From Chuck Spinney:
“An economically weakened, war weary United States is now careening toward a New Cold War with Russia. But this time, the march of folly is not accompanied by pretentious calls to bipartisanism or even patriotism. On the contrary, it is clear to the entire world, if not the American people, that the stampede is being driven by the vitriolic excesses of America’s deeply dysfunctional domestic politics.”
From Robert Parry:
“The American mainstream news media has rarely bought in so thoroughly to a U.S.
government propaganda campaign as it has in taking sides in support of the post-coup
government in Ukraine and against Russia and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Part of this is explained by the longstanding animus toward Russian President Vladimir Putin for
his autocratic style, his shirtless photographs and his government’s opposition to gay rights.
Another part is a hangover from the Cold War when the Russkies were the enemy. In Official
Washington, there is palpable nostalgia for the days of Ronald Reagan’s anticommunist swagger
and “Red Dawn” fantasies.
But another reason for the biased coverage from the U.S. press corps is the recent fusion of the
still-influential neoconservatives with more liberal “responsibility to protect” (R2P) activists who
believe in “humanitarian” military interventions. The modern mainstream U.S. news media is
dominated by these two groups: neocons on the right and R2Pers on the center-left.”