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@randymot4
Mar 11, 2023 • 20 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
#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
snopes.com/fact-check/zel…
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
bitterwinter.org/myth-of-the-am…
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
videoly.tube2.me/view/IfTU4i1Sj…
"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

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Dec 18, 2023
There are two Russian armies fighting in their invasion of Ukraine. There is the "second army" of the world with massive numbers of tanks and artillery pieces and soldiers that march with precision on Red Square and look like recruiting posters. This army is supported by a massive industrial base making "near peer" equipment at elevated rates.
Then there is another Russian army invading Ukraine. This one has lost 90% of its professional soldiers ("lifers" in US jargon). It is now filled with soldiers with 30 days or less training. Its officer corps depleted to a frction of the pre-war level. Never well-trained in manuever war or combined arms, this army uses clumsy tactics with little or no situational awareness. Vehicle drivers run over their own troops or into their own minefields. This army's generals order small unit attacks over and over again on the same avenues of approach that were dominated by the enemy the day before.
This second Russian army has blown through a massive amount of its first-line equipment. Older T62s from decades ago are seen in its formations and loss columns, because the first line T80/T72 modern versions are becoming scarce. This army's air defesne has proven far less capable than its published specifcations and has been pciked apart by droens and anti-radiation missiles. Self-propelled artillery seen in vast numbers on paper before the invasion are now repalced with ancvient D30 towed guins, vulnerable to counter-battery fire and drones.
The second army is the real one. The first army is the myth that Putin may still nourish, but - more importantly- the delusion that drives Western media to claim the war is a "stalemate" or that Russia can fight a long-war as it grows "stronger" deploying non-existent modern equipment and trained troops. The first zdrmy only appears in RedSquare films. The second one shows up in daily clips from the battlefield. THese clips seldom reported or published in Westgern popular media.
The same media - ignorant of the battlefield reality- dutifully reports the lines on the map and concludes there is a stalemate. It feeds a narrative that more "resistance is futile" (Russians are the Borg).
The scenario for the first army described is that Russia will never give up its occupied territories without a fight to the bitter end. The second army has lost effective control of Sevastapol and is losing its land bridge to Crimea due to long-range artillery fire and partisan warfare. In this real world scenario, Russia has lost much of its basic war objectives and is relying entirely on a political effort to break Western will to supply Ukraine.
The Russian losses, verified by third-parties, in the real world are staggering and accelrating. These have consumed the best Russian equipment and their best troops.
The comments below have links to multiple sources and information describing this "second Russian army" - the real one. It is clear that Russia's only hope is to break Western will, which cannot be allowed to happen. Ukraine does not need a piece of paper that crates "peace" (they alreayd got one of those in Budapest). Ukraine just needs ammo, as Presdient Zellensky famously said. #RussiaLosingBadly
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Dec 6, 2023
Why are Republicans holding out for border securty before agreeing to fund Ukraine? This post will not try to justify that position, but will explain it.
1. GOP members of Congress have voted by wide margins for Ukraine aid in all "stand alone" votes.
thehill.com/policy/defense…
2. Republican chairmen and ranking members of the key committees have urged faster and more effective aid as well as a clear policy goal of Ukraine winning.
foxnews.com/politics/inter…
3. On the other hand, even with majorities in the past, they have not done enough to secure the border. Since President Biden entered the White House approximately 9.5 million migrants have illegally entered the United States.
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Sep 13, 2023
Russian in Losing Badly Part 3
This is an update on all of the evience that Russian is losing badly right now.
Frantic efforts to try to get a ceasefire. The Russians are pushing for it, not Ukraine. /1
x.com/EmekaGift100/s…
Major advances pose breakthrough opportunity in the south. Russia loses operational effectiveness of Sevastapol. Russian artillery takes a poounding and is keeps getting worse./2
x.com/Tendar/status/…
NATO equipment crushes Russians. Bradleys. Go to minute 1:30/3
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Sep 1, 2023
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 Image
Heritage Foundation, website, February 14, 2023:/3 Image
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Aug 26, 2023
How the Heritage Foundation became a pro-Russian force.

You may have seen their TV ad that supports cutting off US aid to Ukraine, a major objective of Putin and the only possible way Russia can even get a "draw" out of the war. So let's start with how phony the ad is./1
The aid starts the full 7 yr authorization figure for Ukraine to create a big number that is makes absurd comparisons to Hawaii initital FEMA aid. The annual number is small & declining each yr. It is mostly spent in US, creating jobs to replace & update the donated eqpt./2
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Heritage shifted to a claim that the aid is not accounted for. A blatant lie which plays on low information voters' fears and bias. Totally crap and Heritage must know it!/3
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Aug 24, 2023
Colonel Douglas MacGregor: spreading lies on social media for people too lazy or biased to check.
He appears everywhere especially since his Tucker Carlson appearance. Everyone should know some facts before they get too excited about what he says./1
@DouglasMacGregor
His casualty numbers come straight from the Kremlin. They have been debunked by all NATO intelligence services. If his numbers were accurate, Ukrainians would not be so dedicated to continue fighting./2 Image
Here is the major effort by third-parties to verify losses on both sides ion the war. It is quite different that MacGregor's Kremlin nonsense./3
lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/dfbc…
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