(March 4, 2025 at 1:58 pm)Angrboda Wrote: It's also worth noting that Bel's two prophecies were written in the immediate aftermath of Russia seizing Crimea. Ignoring the context to suggest they were speaking to future events is misleading. Both were addressing the then present.
But who cares enough about what Kissinger and Pilger wrote in 2014 to dig this up now? Russian propagandists.
Were you alive during the run-up to the Iraq war? I don't know how old you are.
If you were paying attention at that time, or if you looked into it afterward, you are aware that the government lied a lot. They wanted the war so they lied.
The corporate media also lied a lot. The New York Times lied. The Washington Post lied. A lot of them lied a lot.
The journalists who lied kept their jobs, while many of those who told the truth were fired or became untouchable in corporate media. These are the ones you should trust, because they have a record of telling the truth. The ones who lied, and continue to lie, should not be trusted.
They are skillful at manipulating emotions. The Rachel Maddow clip is sort of hilarious, because she speaks so breathlessly -- as if she's telling scary stories around the campfire. She has been telling scary Russia stories for years, and nearly all of them turn out to be false. But that doesn't affect her salary at all.
A lot of people make money from war. Poor people die. I'm assuming all the macho men on this forum will be signing up soon, because they think it's important to continue the war, and Ukraine is running out of soldiers.
