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Randy Mott Profile picture
@randymot4
Sep 1, 2023 • 25 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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
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 Image
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
foxnews.com/video/63356103…
(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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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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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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Aug 23, 2023
Russia is Losing Badly Part 2
Once again let's look at reliable information that Ukraine is winning. Russian losses have now significantly affected their combat effectiveness. Without an artillery advantge, depleted low-morale units are trying to plug holes in the line.
Russia's defense of Crimea will come down the last important campaign. One critical part will be decided by whether Russia's air defense will hold up. That looks unlikely, since Ukraoine just took out the most modern Russian system, the S400:/1
In another recent clip, Ukraine took out what may be a Panstir air defense system. The operator quickly runs for it when an anti-radiaition missile locks on. Turning off the radar after the lock-on does not stop the missile. /2
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