"That leads on to another important argument: our own responsibility. Galeotti, like other commentators, stresses the need for increased public awareness and resilience, for mounting a counterattack to authoritarianism and false narratives." engelsbergideas.com/books/do-we-re…
"Russia denies any plans to attack; "We can’t rebut all fabrications, the number of which is growing exponentially and is produced by enemy propaganda during these tough days,” Zaluzhnyi said." news.yahoo.com/ukraines-volat…
Russia is reversing the narrative, playing the victim, being attacked by "Anglo Saxons" which is kinda cute in a Monty Python way. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
Putin's breath does smell like elderberries.
According to this UK children's book. The Anglo Saxons were riff riff and rabble. "many more (were) peasants who could afford to bring little more than a pointy wooden stick to battle" I am liking this image already. I haven't been in a good riff riff war. imagininghistory.co.uk/post/what-was-…
Biden folks have embraced disinformation Putin is feeding his bullshit to his audience, we never see it over here and vice versa. In Russia, they all know that the uncircumcised philistines are coming for Mother Russia! We are shit talking shirtless Putin. state.gov/fact-vs-fictio…
However much of America's view is still rooted in the Yalta Conference..held in Crimea. The meeting where Stalin and Roosevelt carved up a war shattered Europe. Stalin got what he wanted. America looked the other way while Eastern Europe vanished.
Like Stalin, Putin and Russia have dreams of empire, not the eastern one that included Alaska but the current one that expands through the Middle East and Africa. The UAE and China want to help because America doesn't do much these days. All hat, no cattle
Since Yalta, and despite the fall of the Soviet Union , America has developed a terrible reputation for abandoning eastern European democracies. Fixing Vietnam, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq while being sneaky in other tiny nations seemed more interesting. aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10…
Tiny nations are busy scurrying around stealing stuff that isn't theirs. Russia is one of those tiny countries. Looks big, thinks small. A withering petrodictatorshop that needs more cheap labor. brookings.edu/blog/up-front/…
Russian domination of Ukraine would bring 45 million people under Putin's "roof". A description of 90's gangster style protection. Or perhaps feudal protection as in the Anglo Saxon days. This article is from the mid 90's, Putin's era and mindset. csmonitor.com/1996/0308/0819…
Yes Putin is a gangster. He doesn't give a shit that you don't like him or how he operates. Perhaps that's where Biden gets it wrong. The latest Russian military threat against Ukraine is just a classic gangster move. Pure and simple. bpr.berkeley.edu/2019/12/16/gan…
Like gangsters Putin has socked away plenty of cash, made deals with other thug nations and will use extreme violence to win. Wagner, the oligarchs, the Night Wolves, the Little Green Men are gangster memes not state apparatus. Ok the sidecar is weak.
The real clash of narratives is the west whining about whiney west things and Putin smacking Ukraine in the head with a sap while we wring our hands about law, borders, human rights, sanctions etc etc. Putin wants Ukraine cuz he needs it. End of story pewresearch.org/global/2019/10…
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