The DESCENT of Heritage Foundation To Become Russian Propaganda
Founded in the Reagan era, Heritage Foundation has been a major voice for his foreign policy and defense principles. This continued in the Ukraine war, until it changed dramatically./1
“Timidity, fear, & hesitancy incentivize aggression and worsen the consequences of war……half measures and tepid, delayed assistance lengthen the duration of conflict, increase the amount of destruction, add to suffering, & make war harder to end.” HF website, March 15, 2023./2
Heritage Foundation, website, February 14, 2023:/3
Heritge VP, spring of 2023:/4
msn.com/en-us/movies/n…
"In the months leading up to the vote on the Ukraine aid bill, Heritage’s policy experts argued in favor of an aggressive American role in the conflict, including huge amounts of aid." NYT, May 27, 2023./5
"Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24, 2022, has exposed the naivete of those on both sides of the Atlantic who believed Putin’s Russia would be a benign neighbor as long as the West provides the proper assurances and appeasement offerings."
Kochis & Spoehr, 6/23/22/6
Spoehr quit Heritage after being blindsided by their "America Last" op ed which was not screened w/i the Foundation's relevant staff./6A
dailycaller.com/2023/08/23/tho…
Heritage Foundation, Ted Bromund and Daniel Kochis, July 7, 2023:/7
At the same time Heritage was echoing the traditonal Reagan-type approach to the invasion of Ukraine, it was getting in bed with Viktor Orban's think-tank in Budapest:/8
hungarianconservative.com/articles/curre…
This is a part of Orban's strategy to extend his "soft power" into American conservative organizations and politicians. Did Heritage did $ from Orban?/9
foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/19/hun…
Orban has opposed sanctions on Russia, called NATO members who provide mil aid "war-mongers," and now irges for a ceasefire to protect Russian occupation from the Ukr counter-offensive./10
eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/…
The heart of Putin's strategy to stop the huge losses caused by his miscalculation to invade is to weaken or stop US military aid to Ukraine./11
theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…
@Heritage repeats Russian: "Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage’s lobbying operation, released a searing statement — its headline blaring “Ukraine Aid Package Puts America Last” — that framed the measure as reckless and ill-considered." NYT, May 27, 2023./12
Now @Heritage is running misleading ads on Ukraine aid (using a seven year authorization to imply it is the annual amount) and outright lying about the degress of oversight./13
This makes an argument to stop aid, appealing to isolationist Republicans, and echoing the Russian talking points. It is a continuation of the makes "America Last" theme. A complete flip in @Heritage 's position./14
The slimy response by Victoria Coates: She tries to obsfucate. (1) repeats "lack of oversight" which is a lie. (2) Describes the process as "throwing money" ignoring that all mil aid is coordinated via Ramstein process w/i NATO/Ukr. (3) contradicts virtually every /15
previous @Heritage position on their website (quoted above), supporting the weapons deliveries at the time./16
(4)Another totally misleading claim is her cting Keane as supporting "the lack of a strategy." . Keane is saying the oppposite: the US should allow Ukraine to decide the strategy. They know better what they can do and what they face & UKR is doing fine./17
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(5) Coates implies that there has not been a direct up or down vote on Ukraine aid: that is a lie. The NDAA vote was on the Gaetz amendment ot cut aid and it failed dramatically. If the only objection is a separate vote, why all of the hype from Heritage? /18
@Hertiage has fed a false narative about oversight for months. It is picked by by some Republicans, who IMO must know it is a LIE. Their urging a "Supernumerary" IG is a scam./19
Describing Biden's Ukraine strategy as a failure is also wrong: (1) it is not Biden's strategy, but Ukraine's (2) the NATO "strategy has been to provide weapons as requested and needed, (3) this has not failed but is on the verge of major success./20
By making these inconsistent & erroneous charges, @Heritage has fuelled Russian propaganda. misled voters & conned some GOP officials into supporting the enemy. Why their hype? Who does it help? Why abandon their objective to inform and replace it with the mess shown on TVP? /21
Every effort is made to encourage more mil aid from our allies. Germany has accelerated help. Italy has as well. France is lagging. But can we make our natl security posture dependent on FR actions? Should we let Russia win because we object to French efforts? This is absurd!!/22
Why can't Heritage clearly state: support for mil aid to Ukr to win their country back; support for CONTINUED audits/tracking; support for more NATO allied help; future separate Congressional votes; a clear natonal debate over why this is wise and important?/23
Who are they helping by all of this obsfucation, lying and misrepresentation? Why?/24
#HeritageSellsOut
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