The twisted 'truth' on Ukraine
Posted By: DVC, 3/17/2022 7:48:27 PM
I couldn't believe my eyes when I read in AT the recent article by Dan Truitt on the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Almost word by word, it repeated the Russian propaganda that is being fed by the "Ministry of Truth" in Moscow. Mr. Truitt claims that "virtually no one in the U.S. has got this right, including conservative outlets and pundits." What arrogance! By these words, he claims a possession of the ultimate knowledge of the roots and causes of the current events. Really?
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The twisted 'truth' on Ukraine
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nation the way the Ukrainians are doing?
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Mr. Fradan's take on the facts fits well with what I learned from a decade of traveling to and doing business in Russia, Ukraine and several other former soviet states.