Victoria's ISW Secret
Victoria's ISW Secret
The MSM gets its war analysis from the sister in law of the woman who made the war inevitable.
I’m the sort of person who can’t stand getting ‘expert analysis’ from the same people who lied to me the last time. When I see a war article on the BBC, Fox, CNN, or MSNBC, I know I need to do my own research. When I see that all of the MSM agrees on something, I know it’s either true, or it’s some next level narrative.
When Colin Powell held up the sample of ‘Yellow Cake’ that proved Iraq was going to nuke us all, the MSM all got behind the narrative.
Today, the MSM is entirely rallied behind one narrative. Russia is losing in Ukraine. According to the narrative, all Ukraine needs is some gear, and this Russian loss is a done deal. For a skeptic, who still remembers the ‘Yellow Cake’, this near universal agreement on the narrative is troubling.
My first thought is to get away from the talking heads, and the expert analysis. These people were all experts on something else last week! Instead, I try to find their sources.
In reading numerous articles, I soon found a frequently used source. That source was a site called ‘The Institute for the Study of War’, or ‘ISW’. ISW produces a daily synopsis of the battlefield events, as well as daily maps. It’s easy to see why the Main Stream Media loves the site. It pretty much sums up the day into media friendly talking points.
The ISW Analysis of the war is bleak for Russia. It fully ignores Russia’s stated goals, hammers home any Russian setbacks, and elevates minor Ukrainian wins. To the casual news consumer, Russia will lose if we in the west help just a bit more. How can anyone not want to help? We can easily crush Russia and save this shiny new democracy, with just a little more help.
Once you see the reality of this coverage, you can’t help but see that it is agenda driven by Neocon insiders, aimed at prolonging a Ukrainian loss, for the simple purpose of gaining some wishful NATO advantage over Russia.
Presented next are a sampling of articles sourcing ISW:
Here we have the BBC Coverage of the latest events.
The BBC clearly depends on ISW analysis of the situation.
Fox News also uses ISW analysis.
As it turns out, numerous MSM articles look to ISW as a source. Here a few more examples:
So who is The Institute for the Study or War?
According to the Mission statement, they check all the right boxes!
The Who We Are gets a little bit interesting! Right away, William Kristol stand out. But first, we see that it’s Founder and President is Dr. Kimberly Kagan.
Who is Kimberly Kagan? Wikipedia shows us all we need to know!
Wait, What?
Yes, we read this correctly. The Founder and President of ISW, the MSM’s go to source, is in fact the Sister In Law of Victoria Nuland.
Be sure to research Victoria Nuland if you don’t know who she is. In short, she is the Architect of Ukraine’s 2014 Coup. She currently serves the United States Department of State.
The following from Wikipedia shows just how much Victoria Nuland has at stake in Ukraine.
The MSM gets its war analysis from the sister in law of the woman who made the war inevitable.
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For an even deeper dive, I looked at who ISW uses for sources.
It appears that ISW gets the vast majority of its ‘Open Source’ information from Ukraine’s General Staff Facebook page. That’s odd!
Fine work Skeptic. You very methodically connect the dots. Thanks
Nice piece. You, Jacob Dreizin, The Duran boys, and Andrei M. are my go-to sources for all things UA. And, not since Rush have I seen the collusionary dots connected so well in MSM reportage.