Thread by @althecat

“A lot of seemingly conflicting information.” - ⁦@AC360⁩

Thread on @CNN’s coverage last night of #ukrainecrisis #ukraineconflict.

A sequel to last night’s confusion about ⁦@CNN⁩’s coverage of Biden’s call with Ukraine Pres. Zelenskiy. podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/and…

Anderson’s two panelists last night as he tried to clarify the confusion from Thursday night’s misunderstandings were both military.

1. Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling former commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe.

2. Steve Hall former CIA chief of Russia operations.

A day on @CNN is sticking with its reporting on the Biden Zelenskiy call which “did not go well”. And the first question to @MarkHertling addresses Biden’s remarks yesterday that he expected troop deployments to Europe in the “near term”.

Gen Hertling is asked if this is significant? He responds saying “no”, observing the US has said it is waiting on a request from @NATO for a call forward, but opining such a request is not necessary, pointing out the US has started building bases already in Poland and Romania.

The General goes on to say that it has bilateral relations with these nations, that they need not be under @NATO auspices, and the US had been practicing such deployments in Europe for six years.

Hmmmm…

Anyway the conversation continues in similarly frank terms, revealing a modern military strategic perspective in fairly lurid terms. Gen. Hertling for example talks about how Russia has learned from the US’s “Desert Storm” how to “prepare the battlefield”.