Riddle me this my friends: The White House has officially admitted to creating misinformation, disinformation and malinformation as part of their strategic campaign against Russia in Ukraine. NBC news gleefully embraces the strategy {SEE HERE}. However, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has an official agency mission {SEE HERE} to “help the American people understand the scope and scale of Mal, Dis, and Misinformation activities,” and Google/Big Tech have officially aligned with both U.S. government interests, promising to target, remove and penalize any entity engaged in Mal, Dis and Misinformation activities.
Please think about the inherent questions. On one hand the White House and Intelligence Community is admitting they are purposefully and intentionally creating misinformation, and on the other hand the White House and Intelligence Community are promising to target the origin of misinformation. In the middle, Big Tech speech police are saying they will be the arbiters of what constitutes misinformation. See the problem?
Before ‘circling back’ to the previously emphasized CTH position, first take a look at how “senior administration officials” are admitting to NBC the creation and promotion of misinformation under the auspices of weaponized false intelligence reports:
(Via NBC) – […] three U.S. officials told NBC News this week there is no evidence Russia has brought any chemical weapons near Ukraine. They said the U.S. released the [mis]information to deter Russia from using the banned munitions.
[…] Coordinated by the White House National Security Council, the unprecedented intelligence releases have been so frequent and voluminous, officials said, that intelligence agencies had to devote more staff members to work on the declassification process, scrubbing the [mis]information so it wouldn’t betray sources and methods.
[…] The idea is to pre-empt and disrupt the Kremlin’s tactics, complicate its military campaign, “undermine Moscow’s propaganda and prevent Russia from defining how the war is perceived in the world,” said a Western government official familiar with the strategy.
Multiple U.S. officials acknowledged that the U.S. has used [mis]information as a weapon even when confidence in the accuracy of the information wasn’t high. Sometimes it has used low-confidence intelligence for deterrent effect, as with chemical agents, and other times, as an official put it, the U.S. is just “trying to get inside Putin’s head.” (read more)
Despite the aligned ideological spin NBC puts on the context, the bottom line is that senior officials in the U.S. government are lying in an effort to create and support a propaganda campaign against Vladimir Putin and Russia vis-a-vis the Ukraine conflict.
The justification for the manipulation of information, the creation of dis/mal/and misinformation, and the propaganda campaign writ large, is based on a position that the U.S. is on the virtuous side of the conflict. Where virtue is determined by the officials creating the lies. Yes, lying for the public good, is essentially now the admitted narrative.
Putting aside the creation of lies to advance a strategic geopolitical objective, the bigger admission in the U.S. government statements is that much of the information coming to the American public -from them- is manufactured, false, fabricated and wrong.
Simultaneous to this admission of manufactured lies, the platforms of big tech and social media are saying they will target, remove and block any content that contradicts the official government position. In the case of Google, the dominating search engine for information over the internet, they state it is an infraction against their policy to espouse a claim “that contradicts official government records.” Yet, the U.S. government is officially admitting the information they are creating for the government records, is self-admittedly false.
Not wanting to overinflate the CTH position, but this now admitted reality is exactly why we have taken the following position.
…”There is no such thing as “disinformation” or “misinformation”. There is only information you accept and information you do not accept. You were not born with a requirement to believe everything you are told; rather, you were born with a brain that allows you to process the information you receive and make independent decisions.”…
There are only two elements within the public discussion of information, truth and not truth.
In an era filled with “fact-checkers” and institutional guardians at the gates of Big Tech, let me explain exactly why it is important not to accept the speech rules of the guards.
When you accept the terms “disinformation”, “misinformation” or the newest lingo, “malinformation,” you are beginning to categorize truth and lies in various shades. You are merging black and white, right and wrong, into various shades of grey.
When your mind works in the grey zone, you are, by direct and factual consequence, saying there is a problem. You are correct, however, this is where people may make a mistake. That problem is supposed to be there.
It is not a solution to the problem to try and remove the grey simply because it takes too much work to separate the white pixels from the black ones. You were born with a gift, the greatest gift a loving God could provide. You were born with a brain and set of natural instincts that are tools to do this pixel separation, use them.
If you define the grey work as a problem you cannot solve on your own, you open the door for others to solve that problem for you. You begin to abdicate the work, and that’s when trouble can enter. The sliding scale of Pinocchios is one of the most familiar yet goofy outcomes.
Put more clearly, when you accept the terminology “disinformation”, you accept a problem. The problem is then the tool by which authorities will step in to make judgements. Speech, in its most consequential form, is then qualified by others to whom you have sub-contracted your thinking.
When you willingly sub-contract information filters to others, you have lost connection with the raw information. CTH was founded upon the belief that truth has no agenda, nor does it care about you, your feelings, or your opinion of it. It just sits there, empirically existing as evidence of information in its most pure form.
The search for truth, in all things, is the mission objective of this assembly. Often, we don’t like the truth; often, the truth is bitter, cold, challenging and even painful to accept. However, the truth doesn’t care. Information in its most raw form is ambivalent to your opinion. If you struggle to accept these things, that’s when you need grey. The New York Times is not called the “grey lady” accidentally.
Personally, I am an absorber of information – perhaps on a scale that is unusual. But I do not discount information from any form until I can put context to it and see if the information makes sense given all the variables present. When something doesn’t feel right, it’s almost always because it isn’t right.
Often, I find myself struggling in the grey and complex. It is not unusual to spend days researching, digging, clarifying a situation, only to discover the path to finding the truth is in another direction entirely. Erasing everything and starting over is frustrating, but it is genuinely the only approach that works; and often finding truth is supposed to be difficult, that’s why it is rewarding.
In the digital information age, we are bombarded with information. It is easy to be overwhelmed and need to find something or someone who has better skills at separating the black grains from the white ones. All opinions in this quest should be considered; thus, it is important to allow the free flow of information.
I am not necessarily a speech absolutist. There is some language that needs to be constrained if we are to participate in a respectful society, with grandma’s rules and knowing the audience. The CTH has guidelines for comments for this exact reason. However, those constraints need to be based on a set of inherent values. When it comes to information it is important to draw a distinction from speech.
There needs to be an open venue for all information. Unfortunately, when we begin to apply labels or categorization to information, there’s an opportunity for information to be manipulated – even weaponized. Saul Alinsky spent decades pondering the best techniques to weaponize information and speech. Alinsky’s intentions in the endeavor to change society by changing how language and information was used were not good. He devoted his completed rulebook book to Lucifer.
Be careful about anyone saying we need to label or categorize information in order to control or remove speech from the discussion.
You were not born with a requirement to believe everything you are told; rather, you were born with a God-given brain that allows you to process the information you receive and make independent decisions.
Unfortunately, the collectively aligned group of U.S. Govt, the Intelligence Community and now Big Tech, are saying they will put every roadblock they can muster in your way as you attempt to navigate through the misinformation they control.
With that in mind, I would finish with this. Be kind to those who cannot see through the misinformation, and do not invest too much time trying to convince them. Convincing is an endless quest, because it transfers the responsibility of discernment from them to you. They will become dependent on you and that my friends can be a heavy weight upon you.
Remember, “Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.” ~ Max Ehrmann
“Some people are just fucking nuts”…
All malinformation is equal, but some malinformation is more equal than other malinformation.
Also, equity demands that some malinformation is prioritized because of past suppression.
‘Cause information justice or something.
seems to be elon musk’s intent. good thing twitter hasn’t got a union. will make things much easier.
Will Musk go against the government on this or not? They already disrespect his batteries-included car company, so why not?
Elon Musk bought his own platform like Bezos bought himself a newspaper. Truth defines of what they want to see and hear.
If “our democracy” was worth saving, it would stand on its own merits.
It is not “our democracy”, it is “their democracy” that they are trying to save. As you can see, it requires massive props and needs to be viewed by an array of circus mirrors only.
bertdilbert: They must force lies upon us because the truth won’t cooperate.
Yeap, the democracy and freedom BS had worked well for the central tenet of the GAE’s foreign policy. American people are still buying it. How sad?
“Our democracy” is their euphemism for the ongoing coup. Anything happening to “our democracy” means lots of them going to prison. Look at it through that lens when you hear the phrase and it all makes complete sense. It’s a signal — like all the purple neckties — among confederates.
Why does this mirror make me look fat? Oh, it is the damn circus mirror! Let me change to the skinny mirror!
I have figured out how to keep Biden from walking out after a press briefing. We throw out about 2 dozen girls all perfumed up right in the front row. He will not leave until he gets all his fondles in. Have the girls wired up so we can hot mic what he is whispering in their ears! Total internet sensation.
Yeah, but we’re a republic 🤔
The best thing is don’t watch, read, or listen to any typical “media outlets.” If the American people can’t figure out how much their government has been lying to them for all these years, especially the last 2 years. Then, what can you say? Y
“Simultaneous to this admission of manufactured lies, the platforms of big tech and social media are saying they will target, remove and block any content that contradicts the official government position.”
Textbook corporatism (the merger of state and cor prat power) , aka fascism.
elon’s coming, better walk away.
excellent reporting Sundance.
excellent.
and very critically important we as treepers understand the depths of deception that take place in wars/conflicts.
sadly, this has bled over into normalization of this deception practice with or without a conflict requirement.
we live in a period of history where it is absolutely CRITICAL that whistleblowers, leakers, unimpeachable investigative reporters/investigators do the heavy lifting.
We live in a moment where there is every reason to believe that NOTHING out of the USG is truthful and transparent.
we the people deserve better. We cannot possibly maintain accountability without truths and reliable facts.
The energy wars is what I am calling this epic in our history. It is the truth we seek to know and who and why the corruptors are smearing it.
Amendment can’t do it for free… We should all be financiwlly supporting various Substack and Locals authors. It all takes money.
list them…I am capable and willing.
False narratives just come naturally to the Biden gang. Lies, lies and more lies.
Lies
Damn lies
Biden Damn lies
Too many lies to keep up with.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2021/05/20/biden-ccp-biz-partner-slams-us-climate-demands/
The mainstream media and all its accessories would all have to censor themselves if they were actually to censor disinformation/mal-information.
We do live in Bizarro World.
It’s getting harder and harder to make all this stuff up.
There is Chemical Warfare going on. It is killing tens of thousands of Americans right now. But it’s not by muh Russians.
It is called “Fentanyl”.
Why, it’s almost as if the Chinese manufacturers and Cartel distributors had a highly-placed agent in our government, a big guy who was getting 10% or so to protect the supply routes.
See–Joe can run a supply chain when he wants to.
ps; I think smuggling humans and drugs was one of the major motivations for the Election Fraud Coup. Actual PDT was messing with their money.
And slaves.
not just “right now”…..this form of UNDECLARED war on the US by PRC has been going on for DECADES with no response by our own “leaders”…..when the CCP willingly floods TONS of the precursor for methamphetamine and fentanyl through Mexico KNOWING it will kill TENS of THOUSANDS of US citizens a year what would you call it?
it is the same as Slo Joe calling the movement of MILLIONS of illegals a year into the US against our wishes migration rather than its true name of INVASION…..the LEFT owns the dictionary on vocabulary today
Not like it was a secret that they wanted to get even with the Europeans and America by extension for all of the humiliations inflicted upon China dating back to the opium wars.
Fentanyl found in the weed now too. If you smoke weed- buy the fentanyl tests online and test it before you smoke. Just to be safe.
There’s an easier way to avoid dangerous drugs.
indeed.
clear mind…clean body.
the world needs you
Hell, they give you fentanyl in the hospital!
When I started reading this I thought you were going to say it’s called a vaccine.
There is and has been a multi-faceted chemical war on Americans for years.
I’m sure I have left off several more.
And the misinformation / disinformation surrounding all of these is voluminous.
Don’t forget the unregulated fragrance industry that repurposes toxic waste.
Oui! N’oubliez pas Monsieur Pepe Le Pew!
🙃
Something I said to my kids years ago;
“I don’t live in Italy, so I have no idea the truth. I don’t know the truth of what goes on in our government, our state or our neighborhood, but what I know without any doubt whatsoever, is what happens in my house. The rest of the truth creates you to think logically or not. Its your choice”
Media hacks held conference on disinformation today.
It did not go well.
” HOLY S*** Brian Stelter just got destroyed by a college freshman. Dunk after dunk after dunk ”
@JackPosobiec
“… it is an infraction against their policy to espouse a claim “that contradicts official government records.” Yet, the U.S. government is officially admitting the information they are creating for the government records, is self-admittedly false.”
🤔
So… It is against their policy to allow anyone to contradict known lies…
Who knew….
A government that does not intend to lead through information or persuasion obviously intends to lead via coercion.
Lying is a short-term technique for persuasion, and elderly, unwell Joe may not buy green bananas, but (mixing metaphors) incessant dishonesty is an exercise in kiting checks.
If the power of persuasion doesn’t get the desired effect, the persuasion of power comes next.
Be skeptical of any information coming out of the government. They lie.
So do the Ukranians. So do the Russians.
Nothing new!
So “our” better story is a worser lie.
Got it.
You have to participate in “big-tech” bs before they can – target, remove and penalize any entity engaged in Mal, Dis and Misinformation activities. Life existed before big-tech came along.
Us: Hey! What’s all the noise?
Government: Sorry about the noise. It’s our new “echo chamber”. We are having to build another, our other is full.
FTA:
“… three U.S. officials told NBC News this week there is no evidence Russia has brought any chemical weapons near Ukraine. They said the U.S. released the [mis]information to deter Russia from using the banned munitions…”
BRILLIANT!
Now that they have publicly admitted to this subterfuge, the Russians CAN use those banned munitions and blame it on Ukraine, using this American statement to bolster their claims of “Nope! Wasn’t us!”
Utterly BRILLIANT. And THIS is the administration that claimed to be the “Adults” who took over when Biden took office. What a CLOWN POSSE!
One could hope Azov gets the notice before they FF things up.
So, when the government lies and you tell the truth, Big Tech will punish you for misinformation. Got it…
Then, later when the truth is revealed you will still be banned.
big tech biggest customer IS the USG.
fact.
so don’t have any expectation that big tech will at any time do ANYTHING to damage relations
That can be explained these people actually think we are at war with Russia. For this reason, all these mis/disinformation campaign are justified in their minds. These people are dangerous and could get us into ww3.
lfhbrave: The official U.S. Declaration of War is in the mail. Should arrive any day, now.
Going to be waiting a long time, if ever for that.
There has not been an actual declared war by Congress since what? 1941?
R F Burns: Two fairly recent declarations of war by Congress that I can recall are the Patriot Act and Obamacare.
Accurate, but I would argue that is a technicality on the point of domestic versus foreign enemies.
Yep … WWII, not the Korean conflict, or Vietnam, or any of the others. And We the People have never called the PTB on theie lies.
What you say is very true!
I researched all the officials states elections, before and after and noticed the abnormalities in the votes. Took screenshots of each state’s numbers, spent a great deal of time expressing what transpired, sent out to everyone who I thought would bring it front and center and to no avail, I sit here today watching our country develop into a S**thole!
I’ve watched our country being taken apart piece by piece since I was a kid. Never voted until 2012 and came to the hard conclusion that nothing, I’m mean NOTHING, has changed for the better!
I lived both sides of the “If you don’t vote, then you can’t complain” mantra. Well now, what’s their excuse now?
A lie is a lie…
no it is not a white lie or I mis spoke or I was being economical with the truth….a lie is a lie.
“The truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth”…….then came the lawyers
Lesko Brandon FJB
😉🇺🇸
Glow much?
“just trying to get inside putin’s head” are they? looks like, once again, a true nationalist has gotten inside the globalists’ heads.
joining trump derangement syndrome must be added putin derangement syndrome. certainly some mental illness will need to be invoked when the horrific effects of the brandon administration (and whatever follows) are explained to the voters: it’s not our fault. we are victims. we were driven mad by short man bad. and his badness.
Government has (it believes) an exclusive monopoly on the use of force. Further, government also believes it has the exclusive right to lie. (Government can lie to people but it’s a crime to lie to government)
It’s amazing at how many people are OK with this arrangement.
You mean like they intentionally promoted false information about RussiaGate and about Hunter Biden in October and November of 2020?
Yes
Desiderata – framed and hanging in my bedroom. I read it every single day. Would have liked to have met Max E.
I always tell my dopey lib “friends”- yes, you’re entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.
Most on that side cannot understand there’s a difference.
at least not without accountability and consequence….
I think this is the kind of fascist distortion and contradiction that is the regular experience in N Korea.
I fear we will end our suffering and humiliation via uncivil means.
“I fear we will end our suffering and humiliation via uncivil means.”
Worse, I fear we won’t end our suffering and humiliation, by any means.
Maybe so. Not with a bang but with a whimper. Our youthful society appears weak and celebrity-addled and so susceptible to the slightest manipulation.
Our government just lectured Putin that the future belongs to societies with the more compelling “stories.” Now more of us will be asking what if those stories aren’t true?
the young will learn soon enough that the false claims of progressive liberalism and radical communist ideas will sweep away ANY ideas about success in life, pride and ambition.
I was 18 once. I never had clarity on these important lessons until I walked a full day in New Orleans.
Beautiful summary of this information age. Soon, we will need to develop code words, terms and phrases to be able to communicate truth in true black and white. My Dad used to tell me the truth is very easy. It’s like being pregnant, you are or you aren’t. No half way, or gray shades. The truth is always the truth. Not some fictional construct that looks like it’s partially true. If the US government was doing what it was supposed to be doing for the citizens of America, there would be no reason for half truths, grays and lies.
Came to know the expression as: “there’s no such thing as being a little bit pregnant”
Confirms this is another con job…similar to the “pandemic” upon the world.
Who knows what the truth is anymore…pictures of killed” civilians” that are more than likely fake and staged to gin up support for this farce in the way of more billions in cash and arms to Uk. More than likely the billions are skimmed off the top and sent to US congressman.
That fat incompetent slug Mily is in on it as well saying this “war” could take years…another psy-op run against America to take our eye of the ball of the destruction of our country.
Just call it the ministry of truth and be done with it.
Sounds like the joebama administration is malfeasant. FJB and all the slimly Biden’s.
now you know how putin feels.
do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. were elections ever free and fair? lyndon johnson stuffed the ballot box in his first election. jfk and the chicago machine probably stole the ’60 election. what was that deal with the supreme court in 2000?
numbers and social mood count for a lot. the dems are dispirited and with excellent reasons. they wanted trump out so bad they could taste it. he does that to them (one of the reasons to want new blood in ’24, vax policy is another). next time the morale will be poor and, one would hope, the republicans and independents will be watching more closely. also no covid.
don’t give up on the easy stuff (voting) and go for the hard stuff (armed insurrection). just plays into the hands of the opposition.
I’m told jfk was know to say why the ’60 election was so close is because of Joe’s frugality, he only bought as many votes as absolutely necessary.
Looks like the DemocRATS have themselves a Supreme Court Justice in waiting
now that the Senate has confirmed her with a vote of 53-47.
another sad day in history
Mis, dis, mal, is all a form of lying of course. A habitual liar inevitably outs themselves, there just gets to be too much to keep track of.
This is one big mega complex attempt at lying that will inevitably fail. One must simply be relentless about pointing out the lies, not trying to convince or argue as you say, but merely pointing out.
One of the funniest Ukraine hoaxes is the video of people minesweeping a road or trail- THE CAMERA HOLDER IS IN FRONT OF THE MINESWEEPERS! The minesweepers are literally sweeping where the camera holder just walked.
One word: totalitarian state
That’s two words actually.
Why are they admitting this? Do they just want to taunt the few of us who are not brainwashed?
Yes, they are flaunting their lies. See if you challenge their lies, big tech and finance will cancel you. Canceling will then identify you through the banks. When we go digital cash, the bank cancellation will be fatal. Unfortunately it could be a literal fatal.
Banks make a nice campfire .
They are so proud that they tell part of what they are doing. Just like the Times did about the 2020 election. Couldn’t wait to tell that the Dems had rigged the election.
I’d trust raw chicken left out the fridge for 2 weeks before I trust anything the main stream media puts out – seeing as they are run by the alphabet government agencies. And that includes Fox News, where, for example, Sean Hannity stomps for the FBI, frequently has Lindsey Graham on without any pushback on his failings, and had Sean Penn the Communist on this week and made him out to be a critical thinker. The only sane one I will take with a pinch of salt is Tucker Carlson, who has to walk a tight line while trying to get some truths out.
I trust nothing and question everything.
good philosophy
Naturalized American Citizens born abroad under totalitarian regimes know it first, recognize the signs very quickly.
We do
yes and even if many generations later, this truth is not lost on the many that call America home by birthright
My head spins.
It is only because of Sundance, and The Conservative Treehouse — that I recognize that I am not nuts, and that I am not alone.
If my only information source was a television — I would be doomed.
Truth. There is nothing else but truth.
I so fear for those who do not recognize truth for what it is.
Still, while on this hard journey to find the truth, I also realize that many are being marched towards something that is not good.
So many.
It is not good to roll up one’s sleeve to accept a vaccine; it is not good to believe that Russia is the enemy; it is not good to trust the public school system to do what is best for your child; it is no longer good to trust our health system; it is no longer good to trust our federal law enforcement; it is not good to trust our Federal government — and sadly — I could go on.
I used to question and not understand why some in foreign countries did not like America.
I now understand why they don’t. WE — obviously — have been interfering in the governance of other countries (sticking our nose in), where we should have just left well enough alone.
And, by WE — I do not mean the American people. I mean our Leaders. Leaders, who we now recognize do not represent US.
I understand this feeling. It is no longer the world that I believed in. All is corrupt and the patterns they impose upon reality have an intelligence of their own. It cannot be stopped. But, the actions that the majority take to counteract this chaos also has its own intelligence. The result will what history writes for us. All we can do is focus on the truth and never waiver. We have hard times coming.
“Be kind to those who cannot see through the misinformation, and do not invest too much time trying to convince them.”
Good advice. Right up there with Robert Heinlein’s “Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
When they start throwing out the “common good” or “public good” reason, it gets really easy for many people to justify some pretty bad behavior…
“But if it saves just ONE LIFE!!!….” while simultaneously bringing about horrendous amounts of destruction.
This right here could not be more relevant, right??? 😉😉😉. Thanks
The search for truth, in all things, is the mission objective of this assembly. Often, we don’t like the truth; often, the truth is bitter, cold, challenging and even painful to accept. However, the truth doesn’t care. Information in its most raw form is ambivalent to your opinion. If you struggle to accept these things, that’s when you need grey. The New York Times is not called the “grey lady” accidentally.
Off topic! But very pertinent to what he Biden administration is doing Americans.
https://greenjihad.com/2021/02/24/mexico-backs-off-from-renewables-expands-coal-use/#subscribe-blog
Viva 🇲🇽 Mexico
“Often, I find myself struggling in the grey and complex. It is not unusual to spend days researching, digging, clarifying a situation, only to discover the path to finding the truth is in another direction entirely. Erasing everything and starting over is frustrating, but it is genuinely the only approach that works; and often finding truth is supposed to be difficult, that’s why it is rewarding.” ~ Sundance
So true, and C.S. Lewis reiterates this:
“We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man. There is nothing progressive about being pig-headed and refusing to admit a mistake. And I think if you look at the present state of the world it’s pretty plain that humanity has been making some big mistake. We’re on the wrong road. And if that is so we must go back. Going back is the quickest way on.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity
~~~
I think Putin is the man to lead us back to the point on the map where we went wrong — down that globalist road.
I’d prefer President Trump. He is pro-MAGA – a nationalist of sorts. He worked hard and almost alone for 4 years to push the USA away from globalist policies. Trump knows precisely how to rapidly reverse the fatal path we are on.
The ” source ” of disinformation , beyond ( above ) the media and state department .
A professor and former Council on Foreign Relations member described part of their role this way :
CFR – ” whose primary role is to define the accepted , legitimate , orthodox parameters of discussion”
In other words , ” we ” will decide what you may talk about and report.
CFR and the media – CFRmedia.com
Interagency Consensus was the term used during the first Trump Impeachment.
I seriously doubt that Putin is tuned in to Our Tokyo rose channels…
I expect he’s tuned in 24/7.
By monitoring what the US govt. lies most about, he can better determine what they’re most afraid of.
Some truth about the conflict.
https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/
Excellent article. Very rational and detailed with some things of which I wasn’t aware. I was not aware of the shelling of the Donbas region starting February 16.
I am not sure they are even being honest with their explanation. For example, Putin knows whether Russian troops will or will not use chemical weapons. That is not getting “inside Putin’s head”.
I think they are just covering their tracks from future criticism and investigations into the lies they are and have been telling. It is a pre-emptive strike to prevent criticism and investigation into their actions.
Creating more fog in this war.
I believe the phrase was intended to mean that our twits were hoping to interfere with his thoughts and upset him.
Fat chance.
I’ll say it again, Putin will never win a propaganda war against the current US administration because they have an unlimited supply of bullshit and they are not afraid to use it.
Unfortunately, they are not so good at real world stuff, so they will probably lose any actual war.
I do see the problem and the solution is to break-up Google, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Please. Add the FBI, CIA and ATF.
And Justice, DoD, etc….
I agree on this easy fix
May I add 3 points or suggestions.
1) make propaganda on American citizens by government agencies, agents and a paid/compensated media illegal again.
2) remove much of the liability protection for government officials so that willful and knowing unethical and malevolent activities are not protected as government representatives.
3) hold media companies liable for disseminated propaganda/misinformation that is not properly identified for source or compensation when paid by foreign entities and countries.