Not just Russia: America has a problem
speaking truth to power, too
New York Post,
by
Glenn H. Reynolds
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
3/31/2022 10:41:36 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in trouble in Ukraine, and it’s because people lie to him.
That’s the story put out by US intelligence officials, and it has the ring of truth. Apparently, Putin wasn’t told of the miserable state of readiness of Russian troops, the unavailability of spare parts and repair facilities, the shortage of transport, the inefficiency of the Russian air force, the lack of trucks needed to haul ammunition, food and fuel to the front or the surprising effectiveness of the Ukrainian military. Putin’s “senior advisers are too afraid to tell him the truth” about “how badly the Russian military is performing and how
Reply 1 - Posted by:
smokincol 3/31/2022 11:26:43 PM (No. 1116058)
the United States actually had a period of time when there was honesty in the government, at least in the Executive Office and that was when, as we all know, Donald J. Trump was our President
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Quigley 4/1/2022 12:54:58 AM (No. 1116095)
The “US intelligence officials” statement doesn’t have the “ring of truth” to me. These people have consistently lied to the American people to serve their personal purposes. It took the US and its coalition of what- 20 countries?- 45 or so days to conquer baghdad. We do not know putin’s end goals- other than presumably to keep Ukraine out of nato hands. We don’t know what he knows was told or anything. “We” being the American people.
According to “intelligence officials” christopher steele has a direct channel to putin’s innermost thoughts- so why don’t they cook up another steele dossier to definitively answer all these questions?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
walcb 4/1/2022 6:06:10 AM (No. 1116170)
Here is a message from the last link on the chain for presidential input: Hey President Poopy Pants, when you have an idea or get input from your most trusted minions, do the opposite of what you were going to do. You have been wrong about virtually everything you have done or said since you entered politics.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
petrichor 4/1/2022 7:21:55 AM (No. 1116214)
Our intel kids were the people claiming Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
udanja99 4/1/2022 7:29:05 AM (No. 1116221)
I’m with #2. Are these the same “intelligence officials” who told us that Saddam had WMDs? Are they the same ones who told us bin Laden was still alive even though we never again saw one of his firing bullets into the sky videos after Tora Bora? Are they the same ones who told us that Hunter’s laptop was Russian disinformation? Are they the same ones who swore that the Russia hoax was real?
Just imagine what the people who surround TaliBiden are telling him. No wonder he keeps talking about how rosy everything is here.
Anyone who believes a single word coming from this government is a fool.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/1/2022 7:49:41 AM (No. 1116229)
In America it goes both ways, government weasels lie to the fake president and the fake president lies to everybody.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Zigrid 4/1/2022 9:26:15 AM (No. 1116317)
Well...that makes sense...for the miserable performance of the Russian invasion...no wonder the Russian generals are disappearing...putin is understanding his dilemma and china can't help him...all he has left...on the world stage is propaganda to keep his people in line...and the coffins coming home to mamas is telling the story...no wonder he had that big rally in the sports arena ....
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
red1066 4/1/2022 9:26:38 AM (No. 1116318)
The American people have no problem speaking truth to power. The problem is, power doesn't care what the people have to say. Power does whatever it wants to do.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 4/1/2022 9:34:04 AM (No. 1116327)
Today as I sit thinking of the past government that I witnessed since the 1950s it makes you wonder how much we were lied to for the reasons of other men not for us.
At this point in my upper years, I believe absolutely none of what government says. Like the FBI is just an upper echelon of bullies protecting no one but themselves. We have no government. President Trump tried to help but he was a victim of the corruption in Washington. President Trump thought like many of his supporters in the goodness of America, but the poison ran too deep even for him to overcome it. What you see in Russia has been that way since the turn of the last century, the thirties and the fifties it's what Russia does like in phases of the moon it's just going to happen while everyone tries to figure Putin's mind.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
marbles 4/1/2022 11:08:21 AM (No. 1116443)
The left plays the long game. PC ( censorship ) nonsense has been around for decades. The liberal MSM used to hide its bias, not anymore. Or perhaps with the advent of the internet people can find out truths on their own making the MSM scream louder and shriller to get what they say is the truth , out there.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
EQKimball 4/1/2022 11:09:19 AM (No. 1116445)
Many years ago I was a
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NotaBene 4/1/2022 11:23:31 AM (No. 1116468)
When I listen to the Russian side: Simplicius76 bitchute, Marine1063 bitchute, The Saker, and The Duran, it seems as if NATO and Bidet poked the Bear too hard. We are not winning this War.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
EQKimball 4/1/2022 11:30:39 AM (No. 1116479)
Many years ago I was an in-house counsel for a large electric utility. One of my jobs was to provide legal assistance for the construction of a new generation statoin. The vice president in charge of the project had a monthly meeting of the team of engineers tasked with working with the outside construction company. The VP began every meeting with the same announcement. "Remembe my two rules for meetings. First, no bad news. Second, no suprises." Though "bad news" was fairly common--no major project is without bumps and gliches---fortunately the team managed the problems without the VP ever knowing they existed. He in turn was able to provide nothing but rosey reports to more senior management. But I always wondered what would have happened had the cumulation of unreported bad news one day spelled disaster. It likely would have been one big, career-ending surprise that he would have had to report to the company. I think Joe Biden must have the same two rules for his staff.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/1/2022 12:58:47 PM (No. 1116585)
I don't believe any of it. Putin is a smart guy. He knows what is going on. American citizens are the ones that do not know the truth of what is happening. Everything is lies and propaganda from the American media, and they have shut off outside information. We aren't allowed to hear anything from Russia. Putin is a media guy. He makes public appearances and statements all the time. All canceled. Frankly, I believe what Putin says over the scoundrels we have in the U.S. government. We need a regime change in the USA, before we can go forward in this world. Putin is not our problem. Putin is not ruining this country. Our government is doing that.
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