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Times they are a changing
The outbreak of the Ukraine conflict, the way it’s turning out, and the outraged but limited US/NATO response, are only a surprise to those who haven’t been paying attention to the fundamental changes already underway for some time. Even though … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, feral elite, neoconservatives, neoliberalism, propaganda
Tagged Andrei Martyanov, deep state, Russia, Syria, Ukraine
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Information Battle Space
There has been an obsessive focus on disinformation and “fake news” since Trump’s surprise election in 2016 as our feral elite seem determined to blame unofficial narratives rather than their disastrous mismanagement of the American empire. Increasingly, it does not … Continue reading
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Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, propaganda, Russia, Syria
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White Helmets
I learned a lot about US and UK propaganda from the Syrian civil war, where western narrative managers advocated for military intervention and regime-change. And now we’re seeing the same kinds of media deceptions and full-throated propaganda in Ukraine. With … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, neocons, propaganda, Russia, Russia-gate, Syria
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Of the erosion of international norms of war and the Western commitment to them
For the last five years we’ve been bombarded by story after story of Trump being a secret Russian agent directed personally by Vladimir Putin, while the Russians are portrayed as being particularly villainous. Why, dear reader, do you think that … Continue reading
Posted in deep state, neoconservatives
Tagged George Orwell, Joe Biden, neocons, Operation Timber Sycamore, propaganda, Russia-gate, Syria
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Quagmires
I still wonder if Trump would have carried out his promise of better relations with Russia and less interventionist foreign policies absent Russia-gate? I ask this question because a confluence of events in Syria is increasing the danger of war with … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged Al-Qaeda, deep state, Donald Trump, military industrial complex, Russia, Russia-gate, Syria, terrorist proxy
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Speaking ill of the dead
We’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead but that only applies to normal people like you and I. Politicians like John McCain who’ve spent their entire lives advocating for war while palling around with terrorists and Nazi’s don’t … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, propaganda
Tagged Al Qeada, corporate media, Donald Trump, endless war, John McCain, liberal interventionists, Nazis, neocons, POW, resistance, Sydney Schanberg, Syria, Ukraine, Vietnam war
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