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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Parry: The 'We-Hate-Putin' Group Think
The 'We-Hate-Putin' Group Think
The only foreign policy show on the U.S. media dial this past week has been the endless bashing of Russian President Putin over the Ukraine crisis with an occasional slap at President Obama for ever having worked with Putin on issues like Syria and Iran.
by Robert Parry
The U.S. political-media elites, which twisted themselves into a dangerous group think over the Iraq War last decade, have spun out of control again in a wild overreaction to the Ukraine crisis. Across the ideological spectrum, there is rave support for the coup that overthrew Ukraines elected president and endless ranting against Russian President Vladimir Putin for refusing to accept the new coup leadership in Kiev and intervening to protect Russian interests in Crimea.
The we-hate-Putin hysteria has now reach the point that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has deployed the Hitler analogy against Putin, comparing Putins interests in protecting ethnic Russians in Ukraine with Hitler citing ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe to justify aggression at the start of World War II.
...
Who Were the Snipers?
There is also new evidence suggesting that the sniper shootings in Kiev a pivotal moment in the uprising to overthrow President Viktor Yanukovych may have been the work of neo-Nazi provocateurs trying to foment a coup, not the police trying to stop one.
... (paragraphs about Ashton/Paet call)
And to take a contradictory view of this conventional wisdom marks you as crazy. When Yanukovych and Putin raised questions about who actually opened fire, the U.S. news media dismissed their suspicions as conspiracy theories and proof of delusional thinking. It is now a virtual consensus across the U.S. news media that Putin is unstable and disconnected from reality.
The Washington Post called Putins Tuesday news conference rambling. However, if you read the transcript, it is anything but rambling or delusional. Putin comes across as quite coherent, expressing a detailed understanding of the Ukraine crisis and the legal issues involved.
...
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/07-2
The only foreign policy show on the U.S. media dial this past week has been the endless bashing of Russian President Putin over the Ukraine crisis with an occasional slap at President Obama for ever having worked with Putin on issues like Syria and Iran.
by Robert Parry
The U.S. political-media elites, which twisted themselves into a dangerous group think over the Iraq War last decade, have spun out of control again in a wild overreaction to the Ukraine crisis. Across the ideological spectrum, there is rave support for the coup that overthrew Ukraines elected president and endless ranting against Russian President Vladimir Putin for refusing to accept the new coup leadership in Kiev and intervening to protect Russian interests in Crimea.
The we-hate-Putin hysteria has now reach the point that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has deployed the Hitler analogy against Putin, comparing Putins interests in protecting ethnic Russians in Ukraine with Hitler citing ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe to justify aggression at the start of World War II.
...
Who Were the Snipers?
There is also new evidence suggesting that the sniper shootings in Kiev a pivotal moment in the uprising to overthrow President Viktor Yanukovych may have been the work of neo-Nazi provocateurs trying to foment a coup, not the police trying to stop one.
... (paragraphs about Ashton/Paet call)
And to take a contradictory view of this conventional wisdom marks you as crazy. When Yanukovych and Putin raised questions about who actually opened fire, the U.S. news media dismissed their suspicions as conspiracy theories and proof of delusional thinking. It is now a virtual consensus across the U.S. news media that Putin is unstable and disconnected from reality.
The Washington Post called Putins Tuesday news conference rambling. However, if you read the transcript, it is anything but rambling or delusional. Putin comes across as quite coherent, expressing a detailed understanding of the Ukraine crisis and the legal issues involved.
...
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/03/07-2
For your viewing pleasure, I've attached the video that goes with the embedded transcript. I recommend reading Parry's whole article, not just the snips.
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Robert Parry: The 'We-Hate-Putin' Group Think (Original Post)
Catherina
Mar 2014
OP
putin is the most awesome rightwing authoritarian nationalist EVER! rt.com said so! nt
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#1
this is a guy who got drummed out of serious media like AP because he made stuff up
Pretzel_Warrior
Mar 2014
#5
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1. putin is the most awesome rightwing authoritarian nationalist EVER! rt.com said so! nt
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)2. WTF? I'm pretty sure I was watching a RW circle jerk...
with him as the pivot point. Where are the attacks?
Didn't Shrub look into his soul?
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)3. Vladimir Putin is a piece of shit, regardless of this situation.
As if we are only now just realizing this fact. The man is a sociopath.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)4. Actually, I don't care for the guy. Is that all right?
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)5. this is a guy who got drummed out of serious media like AP because he made stuff up
yes, he did valuable work on Iran Contra connection. But he went a bridge too far on that, and in later work he again decided to write faster and farther than the facts took him.
There is a reason he's writing for hiw own homegrown website. He's not very good as a journalist and tends to throw out claims with no proof.
Looks like today's work is no exception.