War Propaganda About Ukraine Is Growing

Glenn Greenwald: War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless 

Every useful or pleasing claim about the war, no matter how unverified or subsequently debunked, rapidly spreads, while dissenters are vilified as traitors or Kremlin agents. In the weeks leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, those warning of the possible dangers of U.S. involvement were assured that such concerns were baseless. The prevailing line insisted that nobody in Washington is even considering let alone advocating that the U.S. become militarily involved in a conflict with Russia. That the concern was based not on the belief that the U.S. would actively seek such a war, but rather on the oft-unintended consequences of being swamped with war propaganda and the high levels of tribalism, jingoism and emotionalism that accompany it, was ignored. It did not matter how many wars one could point to in history that began unintentionally, with unchecked, dangerous tensions spiraling out of control. Anyone warning of this obviously dangerous possibility was met with the “straw man” cliché: you are arguing against a position that literally nobody in D.C. is defending.  

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WNU Editor: I grew up in a place where I was exposed to Soviet Propaganda all the time. Growing up and exposed to lies most of the time does help a person to develop a healthy skepticism on what the mainstream media and leaders says. 

But wars bring out the worse in people, and we are seeing it play-out in Russian and Ukrainian media, and in the Western press. Case in point .... Ukraine troops feared dead after cussing out invading Russians still alive, navy says (UPI). 

It is a long read. But the above post by Glenn Greenwald provides a good analysis on how the propaganda machine is being used in the Russia-Ukraine war.