is not at war with russia. with ruthis is ukraine s war to figh. uk the second thing we have heard over and over again is that ukraine is winning that wa thar. rave ukrainian troops are brave and noble. russian troops are evil. and incompetent. the ukrainians are beating the russians. ir victo in the end, their victory i is inevitable. now, you re very familiar with these points because you heary day since ever last february. you ve heard them repeated by every power centem repeated , the united states , the pentagon, the white house, the leaders of both partie s in congress, ceos and celebrities, and most insistently of all, m from you ve heard them from virtually every single outlet lyy along the entire spectrum ol our national news media. these are the two essential themes of the war in ukraine and both of them are lies. k we know that they re lies because late last week, leakedea intelligence about the war in ukraine began to appear on social media briefing slides prepare
example, secretary of defense lloyd austin told the u.s. senate that russian military power is , quote, waningt russ. in other words, russiaas a l is losing the war.ie that was a lie. he knew it was when he said it,u but he repeated it inn congressional testimony. that is a crime. but lloyd austin has not been arrested for committing thaty ma crime. instead, the only man who has been takenn into custody or likely ever will be is a twenty one year old mastercharge cits air national guardsman who leaked the slides that showed that lloyd austin was lying.he he revealed the crimes, therefore, he s the criminal. that s how washington works.h telling the trutow wash is the only real sin. now our news media exist and have constitutional haverback aprecisely in orde gato push back against this grotesque standard. they re onlyesque job is to tell the truth. d ye and yet tonight the news mediato are celebi aiding the captureo of the kid who toldtold americans what s actually happeningha in u