US/NATO War on Russia

[David Guyatt]

Re Russia supporting the separatists with weapons, supplies and soldiers -- you would think "by the unofficial rules of the game of international geopolitics" this would be fair. But fair ain't part of the unofficial rules of the US. Anything goes these days, including the old adage "do as I say not what I do."

The entire Ukrainian affair is a open case study of how America and we Brits play the world and it's own citizens using the most blatant and appalling propaganda --- which we all continue to incorrectly call "news".

As I keep saying the Muslim threat was waning, so time for a new nasty ol' Commie threat to reemerge.

Welcome back David. Trust you had a good break.

I actually watched the BBC news on Ukraine last night in full. It was quite an extended piece in light of the UNSC meeting and the latest evidence-free accusations against Russia. I'm pretty long-in-the-tooth about these things by now but I really could not believe what I was hearing and watching - maps, 'experts', 'NATO Spokesman says' and all.

I've probably been following events in Ukraine as closely as anyone these past 6 months or so and can say with 100% confidence that that news piece was so utterly and cleverly deceptive - and downright false in the overall impressions conveyed - that it MUST have been put together by a special unit dedicated to pure deception where important geo-political matters are to be reported on. If the first casualty of war is truth then, on the evidence of BBC reporting on Russia and Israel, we are at war.

I considered another complaint to the BBC but I know that the only thing it will achieve is to get my card further marked by you-know-who. That's not a cop-out either because frankly I couldn't give a toss about the content of my 'security services' file. It's just that there are (hopefully) more effective ways to spend my time.

Thanks Peter. We had a very enjoyable time away, thanks.

I've been watching the BBC news on the Ukraine situation this last 6 weeks and had to switch to RT and France 24 to try and get some sort of balance. There always was some sort of Foreign Office propaganda unit that handled these sorts of things, as I recall. I think Colin Wallace discussed it in his book (might be getting conflated with LOBSTER however?)

Anyway, I agree entirely. UK news is completely beyond the pale these days, as proved by all the hype to get rid of the police commissioner in the Rotherham paedo case --- which has been a brilliant media deflection, as no one is asking why councillors, council official, police or social services are not being arrested and tried in what has been a clear case of massive child sex trafficking (1,400 incidents) with what can only be described as an organised criminal group. The corruption involved must've been massive. But all we get is the police commissioner resigning from the Labour Party but refusing to resign from his job amidst calls for him to do so. It's beyond sick.