After that video, watch this one: click
Now, do you still like information warfare (IW)?
Now the reverting of prior logic begins
19. Februar 2022
Prior logic: Russia will stage false flag attacks, to rectify an invasion of Ukraine.
Current logic: Pro russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have seeded videos on social media networks citing riot like conditions to rectify a general mobilization of their forces, that were created two days before those conditions broke out, as indicated by metadata.
So russian military is still at the borders, false flag is not used as official reasoning to enter a war. Russia will support pro russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, and use the credible threat of force to advance military goals to generate political outcomes using separatists and, at this time, likely also covert operations, but not their military in an official capacity.
Practically the same as “Russia will invade the Ukraine using crisis actors as a pretext”. Just not in scope, intensity - and also ultimately not provable to a large extent.
As a result germanys position has become to urge russia to use its influence on separatist groups to deescalate the situation, not a general push to trigger sanctions.
The political decision makers understand the difference. For as long as it is possible.
The general public is pushed to celebrate “US intelligence reports were correct”, despite - them not having been used as a pretext for war.
Fun how that works.
The nuances of not going to war.
Reinventing Czechias, Lituhanias and Slovakias Democratic Image
17. Februar 2022
By GLOBSEC Policy Institute, AMO, Freedom House Lithuania, and the GMFUS.
Good to know that not only China is buying influence by courting smaller countries within the EU (*wave bundle of cash emoji*) for political motives. Just throw in the word democracy about 200 times and you should be fine.
Keep Germany down
17. Februar 2022
Sh*t, a former US ambassador is not on message.
Better not report any of it in the mainstream of western media. Better not ask him to comment. Better make up talking points (to be used in polit talkshows), that the issue started in the early nineties. Better finance thinktanks and entire institutes fully. Better push for statements of non german politicians about germanys politics, and take over the media circuit to make the inquiry “if germany is not in line with US announcements” an accusation and the most pressing issue over the past week.
Better go with western propaganda.
Matlock has taught diplomacy at Duke University, Princeton University, Columbia University and Hamilton College. In a 1997 interview, Matlock offers some advice to prospective diplomats: have an optimistic nature, get a liberal education, do not expect to change the world, know the country, know your own country, faithfully represent your government, find the mutual interests, and remember that timing is everything.[13]
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Since leaving government service, Matlock has occasionally joined with other experts to criticize U.S. foreign policy. On June 26, 1997, he signed an Open Letter to President Bill Clinton criticizing plans for NATO expansion.[60] His reason for opposition, as given in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was his belief that NATO expansion would preclude significant nuclear arms reduction with Russia, and consequently increase the risk of a nuclear attack by terrorists.[61]
Matlock drew the ire of many Republicans during the 2004 presidential election campaign when he signed the Official Statement of Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change, which criticized the policies of President George W. Bush and endorsed Senator John Kerry for president.[62]
On Jan 4, 2007, Matlock joined with George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn to advocate a goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.[63] On 23 September 2008 after a two-day conference at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he joined several other former ambassadors to issue a joint statement on how Russia and the United States might move forward in their relations.[64] He has endorsed the Global Zero Initiative, a plan to eliminate all nuclear weapons by 2030.[65] Matlock has also signed an open letter of May 13, 2011 asking the implementors of the New START treaty between the U.S. Russia to make public the locations and aggregate numbers of nuclear weapons, in order to promote transparency and reduce mistrust.[66][67]
On Jan 18, 2011 he co-signed an open letter to President Obama urging a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied territory.[68]
Matlock has been openly critical of the American mass media’s coverage of the Ukraine crisis. On Jan 26, 2022 he published an review of Richard Sakwa’s article “Whisper it, but Putin has a point in Ukraine” on his personal blog, stating agreement that Russia desires a neutral Ukraine and pushing back against claims that Russia seeks to annex Ukraine.[69] On Feb 15, 2022, he published an op-ed in Antiwar.com, questioning the validity of the media narrative around the current state of Russia–Ukraine relations, stating “Maybe I am wrong – tragically wrong – but I cannot dismiss the suspicion that we are witnessing an elaborate charade, grossly magnified by prominent elements of the American media, to serve a domestic political end.”[70]
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Nord Stream 2 will not become operational if Russia attacks Ukraine
15. Februar 2022
Josep Borrell says it’s ‘quite reasonable and quite clear’ that controversial pipeline would be stopped in event of a Russian invasion.
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Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today program about potential sanctions on Russia, Borrell said it was “quite reasonable and quite clear” that Nord Stream 2 “will not” be allowed to operate in the event of a Russian strike.
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Without words.
