Posted on 04/24/2014 6:26:03 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Russia has begun extensive military exercises on its Ukrainian border following the escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine.
“The order to use force against civilians has already been given, and if this military machine is not stopped, the amount of casualties will only grow,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said during an official meeting in Moscow.
“We are forced to react to the situation.”
Shoigu said that the drills involve march and deployment exercises by forces in the southern and western military districts, and separate Air Force maneuvers.
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And the Kyiv Post isn’t the same for Ukraine?
And submit to the freedom-loving Putin? I hope Ukrainians will stand against ALL oppressors including Putin.
We need to remember that although we detest Obama, we love America and should not believe lies that feed into our anger.
You don’t think American news media is propaganda ?
What do you know about the Washington Post ?
All media everywhere need to be used carefully. If the Kyiv Post, for example, reports that a government official said something, it is just that: a report that someone said something. Insofar as that constitutes a piece of information, it’s valuable. A separate question is whether it’s a true statement.
American trades with Russia to the tune of BILLIONS.
Would you say the Chinese regime is repressive, or a wonderful republic ?
Do I have to tell you how much we trade with them ?
These “enemies” of the US...
are only mentioned by the “conservative” media and pundits WHEN THEY WANT THE CONSERVATIVE SHEEPLE TO SUPPORT A NEW WAR.
Do they give a rats behind about conservatives other than that ?
No, they sell us down the river to every police state, statist, communist scheme the US government puts in place over the people of America.
So I WILL NEVER BE CONVINCED that the people calling for attacking Russia and HELPING THE POOR UKRAINIANS JOIN THE EU don’t have enslavement of the Ukrainians in mind. They don’t want to free them from Russia, they want to enslave them to the EU.
Ukraine ALREADY trades - billions worth - with BOTH EU and Russia.
So this is NOT about trade.
The EU is simply slowly, methodically GROWING.
Even a hick American like me can read this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_union
and see that IT JUST KEEPS GROWING, ABSORBING SMALL COUNTRIES.
DUHH..... I WONDER WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
I may be dumb but I ain’t stupid.
Let the Ukrainians keep trading with Russia and the EU.
If the EU can’t absorb them, tough.
If Ukraine is smart, they will stop their government from BORROWING MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
Eventually, it gets to $18 trillion.
Then, you’re screwed.
Opposing Putin's czarist lust is not equal to supporting American globalism. The bad guys deserve to get punched in the nose. Those who won't do it are cowards.
The Guardian points to this live blog with photos and video. The Institute of Modern Russia is a think tank with HQ in US.
I’ve been following the Interpreter live blog since the overthrow.
“The Diplomat”, and Al-Jezeera also have updated live blogs going.
I’ve never seen anyone develop that argument: Russia Today is “ok” because of the Washington Post? How come no one ever argues that the Washington Post is “ok” because of Russia Today?
3 #Russian helicopters violated #Ukraine airspace in Luhansk today, says P. Poroshenko (MP and President Candidate) http://censor.net.ua/n282546
Oops. Bad map.
Kyiv Post: Chief editor of Russia Today tweets “Ukraine. R.I.P.”
https://twitter.com/KyivPost/status/459391452930641920/photo/1
“Chief editor of Russia Today tweets “Ukraine. R.I.P.””
What does she know, that isn’t public yet???
The Ukraine should just lay back and enjoy it?
Right, you didn’t. Because I never said RT is “ok” because of WaPo.
I was simply noting that unfortunately American news is propaganda just as much as RT is.
A pot vs. kettle thing.
So if we’re eliminating posting sources that frequently include deception and propaganda in them, we’d have a fairly empty FR. If I’m going to dismiss RT because they’ve printed deceptions, I’d have to dismiss just about every news outlet, because most of them attempt to deceive.
Even though there are printed deceptions, there may also be true facts and assertions mixed in news articles.
Personally (and I believe most people do this), instead of ignoring all but some precious few “favored” news sources, I read stories in WaPo if they come up in my searches. If I find interesting facts and assertions, I will from time to time post links to WaPo articles.
I don’t dismiss every single word they print as untrue, even though I know they have a history deception.
I go through the articles I may come across and see what facts they purport, go and try to independently verify those purported facts from another source, then try to deduce whether I think the purported facts are true or not.
They may make assertions; same thing, compare and contrast with other sources, do some logical analysis.
One simply does not prove an assertion or claim false by claiming that the source always tells falsehoods.
Her fault for dressing provocatively.
Has someone woken the EU yet?
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