Moon of Alabama Comments on Larry Johnson Superb Piece on Western Media's Relentless Propaganda on Russia-Ukraine War...

by Andrei Martyanov at Reminiscence of the Future

Yesterday, Larry demolished what passes in the US for main stream “journalism” by exposing utter BS they publish about Ukraine and SMO, specifically NYT and WaPo.

The U.S. and European officials are relying on HOPE–hope that troop shortages and old, worn out equipment slow the Russian advance. A reporter worth a damn should have asked, “what is the evidence of troop shortages?” Russia is not a totalitarian state. Russia has not shut down opposition media and political parties. Ukraine has done that. So where is the social media showing a rising tide of disgruntled Russians being forced to put on the uniform and then being compelled to show up on the front lines without adequate training? I have not seen it. Have you? Please forward if you got it and please, no video game footage. That does not count. Are you familiar with the refrain, “If if and buts were candy and nuts it would be Christmas everyday.” That seems to be the position of the unnamed U.S. and European officials desperately hoping that Ukraine’s million man offensive against Kherson will succeed. Only several little problems. Ukraine is having a dickens of a time scraping together that mythical million man army. And if they do succeed in rounding up that many sentient fellows, how will they get proper training while Russia continues to hit Ukrainian training bases with missiles, rockets and shells?

Read the whole thing at Larry’s excellent blog. But Bernhard of MoA didn’t just read Larry’s piece, he, in typical methodical Bernhard’s manner, expanded and provided some additional insights. As Bernhard states:

I am not going to join Larry in dispelling the myths those ‘journalists’ try to spread. These people do not go out into the field to look at the facts. They do not consult frontline maps, casualty statistics, structure of forces or economic data. They have no experience in the art of war. They are mere stenographers, highly paid ones, who hang on the lips of ‘officials’ and write down whatever the ‘sources’ who invite them want them to tell.

Exactly, and Bernhard lists those “sources” and then concludes:…