Tag: Torture

Greek Parliament platforms Azov Battalion fighter: Gov’t spox says “it was wrong and inappropriate”

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

“Including a message from an Azov Battalion member was wrong and inappropriate”, said government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou in the aftermath of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking to the Greek Parliament.

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For his part, the Azov Battalion fighter, who claimed to be Greek but could not speak Greek, said in Ukrainian: “I am addressing you as a Greek.”

Greek Parliament platforms Azov Battalion fighter: Gov’t spox says “it was wrong and inappropriate”

H/T iEarlGrey on YouTube:

“Unacceptable”: Zelensky parades Azov fighters at Greek parliament – Inside Russia Report

Previously:

Greek from Donetsk: Ukrainians threaten to burn me, no one said anything about those killed by Kiev for eight years

Can the US Credibly Condemn Russian Attacks on Civilians?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As someone who has written about multiple wars the US has engaged in, I’d have to say the US has no moral authority to condemn another nation on civilian casualties. I don’t think there is another nation on this planet, in our more ‘modern times’ that has killed more civilians than the US. That’s just reality.

Can the US Credibly Condemn Russian Attacks on Civilians?

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Annexing Raqqa- Ethnic Cleansing & Where’s ISIS?

Beware the redux: America’s violent Cold War history

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Hollywood loves a sequel, but the Russia-Ukraine crisis has made the possibility real, and no one should want to see it.

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The “us versus them” rhetoric and global military maneuvering likely to play out in the years to come threaten to divert attention and resources from the biggest risks to humanity, including the existential threat posed by climate change. It also may divert attention from a country — ours — that is threatening to come apart at the seams. To choose this moment to launch a new Cold War should be considered folly of the first order, not to speak of an inability to learn from history.

Beware the redux: America’s violent Cold War history

Russophobia: NATO’s Psychological Torture Manual and the Construction of Single Thought

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

José Negrón Valera

In Venezuela we have experience in dealing with psychological siege tactics. For 20 years, Chavismo has been subjected to a campaign of psychological torture that reached its paroxysm when, in 2017, news portals called for “hunting” and publishing the location of people the opposition identified as Chavistas.mind

Russophobia: NATO’s Psychological Torture Manual and the Construction of Single Thought