I have serious issues with the prevailing narrative on Russia-Ukraine.

You should too.

The apparent spontaneity of a seemingly concerted (and very bad) hot take on the incursion was — to me — a red flag (no pun intended).

I’m telling you what I told you: something does not pass the smell test. Propaganda and dumb-dumbs in the media spreading it like Omicron aside, the simplistic conclusion that Putin BAD VILLAIN (sic) and Zelensky GOOD VICTIM-HERO-GUY (sic) is unsettling.

Have we learned nothing amid the avalanche of bullshit to which we are still subjected, when it comes for the need to be SAFE from the ‘Ro?

And no, this post has nothing to do with pencil-neck, closet communist Adam Schiff’s crusade against Orange Man (Bad). I’m just imploring you to do your own research. Turn off CNN. Turn off Fox News. They will get your kids sent to war.

Consider these:

1. The unimpeachable Glenn Greenwald affirms my Schoedinger’s Cat position, which is a non-position and an everywhere-position. I will not commit to picking a team. Need I remind you that Team They are still at war with Team Us?

War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless

2. And then there’s this:

Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC

This is a good thread.

Josh Hammer @josh_hammer

Some thoughts on Russia/Ukraine—a short 🧵: First, it is true that the media's portrayal of a stark dichotomy between Russian imperialism and "liberal Western democracy" is overwrought. Ukraine is indeed a corrupt and oligarchic state itself. Hunter Biden and Burisma, anyone?

3. For more thought provocation, Lee Smith, one of the great thinkers of our time, writes this: Ukraine’s Deadly Gamble