Alex Christoforou
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Ah! Owen Matthews is quoted as writing “At the cost of up to a thousand daily casualties…”
Classic, and quite classy, obfuscation techniques.
First, Matthews does not say which side is suffering those casualties. Of course, they are almost entirely Ukrainian.
And – a very basic trick, this – “up to a thousand” could mean “1”.
The bitterness and bafflement that Mr Mercouris describes need not have arisen. Apparently Matthews and his fellow journaille have forgotten that the stories they have come to believe and trust were in fact written by themselves, in the clear knowledge that they were blatant lies. I. F. Stone warned that “All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out”. The case is still worse when journalists start to believe their own lies. Stone also wrote: “If something goes wrong with the government, a free press will ferret it out and… Read more »
I often wonder whether Trump, Kellogg & C⁰ are waiting to chose the moment to turn on Ukraïne, by announcing that “they have been lying to us!”, and by revealing the truth about Ukraïnian war casualties and the truth about the battle front.
I would advise never signing a “deal” with the us warpigs
we are a rogue state
Donald Trump has no ethics. He is the perfect example of an assclown.
The Iranian FM is weak and worthless. To even harbor a single expectation that the US and Israel wuld not resume attacking them is in itself evidence of his naivety. You couldn’t make this stuff up! How has someone so fundamentally inept been allowed to represent that country? It boggles the mind.
At this level, decisions are made by numerous people behind the scenes. Best to accept this as a truism and work it into your analysis.
“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” ~ FDR