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History Lass's avatar

Regarding the US basically relying on Ukraine information and propaganda... where is the American press in Ukraine. Who can forget the two intrepid CNN reporters cowering under their hotel room desk as the US and Allies set Baghdad afire from the air? Or the famed CNN mobile... the reporter who made it famous later died, can not recall his name. He was pretty likeable actually. LOL maybe he worked for Fox?

Droves of embedded journalists, photo journalists, reporters etc all 'bravely" rode with the troops into the " war zone".

I find the lack of embedded or at least in country MSM reporters quite interesting. Much can be speculated by their absence.

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Bruce-PNW's avatar

Cases in play - 1) false info and 2) true info

If #1 false info, won't modify opposite parties positions because they each know the info is fake: only for domestic use (squirrel distraction). In this case the Ukraine war drags on, negotiation channels stay closed. If #2 true info, then you have to consider who exposed the info (who benefits). Zhou regime (white house) is unlikely to be the source, as it results in all partners ceasing to share viable intelligence info - isolation is the result. In adversarial negotiations, a party that knows their opponents positions (and opponents don't know adversaries know) would not give up that info if they felt they could use it to identify their opponents' "accepts" positions. If the adversaries have absolute control (they will win no matter what) and/or feel their opponents are not dealing in good faith, then release of such info signals positional failure/no leverage. That is a 'decide sooner than later' tactic. Who benefits? Four suggestions: A) the US military (hopeless, damaging to other priorities); B) the Russians (get this over with with less loss of life); C) the Ukrainians-that-aren't-beholden (elements of AFU that understand (B)); and D), the wounded EU-states (primarily Germany). I vote for A-thru-D

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