Links — 27 Feb 2022 Part 2

The Vineyard of the Saker
The Situation in the Ukraine: Predictions vs. Reality
Dmitry Orlov and posted with the author’s permission
http://thesaker.is/the-situation-in-the-ukraine-predictions-vs-reality/

Quick interlude with a few quick comments

The Saker

CaitlinJohnstone.com
‘Russian Propaganda’ Is The Latest Excuse To Expand Censorship
Caitlin Johnstone

https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/02/27/russian-propaganda-is-the-latest-excuse-to-expand-censorship/

 

Armstrong Economics (disagree with Martin Armstrong's political and economic philosophy, but mostly agree with his fact-based analysis)

World War III Beginning Stages Now

Martin Armstrong

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/world-war-iii-beginning-stages-now/

ECB (you knew this was coming at some point. Here is the excuse.)
ECB's Lagarde Urges Immediate Crypto Regulation To Stop Putin Evading Sanctions

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ecbs-lagarde-urges-immediate-crypto-regulation-stop-putin-evading-sanctions

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
How Russia's SWIFT Ban Could Backfire on West & Pave Way for Alternative Payment Systems
https://sputniknews.com/20220227/how-russias-swift-ban-could-backfire-on-west--pave-way-for-alternative-payment-systems-1093424581.html

Independent (UK)
US says it can’t rule out Putin using chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine: ‘Nothing is off the table with this guy’ (read "US" here for "Putin"? That's how disinformation works.)
Andrew Feinberg

Al Jazeera — Opinion (Qatari government-funded)
The world is united on Ukraine, divided on America

Marwan Bishara

Eurasia Review
Ukraine: The Propaganda Wars – OpEd
Daniel McAdams
https://www.eurasiareview.com/27022022-ukraine-the-propaganda-wars-oped%ef%bf%bc/

AntiWar
Putin Orders Nuclear Forces on High Alert, Cites Western Sanctions (sanctions "an act of war"-Putting to Biden. Missiles now targeted.)

Dave DeCamp

AlterNet

This is what would happen to Earth if a nuclear war broke out between the West and Russia: experts

 Matthew Rozsa and Salon

https://www.alternet.org/2022/02/nuclear/

RT
Lukashenko describes conditions for nuclear deployment

https://www.rt.com/russia/550762-belarus-west-nuclear-russia

Politico
Pentagon wants Moscow back channels to prevent nuclear escalation
Bryan Bender

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/27/pentagon-moscow-backchannel-escalation-00012107

 

Vox (would be tantamount to a declaration of war on Russia)

A “no-fly zone” in Ukraine is a catastrophically bad idea
Zack Beauchamp

Ranier's Newletter (narrative control and information warfare)

Destabilizing Russia is the U.S. empire’s only hope for regaining what it’s just lost

Rainer Shea, Marxist-Leninist

https://rainershea.substack.com/p/destabilizing-russia-is-the-us-empires

One World (narrative and counter-narrative)
Politico Is Wrong: It’s The US-Led West, Not President Putin, Who Miscalculated
http://oneworld.press/?module=articles&action=view&id=2532

The Discredited Snake Island Psy-Op Exposes Ukraine’s “Hero” Propaganda (It's not discredited in the West since the counter story has not been reported)

Andrew Korybko

Turcopolier (Russia only hitting military targets, sparing civilians)
A Look Back–How Long Did it Take the Nazis to Capture Ukraine?

Larry Johnson

Strategic Culture Foundation
Why Russia Wanted Security Guarantees From the West

https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/02/27/why-russia-wanted-security-guarantees-from-west/

The Cradle
UN sanctions on Iraq lifted after payment of final reparation for Kuwait invasion

https://thecradle.co/Article/news/7290