‘This is a war of propaganda’: John Pilger on Ukraine and Assange

‘This is a war of propaganda’: John Pilger on Ukraine and Assange

@ 3:51

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Yes, you must remember though
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that above all this is the war of propaganda.
3:56
And I would think almost nothing one reads
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in the Western press
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about…
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about the invasion of Ukraine is to be trusted.
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Scepticism…
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well the skills of scepticism…
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but I’m not sure the reading public, the watching public,
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particularly in the United States, possesses…
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that is crucial now because nothing can be believed.
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Every day when I scan the media, I look at the source
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and it’s Ukrainian intelligence.
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The propaganda operation in Ukraine is quite brilliant.
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They’ve managed to invent a chemical warfare attack
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when there wasn’t one.
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They’ve managed to… keep out of the Western media
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the fact that so much of Ukraine is infested,
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if not run by, but infested with true extremists,
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fascists, “neo-Nazis” they are called.
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The United States may be about to fight,
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you’re saying, or to encourage a war
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in which it plays a leading role in Ukraine.
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What to remember here is the US doesn’t give a damn about Ukraine.
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Ukraine is simply a pawn in this.
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But the object, as the US defence secretary [says],
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and I paraphrase him,
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is to destroy the Russian Federation.
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That’s been known for a long time.
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That is probably the most
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dangerous project in the world today
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because the Russians are not going to allow that.