Thing 1 and Thing 2; The Jacks of the Kremlin- Scott Ritter and Douglas MacGregor
April 26, 2022 by Ted Agens
https://afnn.us/2022/04/26/thing-1-and-thing-2-the-jacks-of-the-kremlin-scott-ritter-and-douglas-macgregor/
Just a quick essay on two men; one a former Army Colonel, Douglas MacGregor, the other a former USMC Major, Scott Ritter. Both of them had at one time enjoyed a much brighter spot in the media and military intelligentsia spotlight, but have fallen quite far due to their actions, statements and even criminal records.
Scott Ritter, who entered the Army as a Private, and then took an Oath as a commissioned Officer in the USMC, had about a 12 to 15 year career, mainly in the military intelligence field. This experience led him to advisory positions and even to a post as a UN weapons inspector in Iraq in the 1990’s.
For a time in the 90’s, his word on Iraq’s weapon’s programs led to decisions of consequence by American and other World leaders.
In 2003, however, he spoke out against the planned invasion of Iraq stating that Iraq had no WMD’s. A claim he was later proven to be correct about. This is something he has been using to “ride high” on ever since.
In 2009 though, Ritter took a hard fall. He was caught up in a “to catch a predator” type sting in Pennsylvania. In this, he engaged in both sexual discussion and then sexual behavior online (masturbating in front of a webcam) with a undercover police officer he thought was a 15 year old girl. He was convicted of a felony for this and served time in jail for it.
These days, he spends his time on many fringe social media sites and barely active YOUTUBE channels which are outlets for those of the QANON type. On them, he spreads Russian propaganda about Ukraine, about how NATO and the US plans on using Ukraine as a base for nuclear weapons to flatten Moscow with 5 minute flight time missiles, and how the US is building biological weapons in Uklraine and actively funding Neo Nazi groups there.
He can also be found on several dual use YT channels which have both QANON conspiracy videos and Russian propaganda and fake news in them. In the video linked below, he talks about the Javelin missile and how it is somehow not effective and that, apparently, all the pictures of destroyed Russian tanks by the Javelin system – aren’t?
Moreover, I find it extremely odd, given one of QANON core pillars being anti pedophila (‘pizza gate’, underage sex trafficking, adrenochrome clinics, etc) that those QANON people turn to Ritter’s expertise given his easily found record as a pedophile himself.
Scott Ritter “the Javelin missle myth.”
With Colonel MacGregor, he still seems to have some mainstream appeal, still having some appearances on FOX news with Tucker Carlson, though several other FOX news hosts have rejected him and his “predictions” on Ukraine on air as baseless and without merit.
Of course this from a man, who uses as his main claim to Military fame, as being “the man who planned and directed the Battle of 73 Easting” during Operation Desert Storm. Without going into detail, basically, that battle was not actually planned, but more or less ‘stumbled into’ as US units advanced as part of an overall plan.
A plan that was made at a level far higher than where MacGregor was assigned. Perhaps MacGregor suffers from envy as the man who is most notable for this battle is HR McMaster, who was in command of the Troop that led the engagement?
In the video linked below, he is being interviewed by a Far Left politician / YOUTUBER named Jackson Hinkle, a member of the American Democratic Socialist Party and a huge “Ukraine is full of NAZI’s and Putin will save the World” kind of guy.
In it, he dismisses the Russian defeat near Kyiv as a planned retreat, “they didn’t want Kyiv anyhow”. He sheds doubt on the Bucha massacre, he also suggests (as he does elsewhere, like on Tucker Carlson’s show) that Ukraine should surrender and bow to Putin.He also suggests that somehow, the US wants to position missiles in Ukraine that could “reach Moscow within a minute from being launched”.
Being a retired Field Artilleryman who more or less keeps up with things, I know of no ground based, surface to surface missile that could range Moscow from Ukrainian territory. Example: The ATACMS missile, fired by the M270 Self Propelled Launcher Loader of our MLRS system, has a range of around 300 kilometers The distance from Kharkiv, Ukraine to Moscow is around 750 kilometers.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor DEBUNKS Ukraine – Russia War Lies
Also of note is how both of these men are so popular in both the QANON world and the extreme Left of American Politics!. How all of the people we see interviewing them, in these videos and others they make, all have the same talking points we hear coming from the Kremlin on Ukraine; NAZI’s, Bioweapons, killing Russian speakers, an engineered Bioweapon based on “Russian DNA (what IS “Russian DNA” vs Ukrainian DNA?)carried by ducks”,NATO will attack Russia, etc.
ONE CAN ONLY BE LEFT TO SURMISE that both of these extreme and in opposition political sides are BEING INFORMED AND/OR DIRECTLY BY MOSCOW.
Another TELL of this is how nearly all of these YT activists, both Q and Left, use words. When pronouncing place names for example they make a point to use the Russian pronunciation over the Ukrainian one. ‘Kiev’ instead of ‘Kyiv’, ‘Chernigiv’ v ‘Chernihiv’, ‘Gostomel’ v ‘Hostomel’ and ‘Kharkov’ v ‘Kharkiv’. In the video, we can see MacGregor correct himself on this and switch to a Russian pronunciation.
These thoughts and discussions they are having are NOT opinions, I am sorry, they are just not.
Talk like this are for times of peace, not for times of war. Accept it or not, believe it or not, the US is at war with Russia.
We may not have our forces fighting engagements, but we are engaged economically, we are providing intel to Ukraine and of course, we are providing weapons.
Does either MacGregor or Ritter really want Urkaine to surrender so that US Forces DO end up in combat with Russians – in Ukraine? The Baltics? Poland? Better to defeat the Russian army and diminish their capacity for war elsewhere while they are in Ukraine.
These men both held Commissions as military officers, MacGregor retired and is still drawing ‘military pay’.
As such, he can be subjected to recall to active duty and to the UCMJ. It is my view that they should both be, at the very least, investigated and detained for questioning.
If they are saying as much as they are in PUBLIC about US weapons systems and capabilities, who knows what they may be saying in PRIVATE to Russia?
Especially the felon- Scott Ritter.
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If someone hasn’t already a compilation of all the “Ukraine has lost” predictions that Macgregor has made seemingly weekly should be. I admit I was following him in the beginning, he talks creditably and his record in the military gave him some credibility, but he is wrong on everything. Besides being wrong on all his predictions the most egregious are his Ukrainian casualties numbers which would have the Ukrainian military wiped out several times over. Similar to the Russian MOD numbers showing Ukrainian equipment loses several times more than they ever had.
Not sure what his deal is but I imagine there are many Swiss bank accounts in his “name”
As for Ritter, bird if the same feather.
None of us know the true numbers of loses on either side but their tales are arguably insane, and their motives for doing this very questionable
This is a lie.
Artillery shells were found with chemical agent on them. Yellowcake was found. Also GEN Franks commented on seeing a convoy heading towards Syria about 3 days before ODS. Wonder what they were transporting, hmmm?
MacGregor and Ritter.
Like so many bots, trolls, and wannabes they seek fame a few bucks and will say almost anything to gain attention.
They usually stop short of being demonetized by Youtube for they want every shekel they can glom.
Just a couple of shills, nothing more.
>>Being a retired Field Artilleryman who more or less keeps up with things, I know of no ground based, surface to surface missile that could range
Moscow from Ukrainian territory
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Tomahawk cruise missile.
Hypersonic cruise missiles