‘Animal Farm’ – again …

 

 

Today I am forced to delve deeply into the morass that is the MSM’s war propaganda.  While Sunak will present his budget later today, we find that only the Red Tops are keen on that subject while the Broadsheets are still fixated on that war in Ukraine, providing more hair-raising propaganda items. You can find the usual compilation of “what the papers say” here.

It was one particular report which forced me to wade into the morass, holding my nose. I’m going into the particulars because it is a prime example for how the propaganda ‘effort’ is being worked. It was the  headline in the DT’s print edition, that Russian Forces were ‘in retreat’, which made me take a closer look, not least because nowhere else did I find a report that Russian Armed Forces were ‘beaten back in several areas’.

In the DT’s online version, this surely important piece of news morphed into their ‘live blog’ which then linked to the original report. Here’s the headline:

 “Russians in retreat, blighted by frostbite and casualties, as Ukrainian troops regain key territory – Moscow’s forces suffer setbacks in areas including Makariv, near Kyiv, raising fears a desperate Vladimir Putin may turn to chemical weapons” (paywalled link)

It is utterly hilarious though to read that Russian soldiers can’t fight because they suffer from frostbite – in March, and not in Siberia but Central Europe. However, digging deeper into this piece of war porn demonstrates nicely why it was written (my emphasis):

“The Ukrainians deployed devastating hit-and-run tactics against enemy tanks, while some of the Kremlin’s ill-prepared forces suffered frostbite and could no longer fight, according to US officials. With Russian casualties mounting, Vladimir Putin has his “back against the wall”, according to Joe Biden, the US president, and could resort to using biological or chemical weapons. A former UK and Nato commander of chemical, biological and nuclear defence forces told The Telegraph that Putin was most likely to use chlorine gas.” (paywalled link)

This whole tale is based on what US officials say. They are clearly not at the Ukrainian front. One doesn’t need to be especially clever to note that this story has been crafted to hammer home the warning that Russia would use chemical attacks next. There’s more, and you really have to savour this paragraph to see why I shun our MSM because they are telling porkies:

“A senior US defence official said: “They [the Ukrainians] are now able and willing to take back territory the Russians have taken. It’s notable. Not only are the Ukrainians defending well, they’re making efforts to take back territory the Russians have taken in recent days. Some of their [Russia’s] soldiers are suffering from frostbite because they lack the appropriate cold weather gear. We don’t think they properly planned.” Russian troops were reportedly spotted wearing Ukrainian combat boots because they were superior. The Russians have also been putting carpets on top of their vehicles in an attempt to disguise them from Ukrainian drones.” (paywalled link)

They are really trying to hammer home the ‘frostbite’ meme, and they are going full out on the ‘chemical attack’ warning. Of course, a statement from Mr Z cannot be left out: “Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said his country was “on the brink” of surviving the war.” (paywalled link) even though, as reported elsewhere, Ukrainian Armed forces are running out of ammunition. Certainly nobody asks if that might not, conceivably, be a reason for Ukrainian forces to use chemical attacks.

To me, all these ‘warnings’ come under ‘projection’, i.e. accusing someone of going to do something which one is planning to do oneself. There are however the following statements which demonstrate that the whole report has one aim only – to prepare the ground for a chemical attack which will be blamed on Russia:

“However, a senior US defence official said Russia still retained nearly 90 per cent of the combat power it had initially assembled in Ukraine. Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, said: “This war will not end easily or rapidly.” […] A senior US defence official said there was no specific intelligence of an imminent chemical or biological attack, but added: “We certainly agree with the president’s assessment.” (paywalled link)

Yes, one must always agree with one’s president even if he talks bovine, round, dangling objects! Keep in mind that US defence officials have ‘no evidence’ for a Russian chemical attack. Keep in mind that the Russians still have ‘nearly 90%of their combat power’. Perhaps all those frost-bitten Russians are so effective because they hide under those carpets? Rounding up this ‘report’, this prime example of biased war propaganda, here’s the last paragraph:

“The US embassy in Kyiv said nearly 2,400 children had been ‘kidnapped’ from the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk and taken to Russia, citing the Ukrainian foreign ministry.” (paywalled link)

Let’s just recall that the US embassy in Kiev was evacuated even before the first bullets were fired. Let’s also recall that no Ukrainian official is in or near the Donbas regions either where fights have been going on for eight years. Let’s gasp though at the callous Russians, now ‘kidnapping children’ from a region still fought over. Ukrainians only ‘evacuate’ children and our MSM would splash those news across their front pages, tugging at our heartstrings.

To underline, thrice, why this report is propaganda pure and simple, you only have to see who wrote it. This didn’t come from intrepid war reporters ‘on the ground’ in war-torn Ukraine. It didn’t even come from Warsaw or, closer to the front, Lviv. No, it was written “By Nick Allen IN WASHINGTON and Danielle Sheridan,  DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT” (paywalled link)

And finally, to demonstrate that reports like this one, that the MSM fuel the hatred of all things Russian, here’s a report in RT (boo-hiss) on a poster apparently put up in London – check it out. Yes, that’s how low some of our oh-so tolerant people have sunk. Wasn’t there something about ‘hate speech’ in our legislation? Wasn’t there something about racism being unacceptable in our society? Apparently hate and racism are permitted and come under ‘free speech’ if addressed at Russia and Russians.

Our Westminster swamp dwellers have certainly learned that some animals are more equal …

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