The Washington Post and POLITICO.com are among the foremost albeit generic Democrat propaganda outlets.
During the Trump
Presidency, both organizations breathlessly and relentlessly amplified the
Trump-Russia hoax, while
comparing President Trump to authoritarians and fascists or
claiming he had ‘design taste of dictators’
Despite Biden occupying
the White House, they still cover “never-issued
Trump order that would have seized voting machines” and claim the legal walls are closing in around Trump.
However, in recent times, both outlets are focused on a potential armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
POLITICO.com has articles with headlines such as “Should the
U.S. rattle Putin’s
cage?” and ‘Psaki:
‘Russia could at any point launch an attack in Ukraine.’’
POLITICO.com is accessible to all without a subscription.
POLITICO's newspaper is available for free in Washington.
So who pays for employee
salaries, the infrastructure, and maintenance?
They have web adverts, but
is there any other source of funding?
Most of the articles on POLITICO.com that were justifying war with Russia
have something distinctive that was noticed by Tucker Carlson.
Between the main body
of the article and the author's name is the caption “Presented by Lockheed Martin”.
Who is Lockheed Martin?
It is an arms and defense corporation based in the US.
This is adept wordsmithing, they know that ‘Sponsored by Lockheed Martin’ or ‘Paid by Lockheed Martin’ is too blatant, they do not want to boast about their paid promotional activities. Hence they keep it vague with the word ‘Presented’.
Next to the article is a
web advert, clicking on which leads you to the official
website for F-35. F-35 are Lockheed
Martin’s stealth combat aircraft.
POLITICO.com may be biased but it must be
commended for fully disclosing its ties with Lockheed Martin.
Not every outlet is upfront about its conflict of interest.
The Post carried an
article with the headline “Biden must show that the U.S. stands ready to support
Ukraine, militarily if necessary”
The article laments the
US’s failure “to deter Russia across four administrations, beginning with its
invasion of Georgia in 2008, its seizure of Crimea and the Donbas region of
eastern Ukraine in 2014, its intervention in the Syrian civil war in 2015”
It also cites the
disproved “(Russian) interference in the
U.S. presidential elections in 2016 and 2020”.
It ends with “If Putin
succeeds in conquering Ukraine and the United States does not respond
forcefully, the Biden presidency will surely be limited to one term.”
In other words, guarding the Ukraine-Russia border ranks high in the minds of US voters.
The piece was authored by
Michael G. Vickers, whom the Washington Post describes as “a former Special
Forces officer and CIA operations officer, served as assistant secretary of
defense for special operations, low-intensity conflict and interdependent
capabilities (2007-2011) and undersecretary of defense for intelligence
(2011-2015).”
You would think that Vickers opted
for retirement after 2015. That is not the case. In December 2015, Vickers
was appointed to the board of BAE Systems, Inc.
BAE Systems is multinational arms and security firm.
It is the largest defense contractor in Europe and ranked the seventh-largest
in the world based on 2021 revenues.
However unlike, POLITICO.com. the Washington Post didn’t care
to disclose Vickers’s links to an arms manufacturer.
We hence have articles appearing in different publications pushing
for armed conflict where the ‘presenters’ and authors stand to profit from the war.
Perhaps a thorough background verification may cause the
discovery of similar links among politicians, defense experts, and columnists who
are sowing seeds for war.
The warmongers are relying on the lack of curiosity on the
part of casual news consumers to push their propaganda. Even if their ties are
discovered, they think the public can do nothing to deter them.
But war with Russia is different.
Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria were third-world countries with no retaliatory capabilities, US armed forces were able to
prevail upon them in a matter of weeks.
Russia is a different proposition, they have a strong military
and arms capability which they will be justified in using if they sense a
threat to their existence. They are armed with nuclear weapons.
Should the protection of the Russia-Ukraine border be such a high priority for the US when the US is suffering under Biden?
Inflation is at a 39 year
high,
the supply
chain crisis is causing a shortage of basic commodities,
there is a resurgence of Covid-19 cases and
deaths, there
is a crime
wave
and finally, the open borders are causing an influx
of illegal aliens.
Also, a war at such a juncture will add to the inflation, hurt an already fragile economy.
An armed conflict will lead to losses of lives of armed personnel and
civilians living in nearby areas. Matters could be considerably worse if there
is a global
conflict.
It has to be remembered that Biden empowered Russia by shutting the Keystone Pipeline and waiving off sanctions on Nord Stream, Russia’s state-owned energy company subsidiary. This has increased European dependence on Russian gas. Hence either war or even sanctions on Russian gas could skyrocket global gas prices.
The Kremlin has said he wants to avoid
raising tensions over Ukraine. There have been talks between the US and Russian officials.
But the warmongers seem unphased. They stand to profiteer in
order of billions of dollars should there be a conflict.
We are thus reminded of President Eisenhower’s final
address to the nation when he issued the following stark warning
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the
acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial complex,” he warned. “The potential for the disastrous rise
of misplaced power exists, and will persist.”
Those were the early 1960s.
We now have a Media-Military-Industrial complex, that has a
global presence.
This is an unholy alliance of the myriad branches of
worldwide government, arms dealers, mercenaries, and the news media. This coalition profiteers from wars, hence they persuade
governments to enter into wars and then to protract the conflicts in
perpetuity.
President Trump wisely refused to enter into optional conflicts hence these warmongers are ravenous for some fresh action. They are
hoping to deceive clueless Biden into the conflict.
The Democrats and their media allies probably think that a war
will serve as a distraction from their abominable record for misgovernance.
So what can you do about this?
Do not think you are powerless.
Call your representative and Senator to make it loud and clear
that you are vehemently against this war.
Emphasize that you will vote them out or have them primary if
they justify or approve or vote a war.
This insanity has to stop!
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