Yes, is the European public, who is supposed to be highly informed, totally ignorant? Are European people in general really unaware that a US supported coup took place in 2014, which transformed the neutrale Ukraine, not to an independent state as the ignorants naively think, but to a US-controlled frontline state (do ignorant people think that the US and EU pour hundreds of billions of dollars into UKraine so that the country can pursue an independent policy independent of the donors? - a coup that even the US/Nato supporting media wrote about?
A populace thats spends world record amounts of time on “social media” is guaranteed to be misinformed and unable to follow any consistent train of thought over time.
Furthermore every major European broadcaster, newspaper and media house is part of the coordinated narrative, spin and lies collaboration known as the Trusted News Initiative. They collude to bombard Europeans with lies and NATO propaganda.
Same goes for people in the USA. Spend too much time on social media and instead of being informed you will get brainwashed. Mobs rule in social media depending if the site caters Right or Left.
The article contains several points that could be considered manipulative or misleading due to selective framing, cherry-picking facts, and using emotionally loaded language to influence the reader. Below are some areas of concern:
1. Selective Presentation of Facts
Claim: "Ukraine did not have any nuclear weapons. The nuclear weapons in question were former Soviet nuclear weapons under the control of Moscow."
Manipulation: While technically true, this minimizes Ukraine's role in agreeing to transfer those weapons and ignores the strategic leverage Ukraine gave up by agreeing to denuclearize. This framing dismisses the significance of Ukraine's decision and the assurances it sought in return.
2. Cherry-Picking Commitments from the Budapest Memorandum
Claim: "NATO countries constantly ignore the first commitment but constantly refer to the second commitment."
Manipulation: The argument implies hypocrisy by NATO countries without considering the broader geopolitical context. It overlooks that NATO is not a signatory to the Budapest Memorandum and conflates its actions with those of the US and UK. This simplification ignores the complex interplay of international actors.
3. Emotional Framing
Claim: "The West interfered in the domestic affairs of Ukraine, imposed economic sanctions, and finally toppled the Ukrainian president to pull the country into NATO’s orbit."
Manipulation: This claim uses emotionally charged phrases like "toppled" and "pulled the country into NATO’s orbit" to suggest a deliberate and aggressive Western agenda. It downplays the internal dynamics of Ukraine, such as the widespread protests during the Euromaidan revolution, and overstates Western influence.
4. Questionable Legal Interpretations
Claim: "Under the principle of rebus sic stantibus, agreements should be upheld ‘provided things remain the same’ ... Russia was ‘entitled to ignore the earlier agreement.’"
Manipulation: The principle of rebus sic stantibus is being selectively applied here. While it allows for agreements to be reconsidered under radically changed circumstances, it is typically invoked in a legal framework, not unilaterally. This argument justifies Russia's actions without acknowledging international condemnation of the invasion.
5. False Equivalency
Claim: "The US freed itself from its commitments under the Budapest Memorandum ... Russia also abandoned it."
Manipulation: The article creates a false equivalency between Western actions (e.g., sanctions, promoting democracy) and Russia’s military invasion. While Western actions may be criticized, they do not equate to an outright violation of territorial sovereignty.
6. Misleading Dichotomy
Claim: "Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons ... or Ukraine will be in NATO."
Manipulation: This oversimplifies Ukraine's security options, ignoring the potential for alternative agreements or frameworks. The framing creates a false sense of inevitability, pushing readers to accept only these two extreme outcomes.
7. Misrepresentation of Majority Opinion
Claim: "The West claimed to support a ‘democratic revolution,’ despite being an unconstitutional coup that did not even enjoy majority support."
Manipulation: This disregards evidence of substantial public support for Euromaidan protests and frames the event as purely a Western-driven coup, which oversimplifies the situation and ignores the agency of Ukrainian citizens.
8. Smearing Alternative Views
Claim: "Criticising the narrative of the Budapest Memorandum does not entail ‘legitimising’ Russia’s invasion."
Manipulation: While true on the surface, this statement preemptively dismisses criticism of the article's narrative by framing potential critics as unfairly accusing the author of justifying Russia's actions.
IMO we have a situation where both Empires(The Russian and the US) have attempted to manipulate events to their own (not Ukraine's) advantage. The bottom line reality, whatever the verbal squirming and justifications, is that Russia is attempting an illegal invasion and military subjugation of a sovereign state that clearly does not wish to be subjugated, and for over three years has resisted with every means at its disposal. The population of Ukraine have surely earned the right to determine their own future, free from the Imperial pressures to which they are being subjected. Ukraine's activity within its own borders (Military, diplomatic, economic, and legal is the business of the people of Ukraine and no one else! If the US and Russia have a problem, let them sort it out between themselves and not employ Ukraine and Ukrainians as their battleground.
Such a splendid exposition as usual by Glen!While the boss enjoys the liberties of her "rules based" prerogative, the servants bind themselves to impotent commitments suitable to their subordinate position in the natural order of things. That is now being ceremoniously unveiled as 13 billionaire bosses or so, who can " coup whoever we like", take up positions generally assumed to be reserved for those with proven credentials for promoting the public good, not fattening the private purse in a rigged casino. Interesting, the new form the old class war is taking, as the bloviating crusaders in the west scramble to maintain the tyranny of their unfortunate psychology and the perversions induced by excess privilege. I don't know very much, but I imagine the authors of the " communist manifesto" would have taken a great interest in the geopolitical forces crystallising on the battlefields of pomp, circumstance, and species survival today. And people actually hope the ego structure of the new American top dog actually contains the wisdom and humility most grown ups consider to be necessary to make an already troublesome existence less difficult. I can't help feeling a little sceptical, but then i've always tried to distinguish between the monkey of ego and the realist of prosaic reason, which is not so exciting.
Very nice work. Ukraine didn’t want nukes, couldn’t pay the maintenance and was generously paid for returning them back to Russia or for dismantling them. That the empire of lies (🇺🇸) and its cuckold violated international law is business as usual.
Thank you for the concise summary of a complex matter! Allow me to add just one more point regarding "rebus sic stantibus": In its declaration of independence Ukraine committed itself to strict neutrality, a commitment it discarded after the coup by declaring its aspiration to become a NATO member.
Plus, the negating clause ‘…except on the case of an attack on themselves, their territories, or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state’ 🤷🏼♂️
The Budapest Memorandum and the Holodomor are the two most important topics driving the victimhood narrative of Ukrainian nationalism. It's a narrative that has been inculcated in Ukrainian population even beyond the ultra-nationalist segment of the population.
The U.S. was deeply involved and assisted moving nuclear weapons safely, and securely to locations in the RF where they were secured, stored and in many cases demilitarized.
At the time the motives were to safeguard the weapons and from illicit transfer.
When all trust, agreements and laws were violated in the past, on what grounds can there be a definite solution? MPO only a discontinuation of war can, the same goes for Israel and Palestine.
Yes, is the European public, who is supposed to be highly informed, totally ignorant? Are European people in general really unaware that a US supported coup took place in 2014, which transformed the neutrale Ukraine, not to an independent state as the ignorants naively think, but to a US-controlled frontline state (do ignorant people think that the US and EU pour hundreds of billions of dollars into UKraine so that the country can pursue an independent policy independent of the donors? - a coup that even the US/Nato supporting media wrote about?
A populace thats spends world record amounts of time on “social media” is guaranteed to be misinformed and unable to follow any consistent train of thought over time.
Furthermore every major European broadcaster, newspaper and media house is part of the coordinated narrative, spin and lies collaboration known as the Trusted News Initiative. They collude to bombard Europeans with lies and NATO propaganda.
Same goes for people in the USA. Spend too much time on social media and instead of being informed you will get brainwashed. Mobs rule in social media depending if the site caters Right or Left.
Thanks for setting the record straight!
The article contains several points that could be considered manipulative or misleading due to selective framing, cherry-picking facts, and using emotionally loaded language to influence the reader. Below are some areas of concern:
1. Selective Presentation of Facts
Claim: "Ukraine did not have any nuclear weapons. The nuclear weapons in question were former Soviet nuclear weapons under the control of Moscow."
Manipulation: While technically true, this minimizes Ukraine's role in agreeing to transfer those weapons and ignores the strategic leverage Ukraine gave up by agreeing to denuclearize. This framing dismisses the significance of Ukraine's decision and the assurances it sought in return.
2. Cherry-Picking Commitments from the Budapest Memorandum
Claim: "NATO countries constantly ignore the first commitment but constantly refer to the second commitment."
Manipulation: The argument implies hypocrisy by NATO countries without considering the broader geopolitical context. It overlooks that NATO is not a signatory to the Budapest Memorandum and conflates its actions with those of the US and UK. This simplification ignores the complex interplay of international actors.
3. Emotional Framing
Claim: "The West interfered in the domestic affairs of Ukraine, imposed economic sanctions, and finally toppled the Ukrainian president to pull the country into NATO’s orbit."
Manipulation: This claim uses emotionally charged phrases like "toppled" and "pulled the country into NATO’s orbit" to suggest a deliberate and aggressive Western agenda. It downplays the internal dynamics of Ukraine, such as the widespread protests during the Euromaidan revolution, and overstates Western influence.
4. Questionable Legal Interpretations
Claim: "Under the principle of rebus sic stantibus, agreements should be upheld ‘provided things remain the same’ ... Russia was ‘entitled to ignore the earlier agreement.’"
Manipulation: The principle of rebus sic stantibus is being selectively applied here. While it allows for agreements to be reconsidered under radically changed circumstances, it is typically invoked in a legal framework, not unilaterally. This argument justifies Russia's actions without acknowledging international condemnation of the invasion.
5. False Equivalency
Claim: "The US freed itself from its commitments under the Budapest Memorandum ... Russia also abandoned it."
Manipulation: The article creates a false equivalency between Western actions (e.g., sanctions, promoting democracy) and Russia’s military invasion. While Western actions may be criticized, they do not equate to an outright violation of territorial sovereignty.
6. Misleading Dichotomy
Claim: "Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons ... or Ukraine will be in NATO."
Manipulation: This oversimplifies Ukraine's security options, ignoring the potential for alternative agreements or frameworks. The framing creates a false sense of inevitability, pushing readers to accept only these two extreme outcomes.
7. Misrepresentation of Majority Opinion
Claim: "The West claimed to support a ‘democratic revolution,’ despite being an unconstitutional coup that did not even enjoy majority support."
Manipulation: This disregards evidence of substantial public support for Euromaidan protests and frames the event as purely a Western-driven coup, which oversimplifies the situation and ignores the agency of Ukrainian citizens.
8. Smearing Alternative Views
Claim: "Criticising the narrative of the Budapest Memorandum does not entail ‘legitimising’ Russia’s invasion."
Manipulation: While true on the surface, this statement preemptively dismisses criticism of the article's narrative by framing potential critics as unfairly accusing the author of justifying Russia's actions.
Dude, not you again with your ChatGPT. Please go practice your internship somewhere else 🤦🏼♀️😀
We could do with you at the end of every corporate "news" program - how come you're not in that role?
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Volodymyr you are a piece of shit like all the f#cking ukronazis. Ukraine never existed, does not exist and will never exist. Retard 🤣
If this is the best you have to offer, you're fucked Sunshine 🌞
IMO we have a situation where both Empires(The Russian and the US) have attempted to manipulate events to their own (not Ukraine's) advantage. The bottom line reality, whatever the verbal squirming and justifications, is that Russia is attempting an illegal invasion and military subjugation of a sovereign state that clearly does not wish to be subjugated, and for over three years has resisted with every means at its disposal. The population of Ukraine have surely earned the right to determine their own future, free from the Imperial pressures to which they are being subjected. Ukraine's activity within its own borders (Military, diplomatic, economic, and legal is the business of the people of Ukraine and no one else! If the US and Russia have a problem, let them sort it out between themselves and not employ Ukraine and Ukrainians as their battleground.
Glad you’re taking the time to return this misleading Zelenski discussion back to the truth.
Don’t see an EU State politic doing this to their detriment.
Neutrality of mind is so satisfying to read.
Such a splendid exposition as usual by Glen!While the boss enjoys the liberties of her "rules based" prerogative, the servants bind themselves to impotent commitments suitable to their subordinate position in the natural order of things. That is now being ceremoniously unveiled as 13 billionaire bosses or so, who can " coup whoever we like", take up positions generally assumed to be reserved for those with proven credentials for promoting the public good, not fattening the private purse in a rigged casino. Interesting, the new form the old class war is taking, as the bloviating crusaders in the west scramble to maintain the tyranny of their unfortunate psychology and the perversions induced by excess privilege. I don't know very much, but I imagine the authors of the " communist manifesto" would have taken a great interest in the geopolitical forces crystallising on the battlefields of pomp, circumstance, and species survival today. And people actually hope the ego structure of the new American top dog actually contains the wisdom and humility most grown ups consider to be necessary to make an already troublesome existence less difficult. I can't help feeling a little sceptical, but then i've always tried to distinguish between the monkey of ego and the realist of prosaic reason, which is not so exciting.
Very nice work. Ukraine didn’t want nukes, couldn’t pay the maintenance and was generously paid for returning them back to Russia or for dismantling them. That the empire of lies (🇺🇸) and its cuckold violated international law is business as usual.
Urs Elsasser
Thank you for the concise summary of a complex matter! Allow me to add just one more point regarding "rebus sic stantibus": In its declaration of independence Ukraine committed itself to strict neutrality, a commitment it discarded after the coup by declaring its aspiration to become a NATO member.
Memo is not a treaty
Assurances are not guarantees
Plus, the negating clause ‘…except on the case of an attack on themselves, their territories, or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state’ 🤷🏼♂️
The Budapest Memorandum and the Holodomor are the two most important topics driving the victimhood narrative of Ukrainian nationalism. It's a narrative that has been inculcated in Ukrainian population even beyond the ultra-nationalist segment of the population.
The U.S. was deeply involved and assisted moving nuclear weapons safely, and securely to locations in the RF where they were secured, stored and in many cases demilitarized.
At the time the motives were to safeguard the weapons and from illicit transfer.
Prior to the coup Kiev was destitute.
Trump will escalate the war to do Russia in.
Yes. If Trump can't rule and control the entire world, he will at least try to rule over the entire Western hemisphere.
When all trust, agreements and laws were violated in the past, on what grounds can there be a definite solution? MPO only a discontinuation of war can, the same goes for Israel and Palestine.