…

Another huge scam was this fake photo trying to claim he was in gay parade in NYC. No source, no link, just a clearly faked photo:/6
truthmeter.mk/with-a-fake-ph…

But the deceptions run deeper. The claim that there was a CIA-staged coup in 2014. Fake-the Parliament called for a new election under their constitutional power. It was not even partisan (Yanukovych's party voted 70% in favor)./7
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Kremlin propaganda often claims that Russian speaking people in UKR favor being part of Russia. This is bogus (like saying because we speak English in US, we want to rejoin an English monarchy). No region of UKR voted to be part of Russia in the recognized referendum in 1991./8

Subsequently in exchange for UKR giving up in nuclear weapons from the Soviet era. US, UK & Russia agreed to "guarantee" those borders. There is an agt on borders: they are not legally disputed./9

The most common critic of UKR aid is that there is no accountability or "a blank check." This is also totally false. GOP reps got an aggressive audit & financial control system in place last year. Full details here:/10

By now, you should realize that a lot of folks have been lying. This extends to efforts to describe Zelensky as a "dictator." Also totally false. UKR has a Parliament and an indep judiciary. Some facts:/11

You have also been lied to about the amount of aid. The $120 Billion is a seven year authorization, everything has to come out of that amount. Max projected yr is $38 B or 5% of the DOD budget./12

Most of that money is to "back-fill" for US eqpt & ammo donated to UKR. But the pricing is not for the value of the material (much lower) but the replacement costs, incl upgrades. All spent in US:/13

Another bogus story is that US provided many weapons are being sold on the black market. This is also erroneous. Thorough tracking is done of all weapons down to the end-users on the front-line. See comment./14

A more subtle lie is that the US has no interest in the UKR war. This is contradicted by all NATO members recognizing it is vital for Putin to lose. This concern grows the closer you get to Russia: those allies have a lot more info than we do & recognize the threat:/15

Their concern? A Putin win would take-over 2nd largest country in Europe (more resources) and fuel Putin's drive to re-establish the Russian empire. This is likely the only chance to stop that w/o a direct US-Russia confrontation./16
carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurop…

Nuclear threat: this is also misrepresented. If US backed down due to the threat, it would be repeated and this carries a much greater risk of nuclear confrontation./17
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

A final bogus claim is that this is diverting resources from the Chinese threat. That grows larger if China is not deterred. If we can't stop Russia w/ all the advantages presented in UKR conflict, China will see a green light for Taiwan & south Asia./18
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"Endless war": this is Putin's only hope to win - to convince US public this is the case so the US will bug out. It is also totally fallacious./19

If you have other issues, please make a comment. But you need to realize that there is a propaganda war going on & that you have been lied to on many aspects of this war. Thanks for reading this far!!!/20