• PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    This time around it’s against Israeli occupation, in the backdrop of the looming defeat of the United States and NATO in the Ukraine War — presenting a spectacle of history repeating unabridged.

    How did they justify this statement? A press release from Putin. Not really interested in what else they have to say.

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      1 year ago

      How did they justify this statement? A press release from Putin.

      Effectively, yes.

      The consortium just linked to the original story from Indian Punchline (the author’s personal blog) where the author quoted the statement from a TASS article.

      It’s not hard hitting, factual news. It’s an OpEd piece from a blogger.

      If we wrapped Robert Parry’s corpse with copper wire and surrounded his casket with magnets, we could probably power a small city with the electricity from him turning over in his grave at how far Consortium News has fallen in publishing articles like this.

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      Even in the absence of any other considerations, Russia can grind Ukraine down. The US needed an effective counteroffensive, because a war of attrition only benefits Russia. Unfortunately, that counteroffensive was an abject failure.