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2022-02-07 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

NYT and WP have long become yellow press

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Posted by badanov 2022-02-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Well they've got an easy answer for that. If you disagree with their warmongering propaganda, they call you a Russian agent engaged in hybrid warfare against your own country.

See how this works? See how once you let the war monster out, it never goes back in the cage? They're used to war now. It's the normal state of affairs. Being at peace is weird and unsettling. Anyone who's against war can be smeared as being on the side of the enemy. And people were calling for a new war with Iran just yesterday.

Posted by Sheter the Lesser9291 2022-02-07 01:39|| 2022-02-07 01:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I call BS. Why now? What's the urgency? When has Putin ever behaved in ways predicted by western intelligence agencies?

Occam would say this is just fearmongering to push Lindsay G~~hey~~raham et al to make noises about The Mother Of All Sanctions -- as a transparent bargaining chip for the inevitable negotiated agreement.

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-07 01:43|| 2022-02-07 01:43|| Front Page Top

#3 And note the start date of this war. Early in the year - the Nazis waited to invade Russia until June, which was their undoing. Six months to take Moscow wasn't enough, but we'll have nine months. Plus we are a lot closer, from NATO territory in Estonia it's only about 200 miles to Moscow.

Of course, we can count on the Pentagon to screw everything up and turn it into a multi-year quagmire with massive losses and new expansions to Arlington cemetery. But that's OK - there will be massive destruction of gold-plated armaments in this new war - all of which will require replacement in the shortest possible time! It will be Christmas in summer for the military-industrial complex.

Posted by Sheter the Lesser9291 2022-02-07 01:45|| 2022-02-07 01:45|| Front Page Top

#4 NYT and WP have long become yellow press

Sure.
I line my dog kennels with'em.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-07 02:26|| 2022-02-07 02:26|| Front Page Top

#5 "They long have turned into an analogue of the yellow press. Anything is printed, any articles, without any reliance on facts, with sheer fabrications," Rogulev noted.

...CHASY OSTANOVILIS', and all that...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-02-07 06:50|| 2022-02-07 06:50|| Front Page Top

#6 And note the start date of this war. Early in the year - the Nazis waited to invade Russia until June, which was their undoing. Six months to take Moscow wasn't enough, but we'll have nine months. Plus we are a lot closer, from NATO territory in Estonia it's only about 200 miles to Moscow.

A good deal of the hysteria concerning Russia is weather and the ground conditions.

The ground in Ukraine is frozen, hard enough to support heavy vehicles, so that will be the perfect time for Putin to attack and take over Ukraine in three days.

Once the spring thaw begins, the hysteria will quiet some until the summer. Then it will start all over again.

And the Russian general staff will be screwing with the west with their deployments/exercises until it gets its guarantees.

Just my two kopeks.

Posted by badanov 2022-02-07 07:08|| 2022-02-07 07:08|| Front Page Top

#7 NYT - Pravda on the Hudson
WP - Izvestia on the Potomac

Both loyal party organs

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-07 07:25|| 2022-02-07 07:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Dunno. WaPo had an article the other day praising Cincinnati chili...

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-02-07 07:46|| 2022-02-07 07:46|| Front Page Top

#9 AP - TACC (TASS)

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-02-07 07:55|| 2022-02-07 07:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Anything is printed, any articles, without any reliance on facts, with sheer fabrications," Rogulev noted.

But their suppression of actual news is far more dangerous. "Laptop? What laptop?

Posted by Matt 2022-02-07 09:15|| 2022-02-07 09:15|| Front Page Top

#11 They are so bad now, my parakeets are refusing to crap on them.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-02-07 10:07|| 2022-02-07 10:07|| Front Page Top

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