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Excerpt: "In the months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, maverick journalist Glenn Greenwald has emerged as one of the loudest anti-Ukraine voices in the American media, with all the usual themes: transparent gloating over Russia’s apparent war gains in Eastern Ukraine; alarmism over United States support for Ukraine leading to World War III; even the flogging of “American biolabs in Ukraine” conspiracies in his Substack newsletter and in videos. While Greenwald has made overwrought claims about the “neo-Nazi menace” of the Azov Regiment, his only response to reports of Russian atrocities in Bucha has been to warn about the dangers of falling for “war propaganda” and “social media’s manipulations.”"

This article is itself a propaganda plug. 

At a skim, looks like I'd agree with Greenwald. But I don't think he is anti-Ukraine as such, nor 'a Putin appeaser'.

I see a lot of innuendoes and character assassination and shortage of argument by the author, one of the neo con/neo lib fraternity, no doubt. Possibly she's on the payroll of a propagandist organization.

This entire war and all the proponents of Ukraine, and defeating/weakening/etc.,  Russia, relies on - our side can do and has done nothing wrong: all the evils rest with the other. AND - if you can't see that (by which is meant, instantly *feel* it) you are just as evil. But Ukraine's government/ military  does not hold the moral high ground, if one is prepared to educate oneself on past doings (and inactions) by all players.

If you open up the "gloating" link to GG's tweet you read no gloating there about Russian advances, just some common sense and a mention of dialogue.

Greenwald is likely of a mind that would have urgently averted the war - the prevention of which there were plenty of opportunities, but tellingly not taken up by the relevant major powers. They expected it, clearly. Above all, he likely believes that lives - without ethnic etc., discrimination - are and were too worthy to be lost for the list of stupidities, hubris and evasions that helped bring it about. Therefore, he is indeed pro-Ukraine and holds higher standards than many in the West; it is all others, the so-called 'pro- Ukrainians' in the West, who in truth demand personal "satisfaction" and retribution for Putin scaring them so, and would have those Ukr people go to any lengths but negotiate, and small matter that the country gets destroyed for that self-indulgent luxury.

So long as Russians too, are massacred, and the movie ending of final victory is achieved. The callousness - and gloating - of altruists shows in the delight displayed in the media when a battle is won with huge losses. The deaths of even soldiers on either side is repulsive.

Conserving lives v. sacrificing lives. Are you beginning to understand the evils of altruism?