"Gaslighting Central" - The Propaganda Game over Ukraine

I always learn a lot by reading Mundabor's blog. Today he used a term that struck a chord when he called the pages on Reddit where folks claim Ukraine is winning the war "Gaslighting Central:" Here's a bit of what he wrote:

The method used by the propagandists is very simple: a lot of videos of unclear source, plus repeating all the obvious lies of the Ukrainian Government, plus belittling every loss. Russia’s downfall is always a
bout to happen. Their losses assume fantastic proportions for people who, actually, shell the Ukrainians 10 to 1 most of the time (this is, by the way, admitted by many Ukrainian sources themselves). Severodonetsk was to be Putin’s Stalingrad. When it was lost, it became irrelevant in the great scheme of things because hey, we have Lisichansk. When Lisichansk, too, was lost, well that was a victory of sort because we inflicted to the Russians (de-humanised as orcs; it helps a lot by massacres) sooooo many purely imaginary losses we are now well, well in front of them. Then we keep retreating, and they keep advancing. But hey, they must be so, so demoralised!

Yup, plenty of propaganda to keep the war going and the money rolling in! 

The reality is that getting involved in Ukraine was never about America's interests. And it certainly wasn't in the interests of the Ukrainian people. As some wag said, "We will fight in Ukraine til the last dead Ukrainian." If we had stayed out of it, the war would have ended almost as soon as it began. And if we had not broken every promise to expand NATO "not one inch eastward" Russia would not have seen the possibility of adversaries on her border inciting war. But our government leaders have always been good at breaking promises and treaties. (Just look at our history with the Indians.)

Who knows where all that money is now?

As the Bible says, "Love of money is the root of all evils." and war is a great money-laundering operation that enriches the few at the expense of the many. We've sent billions to Zelensky and company along with an endless stream of weapons with absolutely no accountability. NO ACCOUNTABILITY! How was all that money spent? Where are the weapons today? How much of our money now resides in offshore accounts of the elites? How many of our weapons have been sold on the black market to our enemies?

Like the roulette wheel's little white ball: "Round and round it goes and where it stops nobody knows." But, of course, we know where "it" goes -- into the pockets of a few who grow richer and richer by financially raping American taxpayers who can hardly afford to fill their gas tanks and are constantly told "we" need to tighten our belts. They of course grow fatter and fatter on the spoils.

It's long past time to stop believing the lies.