The Propaganda Machine in High Gear: Did the Russians Really Just Invade Ukraine?

Last week, the spokesman for the Ukrainian military had a dire announcement to make. Russia had just invaded Eastern Ukraine with dozens of tanks, howitzers, and trucks carrying ammunition and soldiers. It appears that Russia is done negotiating, and is prepared to take Eastern Ukraine by force, global opinion be damned.

Or are they?

This wouldn't be the first time that Ukraine and the Western media have cried wolf. They seem to claim the Russians are invading whenever negotiations aren't going their way. While it wouldn't be surprising if it turned out that Russia is supplying and training the rebels in Donetsk, it would be highly unlikely for them to engage in a full scale invasion at this time.
 
More importantly, there isn't any solid evidence to support these claims. According to retired German General Harald Kujat, the Ukrainian government is lying through its teeth. He had this to say:

It's lot of speculation. Proof of Russia's involvement with regular force has not come to my attention so far.

For example, the announcement of the Ukrainian President that 23 Russian armed vehicles have been destroyed on Ukrainian soil. There are no photos of surviving Russian soldiers nor of killed Russian soldiers.

We have been shown five satellite pictures as a proof that Russian Forces are in the Ukraine. Three of them were marked officially as "on Russian territory". Two of them are marked as "on Ukraine territory". The Russian pictures are marked with the exact location, while the Ukrainian ones have no mention of location and coordinates.

We have to be very careful about what the Ukraine and the West says.

So what makes this any different from all the other times that Ukraine has cried wolf? Well now, NATO is claiming that they've seen Russian columns pouring into Ukraine

"Across the last two days we have seen the same thing that OSCE is reporting. We have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems, and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine," he added.

He noted that NATO did "not have a good picture at this time of how many. We agree that there are multiple columns that we have seen."

So they don't have a “clear picture” and no physical evidence has surfaced to back up NATO's claims. How convenient. Somehow I doubt that you can sneak an army into one of the most contested regions on the planet without any news outlets capturing a picture of something incriminating. This of course, hasn't stopped the United States from jumping on the bandwagon.

Meanwhile, Russian ships are currently heading towards Australia, but are staying within international waters, and Russia has announced that they will now patrol the Gulf of Mexico with long range bombers. While this is somewhat alarming, everyone should know that this is Russia flexing its muscle, and showing what it's capable of. But if you listened to the media, they'd have you believe that we're about to about to see Russian paratroopers landing on our front door step any day now.

And of course, there is no outcry for the numerous U.S. military bases surrounding Russia, or when Naval ships park off the coast of China, or when drones are caught flying over Iran. American and NATO forces think they can do whatever they want, wherever they want, because they claim to be the sole advocates for peace and freedom around the world. If a country like Russia attempts to do the same, the Western news outlets claim that Russia is trying to start World War 3.

In reality, they are not advocates for peace and freedom. They are liars and imperialists who will stop at nothing to demonize and bully the Russians. If World War 3 is going to be started by anyone, then it will come from the West.

And if the Russians really are invading, please provide some actual proof. The gall it takes to claim that a non-existent army is invading a sovereign nation, in an age where almost every human being has a camera and a cell phone, boggles my mind. We're not as dumb as you think, NATO.

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Russia Moving Nukes Into Crimea, and America's Asinine Response

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Day after day, the scene in Ukraine seems to be looking more and more unstable. The brinksmanship of the Cold War appears to be making a comeback in Europe, as Russia asserts its claims over Ukraine. Recently, Putin has ordered the Russian military to begin moving tactical nuclear weapons into Crimea, as well as several Tu-22 nuclear armed bombers.

The event has U.S. lawmakers in an uproar, and NATO officials shaking in their boots (or at least that's how I imagine them). They're throwing around terms like “treaty violation” and “menacing threats to Europe”. Meanwhile, those same U.S. officials seem to be thinking in very obsolete terms.

“Locating nuclear weapons on the sovereign territory of another state without its permission is a devious and cynical action,” states the letter signed by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R., Calif.) and two subcommittee chairmen.

“It further positions Russian nuclear weapons closer to the heart of NATO, and it allows Russia to gain a military benefit from its seizure of Crimea, allowing Russia to profit from its action.”

They can't accept that the Crimea is no longer the sovereign territory of Ukraine. Whether the actions of the Russian government are right or wrong, is irrelevant. They've taken Crimea, a region that has belonged to Russia for longer than the U.S. has even existed, and the place is just lousy with ethnic Russians (who'd have thought?).

Russia is not giving it up. At least not without a fight. However, our government officials can't seem to wrap their minds around that. All they can do is frown and bluster “How dare they? Don't the Russians know that we're America? Don't they realize that we're unbeatable? That our whim is law?”

They don't care. The Russians don't respect posturing, least of all from us. And why should they? After decades of NATO encroachment into Eastern Europe, military encirclement with bases and missiles, U.S. backed color revolutions, and now sanctions, what should we expect them to do?

I'm not saying that Putin's government is the good guy here, but I am saying we shouldn't be surprised by their actions. It almost sounds like our government is the bully, doing everything he can to belittle someone else. When that someone finally starts fighting back, we run to the teacher and tattle. We call the U.N. and say “They can't do that! That's Ukrainian Territory! You can't invade another country whenever it suits you!” As if our government would never do such a thing.

To top it all off, the U.S. Government's reaction to Crimea has been downright schizophrenic.

In a related development, the Obama administration is funding non-official arms control talks with Russia through a Washington think-tank that are aimed at curbing U.S. tactical nuclear arms in Europe.

The first round of talks was held in Vienna Monday and Tuesday.

Critics say Obama administration arms control officials at the State Department and Pentagon are using the informal nuclear talks as groundwork for future tactical nuclear arms cuts.

Such cuts are likely to be opposed by NATO allies, especially in Eastern Europe, worried by growing Russian military threats to the continent.

After everything we've done to antagonize Russia, Obama is still busy trying to reduce our nuclear deterrent in Europe. It's like we're trying to goad them into war, while at the same time we're laying down our arms. No wonder the world has lost all respect for us. Our actions have all the makings of a crazy person. Our government has become nothing more than a heavily armed bully in a straightjacket.

Make no mistake, Russia is not in the right either. Putin is still a tyrannical oligarch, with delusional aspirations for a new Russian Empire. But, why have we spent the past two decades antagonizing that nuclear armed regime? How is any of this a good idea?

In short, it isn't. It's bad for Americans and it's bad for Russians. The fact that our nations are marching straight into a new cold war proves only one thing. We do not share the same interests as our government. Our institutions are run by power hungry madmen, willing to risk war if it will give them global supremacy. They'll drag us kicking and screaming into World War Three, whether we like it or not.

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