In recent weeks, US officials, including President Biden, claimed that Russia was considering using chemical weapons in Ukraine. But three US officials told NBC News this week that there is no evidence Russia had moved any chemical weapons near Ukraine and that the claims were part of an information war against Moscow.
The US officials said that the Biden administration has been sharing declassified intelligence that wasn’t “rock solid.” The NBC report said that multiple US officials acknowledged that the US has used information as a weapon against Russia “even when confidence in the accuracy of the information wasn’t high.”
The report said the US has used “low confidence” information, like the chemical weapons claims, as a “deterrent effect.” One official told NBC that by sharing the information, the US is just “trying to get inside Putin’s head.”
Another example of the US sharing bad intelligence is the claim that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about the war in Ukraine, which first surfaced in media reports last week. Two US officials told NBC that the intelligence about Putin’s inner circle lying to him “wasn’t conclusive” and was “based more on analysis than hard evidence.”
In another deceptive intelligence release, the US said Russia would view providing MiG fighter jets to Ukraine as escalatory, which bolstered the Pentagon’s position not to transfer the planes to Kyiv. But two US officials said that was also true for Stinger missiles, which the US and its allies have given to the Ukrainians.
A European official and two US officials said that the claim that Russia asked China for military help “lacked hard evidence.” Both Beijing and Moscow strongly denied the claim after it spread through Western media.
The NBC report said that by declassifying so much intelligence, the Biden administration was able to publicly predict Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But during the lead-up to the invasion and since, Western media reports have been full of other unsubstantiated claims about Russia and Ukraine.
Or in plain English – Washington lies because it can’t handle the truth.
Yes, but actually they also lie because they know almost no one cares. Actually, it’s worse. As Caitlin Johnstone put it in response to this, this information is not some kind of leak or anything: this is a news release.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/04/07/us-officials-admit-theyre-literally-just-lying-to-the-public-about-russia/
They WANT us to know they are lying to us. Because they realize that a great majority of people prefer to be told lies that conform to what they want to think about the world than to know the truth. This is really dangerous now. They are test marketing this … are the public so passive and disillusioned that all they want is the blue pill, constant refrains about the “free world” and “democracy” bolstered by useful lies? If so, we are truly done as a civilization.
Before we all forget to answer your question, the answer is yes. The answer was yes when I first read Justin Raimondo in 1999. The answer was yes when the movie Wag the Dog was released in 1997.
Side note: The novel American Hero, on which Wag the Dog is based, is far better than the movie. If you haven’t read it, give it a look.
Good post, and I would have to say yes, we are done.
Here is an interesting look at how Washington planned to destabilize Russia:
https://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2022/03/washingtons-playbook-for-destabilizing.html
Washington seems to have failed to grasp the concept that we are no longer living in a unipolar world.
What? The US government is sharing intelligence with the media that isn’t “rock solid”? That’s a first, right?
And one wonders how Ray McGovern feels about DCIA Burns now? It appears there’s not one honest man in the entire vast US national security service. They all know better, but, were willing to assist at provoking this bloody thing, and now continue it with a false narrative. A measure of the corruption in the apparatus of The Empire.
The sad thing is that it seems to work as most people react on the narrative with the media pushing the emotional angle and these same people won’t take the time to do the necessary research to get the big picture of the facts concerning the conflict.
This is nothing new. The Empire of Lies — lies. Incubator babies, weapons of mass destuction, vials of threatening H2O Colun Powel brandished in UN, real chemical weapons given to “friends” to destroy our enemies, and fake “attacks” in Syria. Mass graves, mass rapes — cried iver when nonexistent, and stone cold indifference when victims are not worthy in out opinion.
This is NOTHING bmnew to Russia, but it is clearly aimed at ever gullable Americans. All people around me in a presumably intelligent, educated, liberal Washington crowd — are all hyperventilating in horror over “Putin’s war”.
No need to worry about “low” confidence, or other verbage of deception.
The real question is — is there any institution left that ine can have a confidence in.
“With Russia’s war in Ukraine about to enter its eighth week, the U.S. Senate has passed a bill to establish a new military assistance mechanism for Ukraine similar to the World War II Lend-Lease program. If this becomes law, it could lead to a dramatic increase in what has already been a steady flow of weapons, ammunition, and other materiel from the U.S. government to its Ukrainian counterparts.
Ukrainian officials have been asking the United States and other countries to send more and more aid as the tenor of the conflict has changed in recent weeks. Russia’s military has now very clearly pulled forces out of areas in the northern end of the country and is redoubling its attention on objectives further to the east and south. In turn, Ukrainian forces have now been able to liberate significant portions of the country and continue to not only resist Russian advances elsewhere, but counterattack on multiple fronts.
Separately, the United Nations’ General Assembly voted to kick Russia off of the body’s Human Rights Council over the conflict. Only 24 countries voted against the resolution, with another 58 abstaining, underscoring how isolated the Kremlin has become as a result of the war.“
The US was able to public predict Russia’s invasion because it had closed the door on negotiation with Russia. Thus, the only way forward for Russia was the military option.
Apes!
Biden busted again…!
Like this is news. Absolutely nothing that comes out of Washington and its MSM stenographers, presenters, and pundits is credible. And latterly the tactic has been accusing Russia/Putin of crimes they themselves are committing, viz “chemical weapons”.
In this regard, except they are working for the super-rich, they are the Leninists.
Obviously the CIA has spies in the Kremlin? Or is it tapped communications? How else would they know these things? I get chemical weapons chatter but how would you know what Putin is being told but know it with just “low confidence.”
Biden wasn’t interested to negotiate peace proactively before the invasion because war was necessary to facilitate his planned food shortages. By Qtr3 shelves will be alarmingly empty. In order to evenly distribute food people will be given electronic tracking/rationing tied to CBDCs. Zalensky has already pioneered this system in the Ukraine over multiple covid protocols. This war isn’t about the Ukraine joining NATO. It’s about central bankers ushering in an entirely new world monetary system.
It was not Moscow that wanted this war, but Kiev and their US/NATO clown masters. President Zelensky deliberately put his people in danger and bears sole responsibility for what they are enduring today. Eventually all the people of Ukraine will understand this.
According to the US State Clown Department, sanctioning Putin’s daughters and Lavrov’s daughter is “in their national interest.”
Well clutch my pearls!
I m aghast at the thought of it!
>>>>>>>-<<<<<<<<< " a long war" ? Poland wants a nuclear petard near the border to attack from NATO. It matters little what Poland throws across the border, it will embroil Europe in a nuclear holocaust. Zekenski says that Russia who is expert at killing terrorists that have tried to establish themselves in the Crimea and the Ukraine is committing a Holocaust killing Fascists in the region. NATO has normalized fascism by giving rights to any fascist group including Nazis and the Fascists that have a civil foothold fear genocide as accountability, as judgement. Joseph Smith's resolve to continue was to seek constitutional protection as a Religion. What will NATO DO? " a short decisive war"= a flood of an assault -and I don't think the Poles and Refugees in Poland have a say: It plays a significant role in killing an inordinate number of people there as a CONFERDERACY of fearsome nations with a plan to beat M.A.D. Let me rephrase that: The Genocide embroils ALL with radiation. The entire Old world Merovingian dynasty gets rubbed out by a coup, by successors who wrote themselves into the Royal line and Branch of Japheth, not Shem, the line or branch of Noah, the L o n g Branch, The Branch of the Messiah. A game of thrones, in winter. Many innocents in this M.A.D. but the EU is as good as gone because the Wicked want the plumb of Jerusalem: to build a temple. What happens in Jerusalem? The northern confederacy of nations, or 'Gog/Magog' at some cruicial point pivot toward Jerusalem to where The rescued were delivered, to murder them. Russia and the Ukraine and the war is old hat at that point. How did they get there? It is the gathered global Hebrew Diaspora that went to where he hisses or calls for them to the 'hive', the safe place and they get there first class by those "who like doves fly to their windows", by the Horsemen and Chariot of Israel, the members of the Body of Christ. be one: do Romans 10:9 THAT IS GENOCIDE.
Zelenski went to address the Greek parliament with two Azov escorts. So the Greek Government allowed neo-nazi’s into their parliament. This is an utter disgrace.
“based more on analysis than hard evidence.”
“based more on wishful thinking than hard evidence.”
FTFY
(But even this isn’t really what’s going on here. As always, the Neocons are following a script. They aren’t constrained by any silly notion of honorable behavior, or any — laughable — dedication to truth. They are entirely “transactional”. They say whatever serves to get them to their desired result.)
This ain’t just Uke folks:
Amazon to ban the word “union” on its new worker chat app, per internal company documents leaked to me.
Other banned terms include “living wage,” “slave labor,” “harassment” and “restrooms”
Ken Klippenstein
@kenklippenstein
·Apr 4
Its a clown world, total circus. The “Empire of Hate and Lies” is a threat to us all. We are nothing but slaves and cannon fodder.
Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is preparing to send 30 terrorists of Horas al-Din, who were recently released from its prisons in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, to Ukraine.
Both international terrorism and neo nazi’s are NATO aligned trained and controlled forces. Its a war on all of us. Look at Hungary who voted in Orban in a landslide and the EU are going to punish them for not being democratic. What a joke it has become, a total clown world.
Moscow in Ukraine struck first as Moscow had warned. This should be a stark warning to all Westerners that if our governments start positioning for a war against Moscow/China/Iran etc etc Moscow will strike first.
So it’s a case of “Hey, we never lied before, but we’re lying now, OK? It’s for a good cause!” LOL Is it any wonder no one anywhere in the world except the moronic US believes anything the US says?
I’ve been saying it for a few years now: ’tis the age of fraud. Kid rock (can’t play a musical instrument), Donald Trump, Spectrum mobile phone plans, credit card plans, drug prices, Prevagen, virtually any TV advertisement, virtually any Youtube advertisement… There is no truth left anywhere in Washington, politics, business, advertising, the war in Ukraine… We are constantly bombarded by misinformation and scams. When you try to point this out in most forums, you are mindlessly attacked. The only defense for it is tuning it out.
It’s my hope–actually a fantasy–that someday when the Ukraine war is all over, the truth will come out and people in Washington and the msm will be held accountable for their lies. They will lose their jobs and their careers, their fancy penthouse apartments, etc. Like I said–a fantasy.
In Mariupol Azov fighters and other NATO backed units of the AFU are divided into three groups, which are blocked at the Azovstal, the Ilyich plant, and the seaport area. The main battles in the central part of the city are over.
Persistent rumours that the Russian army surrounded/captured U.S Major (lieutenant?) General Roger L. Cloutier Jr. Africa Command HQ Chief of Staff is in the besieged Ukrainian Azov camp in Mariupol.
Currently, Russian artillery and the Aerospace Forces are pounding the shelters and firing points of Azov militants and NATO. Assault units of the DPR People’s Militia and the Armed Forces of Russia, including Chechen soldiers of the regiment, have already entered the territory of Azovstal. Russian aircraft and tanks support the assault.
Two more helicopters attempted to evacuate foreign NATO operatives from Mariupol and were shot down, They were sent on a suicide mission, why?
The best evidence of the “persistent rumors” being just that is that no official Russian source has made any such claim.
If the Russians captured a US general in the Ukrainian theater of operations, they would claim it, prove it, and issue a stern public demand for an explanation.
Two more helicopters attempted to evacuate foreign NATO operatives from Mariupol and were shot down, They were sent on a suicide mission, why?
You are right there is no official comment from Moscow. Again rumour but i am hearing that the Azov Banderites have held NATO operatives hostages there (ie one us General and 30 odd NATO troops), Macron is in a panic and negotiating with Putin to allow extraction. Macron has an election coming up.
Moscow allowed extractions in Syria to occur on multiple occassions. The gloves in Ukraine are off, Russia and NATO are at war.
I’ve heard about this story and at first thought it to be some exaggeration if not fantasy. Now it makes perfect sense and I know that all of your comments are strictly fact-based.
Thank You for your strictly realistic postings and always accurate fact sharing.
You have no idea what you’re talking about. First. Russians would covertly demand heavy concessions (really heavy in this case) from the US and the Eurofags, that’s probably going on as we speak. If those are satisfactory they’ll be handed over.
Second: if not. The big catch will be announced with all its int.consequences and they’ll be paraded and prosecuted in the war crimes tribunal set to start in June.
BTW. Not only a US big shot, there are reportedly 4 others, from England, France, some other EU country and Sweden who are negotiating for a safe passage. According to G.Galloway apart from those latest helicopters shoot down, a foreign boat on the same mission was also sunk outside Mariupol. Somebody is really desperate right now….
Well, you are certainly an eminent expert in not having any idea what one is talking about, so I’ll take your claims to heart with that in mind.
The good news of being skeptic after being lied to so many times is that you won’t have to accept anything face value coming from DC until it actually happens.
They’re lying and you can take their word for it.
Excellent info:
“In recent weeks, US officials, including President Biden, claimed that Russia was considering using chemical weapons in Ukraine. But three US officials told NBC News this week that there is no evidence Russia had moved any chemical weapons near Ukraine and that the claims were part of an information war against Moscow.
The US officials said that the Biden administration has been sharing declassified intelligence that wasn’t “rock solid.” The NBC report said that multiple US officials acknowledged that the US has used information as a weapon against Russia “even when confidence in the accuracy of the information wasn’t high.”
The report said the US has used “low confidence” information, like the chemical weapons claims, as a “deterrent effect.” One official told NBC that by sharing the information, the US is just “trying to get inside Putin’s head.”
Another example of the US sharing bad intelligence is the claim that Putin is being misinformed by his advisors about the war in Ukraine, which first surfaced in media reports last week. Two US officials told NBC that the intelligence about Putin’s inner circle lying to him “wasn’t conclusive” and was “based more on analysis than hard evidence.””