Under the rules of Russian "weaponization of information" if we take my definitions of;
civil war
insurrection
invasion
THEN where does in fact reality on the ground fit in??
This is verified ground reality;
OSCE
Between Sept. 1 and June 1, monitors counted 20,021 Russians in military uniforms crossing to and from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine.
So is this an example of a;
civil war
insurrection
invasion
Clearly not "a civil war" if 20K plus Russians in military uniforms are coming and going from Russian into eastern Ukraine--that smacks more of an "invasion".
BUT wait under the Russian rules of "weaponization of information" these are fighters who volunteered, were voluntold, are vacationing and got lost because they had no GPS and maps, vacationing and took their own tanks and artillery with them while on vacation, former Russian military service members, Russian military retirees, Russian military contractors, plain Russian citizens defending fellow Russians from murdering Nazi's, Russian neo Nazi's fighting Ukrainian Nazi's, local miners AND truck drivers.
BUT definitely not part and parcel of the Russian military--that simply cannot be the case--"absolutely no Russian troops in the Ukraine" is the mantra from Moscow since August 2014--but wait what about those 10 Russian airborne troops who were POWS in august 2014 and the two Russian GRU Spetsnaz POWs in 2015??
That is "weaponization of information".
Dismay, distract, distort, deflect, doubt, distrust--the 6Ds of the Russian "weaponization of information".
Now if we look at the word--"plundering" which I think everyone assumes means "taking everything not nailed down, is not yours and you will not pay for it" because it belongs to the "enemy" and is the 'spoils of war".
So is the massive theft of Ukrainian coal being shipped via Russia railway coal carriers to Russia, the complete dismantling of five Ukrainian factories and shipping them to Russia, the taking of anything that is scrape metal then shipping it to Russia and the recent taking of the Ukrainian grain harvest--150 truck loads of grain to Russia "plundering"??
It definitely fulfills the definition of "plundering."
So how does that fit into the term "civil war" where supposedly the local population is attempting to defend itself--not steal and ship everything to another country.
THEN if we take the concept of the destruction of the entire critical infrastructure and civilian housing infrastructure by one's own defenders ie Russian Army how does that fit into the concept of a "civil war" vs say an "invasion" where that is expected to occur??
Core question----Why does one destroy one's own house if I am in a "civil war" to defend myself??
That is the "Russian weaponization of information".
Once one understands "the game" it is quite easy to discern truth from fiction.
Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
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