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Feb 5 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
3,000 US troops are pouring into Poland, stationed in bases as close as 50 miles from Ukraine. It is now obvious that the Biden administration concocted the Russian invasion narrative as a cover for a long-planned massive increase of US forces in East Europe.#UkraineConflict 1/
The #NYTimes claims that "Mr. Biden is not readying for war with Russia." Really? Are American soldiers being deployed to freezing Poland for winter R&R? Biden, the NYT writes, "has no intention of sending US troops to Ukraine." The words "no intention" do not mean "will not." 2/
In the mouth of a president, "no intention" creates a moral distance between decisions and their consequences. Lyndon Johnson claimed he had "no intention" of sending soldiers to Vietnam, but then wound up sending them in the hundreds of thousands. 3/
The NYT admits that although Biden presently has "no intention" of sending troops into Ukraine, "a full-scale Russian invasion could change that sentiment." 4/
It concludes its article with a warning by a Biden adviser that "the risk of direct confrontation with Russia now is higher than at any time since the Cold War.” So much for Biden's "intentions." 5/5

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Snyder has betrayed his intellectual responsibilities. The ex-historian is now a shameless peddler of State Department propaganda. His latest thread purports to tell progressives what they must know about Ukraine, singing the praises of its democracy and demonizing Russia. 1/
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Snyder explained that the pro-US candidate Yushchenko lost the 2010 election because of widespread hatred in Ukraine of the rightwing nationalists. Before leaving office, Yushchenko named Bandera a national hero. /3
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