Remember the number of times I mentioned the term "weaponization of information". In any UW strategic strategy being used by Russia, Iran, IS and China--it is the key cornerstone to that strategy.
Remember how I indicated we the US public do not clearly understand day to day events in Syria that has played out over the last four years AND how western mainstream media is responsible for that.
WELL here is a perfect example actually more than perfect (it could be used in a classroom)of Russian "weaponization of information" twisted to depict Putin as this great forward thinking leader with massive foresight, depicting Assad as the global savior in the war on IS.
WHAT is totally missing is the following;
1. he fails to address the simple mathematical fact that IS has killed and or wounded seven times fewer Syrians than has Assad and his militaty
2. the UN has released a study on the torture used by Assad against his own civil society that have out rivals anything Is has relased in their videos--there was recently even a photo display in the UN that shocked all--but no response out of the UNSC
3. Assad has in fact lost 85% of his territory not only to IS but to the Kurds, and to moderate/radicalized Islamists
4. Russia has delivered all the weapons that the Assad military has needed since the fighting began in 2011 over demands by the silent majority to participate in their own government since Assad is actually a minority dictator--Russia continues to provide aircraft and bombs
5. the author fails to also address that Russia has repeatedly blocked any attempts by the UNSC to address Syria
6. he fails to address that the Russian Foreign Minister Larvov under his breath but caught by audio accused the KSA FM of being a "blooming idiot" (mildly put in Russain) for publicly stating in Moscow that Assad is the problem not the solution
7. he fails to mention that the barrel bomb concepts were passed to the Syrians by the IRGC/Iran and are being flown on Russian supplied aircraft
8. he fails to mention that Hezbollah the Iranian proxy has been fighting along side Assad since 2011 and still is fighting along side of him so with Russian arms AND now troops flowing in is in fact Russia supporting the Iranian foreign policy in Syria????
9. he fails to mention that Iran will never allow a break in the lines of communication between Tehran and Lebanon to occur--even yesterday the senior advisor to Khamenei declared there was no immediate need for democracy in Syria--the exact demands that started this mess in 2011
10. he fails to mention that hundreds of Iraqi Shiite militia are fighting in Syria
I could go on forever--BUT this is a masterpiece of "work with Putin", forget his invasion of eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea and his total disrespect of international law --AS he is the soul and savior of Syria---just work with him and all will be fine.
BUT again did he point out that far far far more Syrians have been driven out of Syria and or killed than ever killed or driven out by IS.
NOT a single sentence---that is "weaponization of information".
The Russian propaganda 6 Ds at work--distract, dismay, distort, deflect designed to create doubt and distrust.
All of the Ds are in this article--BUT he is just a "normal Russian with his "normal" opinion BUT he is a Russian oligarch and the total owner of the Independent--that is a dangerous mix in the world of mass media.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...-western-leade...
Evgeny Lebedev
Wednesday 9 September 2015
An alliance of Western leaders, Muslim nations and Vladimir Putin is the only way to defeat Isis
Russian FM is disparately trying to change the subject/narrative from the invasion of the Ukraine, annexation of Crimea--to the Putin the great soul and savior of Syria--saving the from the murdering and rampaging IS WHICH flies in the face of reality in Assad's killing of far more Syrians than has than IS and being directly responsible for the 5M plus refugees with his barrel bombs, and chemical attacks using weapons delivered by Putin.
MFA Russia ✔ @mfa_russia
Cooperation w/ USA in many areas, incl. fight against #IS is hampered by US political stance http://sputniknews.com/politics/2015...#ixzz3lEZD9YIu … pic.twitter.com/8NObgXAY0K
Putin is attempting to show the ME that it is he who wants to protect them NOT the US and he is trying hard to get back to business a usual and to get the sanctions dropped for his cooperation in Syria--BUT he fulfills not a single point in Minsk 2 in the Ukraine.
Typical Russian Orwellian doublespeak at work.