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Another Inconvenient Truth about #Ukraine leadership!

“What Rodrigo said—Where is the journalism in the US reporting on this?!” | 42l - nitter https://nitter.42l.fr/SDAllenToronto/status/1503011518144819201#m

#Iraq FYI: Iranian precise missile attacks on Israeli secret places in #Erbil + Video – Islamic World News

https://english.iswnews.com/23096/iranian-precise-missile-attacks-on-israeli-secret-places-in-erbil-video/

#geopolitics Good backgrounder

https://tomdispatch.com/the-geopolitics-of-the-ukraine-war/

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#SocialMedia #CrowdTangle which is mentioned in this article has an extension (for link checking) available for Chrome browsers. Works on Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
https://www.platformer.news/p/everything-platforms-know-about-the?s=r

“McGovern spent 27 years as a CIA analyst, during which time he led the Soviet Foreign Policy Branch and prepared The President’s Daily Brief for three U.S. presidents. Months before the Iraq War, the former intelligence analyst joined a group of his peers to ward against the “insanity” of war, creating the group Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). Now, as news of the war in Ukraine fills American media, McGovern has attempted to call for sanity once more.”

https://scheerpost.com/2022/03/11/ray-mcgovern-what-role-has-the-u-s-played-in-the-ukraine-crisis/

Ukrainian forces, (wearing yellow armbands) destroy Russian armour from the roof of an apartment building. And the world wonders why Russians are hitting buildings?!
https://nitter.42l.fr/A7_Mirza/status/1501226624594841602#m

Oops! That maternity hospital that Russia bombed, wasn't an active hospital according to Russia. The “victim” was a Ukrainian Social Media Influencer.

As early as 1997, #Biden acknowledged that expansion into Eastern Europe would provoke a ‘vigorous and hostile reaction’ from Russia. It seems that since then, #NATO has been pretending not to understand this.

Sophia (@les_politiques): "Video report from @MuradGazdiev on @RT_com on the Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant. The plant is now secured by Russian troops and running. Western govs want to block access to this necessary journalism from the frontline. https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1501709426197032963?s=20&t=bBIJ7AxO_oUuoA5eHCL3Mw #Ukraine" | 42l - nitter https://nitter.42l.fr/les_politiques/status/1501713042908024832?cursor=LBkWhoCy2cqclNcpJQQRAAA%3D#r

#Propaganda ICYMI John was a CIA spook when he whistleblowed about the US government's torture campaign, post 9/11.

JOHN KIRIAKOU: I Work for Sputnik News – Consortium News https://consortiumnews.com/2022/03/09/john-kiriakou-i-work-for-sputnik-news/

A good read.

In war, there are no "worthy" or "unworthy" victims: That's how we justify our crimes | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2022/03/08/in-war-there-are-no-worthy-or-unworthy-victims-thats-how-we-justify-our/

Up until just recently, friends of the US propaganda were saying this was a conspiracy theory. Guess what?!

**Victoria Nuland: #Ukraine Has "Biological Research Facilities," Worried Russia May Seize Them** https://greenwald.substack.com/p/victoria-nuland-ukraine-has-biological