There are a couple outcomes for the SMO in Ukraine of which I have supreme confidence. First, that none of the experts or professionals who thought we were winning and that this was even a feasible proposition will have learned anything. Second, that none of the liars who served as cheerleaders for this slaughter will be held accountable.
Case in point, somebody sent me two headlines from the same Forbes author David Axe. From last year:
“Ukraine’s Challenger 2 Tanks can Plow Right Through Russian Defenses“
And recently:
“The British Challenger Tank is the Wrong Tank for Ukraine“
His articles are the standard fare of how the bumbling Russians are getting slaughtered by the Ukrainians. First of all, nobody plows through a minefield under enemy fire. That’s a suicide mission the Russians don’t bother doing, but we forced the Ukrainians to undertake for headlines. The American equipment they were using got blown up on the first foray. All tanks, no matter how modern, are steel boxes packed with fuel and ammunition that will blow up when hit with a sufficient munition. It doesn’t matter what country made them.
Axe is really dumb, but this is the caliber of journalists these days.
Where is the banzai charge? What evidence is being presented? Why would this be an effective tactic? I just scrolled through this hack’s Twitter and it’s full of stuff like Shoigu inspecting the FAB 3000s, which are the next size of bomb to be fitted with glide kits like the FAB 250s, 500s, and 1500s. The number comes from the kilos of explosives.
Hundreds of metric tons are dropped every day now that long range Ukrainian AA systems have been wiped out. FAB 9,000s are rumored to be soon fitted with rocket-assisted glide kits as well. These aren’t tactical nukes, but damn. A 1500 alone is enough to level anything it hits and blow out the surrounding oxygen to asphyxiate survivors. This is a horrific nightmare for Ukraine, not a turkey shoot.
Axe admits the Russians are now bombing the Ukrainians. Why is the side with this firepower doing banzai charges? This was a suicide tactic done by the Japanese when the battle on a Pacific island was lost during World War 2 and retreat was impossible. It offers no utility except for the honorable death being sought by the soldiers. Only a moron would think this happens under different circumstances. This might be the stupidest thing I’ve read about the entire conflict and this guy is an expert for a marquee publication.
They all switched to this narrative that the Russians have turned the tide in their favor through banzai charges when the initial line of nonsense was that the banzai charges were what the Russians were doing and losing as a result. Zero proof was offered back then, just as now. This is an amazing contradiction to entertain, especially since all admit that Russia fires a massively disproportionate volume of artillery shells.
Russia is taking out all sorts of U.S. hardware behind enemy lines using drones and missiles. I see these videos every day. It’s rather dramatic when a HIMAR explodes. Axe admits this, so why are they also doing banzai charges? Why are Russian bodies just piling up in front of Ukrainian lines?
I watched a video of 4 FAB-250s drop from an SU-34 and nail a trench at even points, that’s not something anybody survives. Even U.S. experts have had to admit that the Russians have an inexhaustible supply of FABs. The stupidity of the false narratives is one of the most consistent aspects of this conflict.
If I was an editor at Forbes, I’d take a look at these two headlines I quoted above and have Axe fired on the spot. It’s not like wannabe journalists are in short supply, they’d be able to have him replaced within a couple days. However, Forbes wouldn’t touch me with a ten-foot pole.
The thing is though, there’s nothing exceptionally bad about Axe in the context of journalists. Pretty much every single journalist writing for a Western publication does the same routine of lies and contradictory nonsense. Likewise, with all of the academics and military experts.
To do otherwise gets you exiled to the outer reaches of the internet like us. If you tell the truth, you go from being a journalist to an extremist. Even Tucker Carlson has lost his journalist status in the eyes of other journalists. Perhaps a special part of hell is reserved for them, but I don’t know for sure.
I don’t even read Forbes, so I’ve probably never read anything else Axe has ever written. Since somebody sent me these stories, I thought they’d make quite a good illustration of the state of journalism and why you can’t figure out much of anything going on in the world by wasting your time on it. This is probably something anybody reading this site would already know, but I have a need to vent.
I’m proud to officially announce my candidacy for the office of Dogcatcher.
Ever heard of Veronica K. Clark? I’m reading a book of hers now called ‘The Union Jackal’. It’s refreshing how she dissects the absurdities of pseudo-journalists, much like you do in your articles here at ID.
Good articles. First the US and the EU send many billions of dollars worth of arms and supplies to Ukraine to be used for killing Russians. Now the US and their G7 allies are considering seizing more than $300 billion worth of Russian assets currently frozen in EU Central Banks. It’s funny. The Yankee Empire ran exactly those same plays against Japan leading up to their attack on Pearl Harbor. Of course the official story is that one day in 1941, for no reason at all a large number of Samurai got drunk and decided that it would be fun to play a game of BATTLESHIP with real warships and planes.
He is a writing shill. If you turn on a TV at 6pm anywhere Amerika you can watch a talking shill. Joseph Goebbels smiles from hell, Edward Bernays could not be reached for a comment.