Links — 21 Feb 2022 AM

India Punchline (longish, but important)
India, China in Europe’s crisis
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service

https://www.indianpunchline.com/india-china-in-europes-crisis/

Strategic Culture Foundation (longish but important)
Dominating the Information Space: The Narrative Floats Into Fantasy
Alastair Crooke | founder and director of the Conflicts Forum, and former British diplomat and senior figure in British intelligence and in European Union diplomacy

https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/02/21/dominating-the-information-space-the-narrative-floats-into-fantasy/

Dances with Bears
THE UKRAINIAN ARMY ON THE DONBASS CONTACT LINE HAS AN ACHILLES HEEL, MAKE THAT A TURKISH HEEL — AGAINST RUSSIAN DEFENCES, THE BAYRAKTAR DRONE IS WORTHLESS
John Helmer

http://johnhelmer.net/the-ukrainian-army-on-the-donbass-has-an-achilles-heel-make-that-a-turkish-heel-against-russian-defences-the-bayraktar-drone-is-worthless/

The Vineyard of the Saker

Putin holds meeting with Security Council [TAPE]
http://thesaker.is/putin-holds-meeting-with-security-council-tape/

Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Western countries’ false accusations against Russia in the context of numerous historical examples of the West-fabricated pretexts for aggression

http://thesaker.is/russia-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-western-countries-false-accusations-against-russia-in-the-context-of-numerous-historical-examples-of-the-west-fabricated-pretexts-for-aggression/

Reminiscence of the Future
Russia WILL Recognize LDNR.

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/02/russia-will-recognize-ldnr.html

Why Would Putin Say This?
Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issues

http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/02/why-would-putin-say-this.html

RT (Russian state-sponsored media)
China slaps sanctions on US companies [Lockheed Martin, Raytheon] over Taiwan arms deal
https://www.rt.com/news/550086-china-sanctions-us-companies

Violent protest erupts over US grant in China’s backyard [Nepal]

https://www.rt.com/news/550096-nepal-us-grant-protest/

CaitlinJohnstone.com

The Media’s Odd Double Standard On Evidence Required For Claims Of An Impending Attack
Caitlin Johnstone

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/02/21/the-medias-odd-double-standard-on-evidence-required-for-claims-of-an-impending-attack/

Jacobin
The Defeat of Progressive Movements in the Global South Made US Hegemony Possible
Sean T. Byrnes

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/02/us-imperialism-third-world-movement-vietnam-global-south-foreign-policy-intervention