NY Times acknowledge Nazis in Ukraine, Admits to Covering it Up
Nazis in Ukraine present a public relations problem, says the New York Times
The New York Times published a stunning admission to its own journalistic malpractice on Monday.
In a piece headlined Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History, The Times recognized the Nazi symbolism rampant among Ukrainian troops that has long been reported on by a few in the alternative media (such as myself) but ignored or “fact checked” as “false” by the mainstream propagandists, like The Times. The above link is behind a paywall, but it is available at Yahoo.
While The Times is now admitting to the Nazi symbolism, it doesn’t present it as an issue that should lead us to stop supporting the corrupt Ukrainian regime. No, no, no says The Times. The issue is that it presents a public relations nightmare making it harder for them to present their propaganda.
The piece includes this photo of a Ukraine soldier wearing a Totenkopf patch, a Nazi symbol:
That photo was posted to Twitter by Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and then deleted after the American propagandists, including The Times, advised them to remove it.
The Times admits that the “Ukrainian government and NATO allies and NATO allies have posted, then quietly deleted,” several photos of soldiers wearing Nazi symbols since the conflict began. The piece states:
“The photographs, and their deletions, highlight the Ukrainian military’s complicated relationship with Nazi imagery, a relationship forged under both Soviet and German occupation during World War II….
Some members of these groups have been fighting Russia since the Kremlin illegally annexed part of the Crimea region of Ukraine in 2014 and are now part of the broader military structure. Some are regarded as national heroes, even as the far-right remains marginalized politically.
The iconography of these groups, including a skull-and-crossbones patch worn by concentration camp guards and a symbol known as the Black Sun, now appears with some regularity on the uniforms of soldiers fighting on the front line, including soldiers who say the imagery symbolizes Ukrainian sovereignty and pride, not Nazism.”
The Times goes as far as admitting it asked Ukrainians to remove Nazis symbols for photos because they’ve got a war to sell back at home. The piece states:
“In November, during a meeting with Times reporters near the front line, a Ukrainian press officer wore a Totenkopf variation made by a company called R3ICH (pronounced “Reich”). He said he did not believe the patch was affiliated with the Nazis. A second press officer present said other journalists had asked soldiers to remove the patch before taking photographs.”
The whole Times piece goes on and on to rewrite the narrative accusing Russia of pushing propaganda by pointing out the Nazi symbols while playing down the Nazi symbolism as simply “complicated” or “thorny.” And, The Times, claims, it doesn’t mean these Ukrainians are Nazis. No, they say “the symbols had meanings that were unique to Ukraine and should be interpreted by how Ukrainians viewed them, not by how they had been used elsewhere.”
Another interesting part of the piece is reassuring Americans that Ukraine is fighting hard for sodomites, so they must not be Nazis, right? Well, they may want to read Scott Lively’s The Pink Swastika.
Independent journalist Matt Taibbi described the piece as effectively reaching out to Ukraine to tell them to cover up the Nazi symbols to make it easier to sell The Times’ propaganda. In his piece, titled “Cover Those Nazi Symbols, Please?”, Taibbi writes:
“The institutional obstacles to getting clear information about the war in Ukraine are formidable, from embedding rules barring journalists from entering ‘red zones’ (and requiring escorts in ‘yellow’ areas), to casualties undercounted by officials on both sides, to open use of planted stories, to harassment of voices who go against official messaging. Journalists asking soldiers to remove Nazi patches is a new level of insanity. With the line between propagandist and reporter all but dissolved, how long before embeds are offered NATO uniforms? Who thinks this is a good idea?”
I think The Times piece has two effects. On the one hand, I agree with Taibbi that The Times is telling Ukraine to please make their propaganda job easier. On the other hand, I believe The Times is trying to tell the American people to “please, don’t let the fact they’re Nazis stop you from supporting them.”
However, as the propagandists and our government steal hundreds of billions of dollars from us to assist Ukrainian Nazis commit war crimes, they are trying to cancel those who use Nazi symbols to mock Nazis.
That’s the case for Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters who wore a Nazi uniform at a show to mock fascism. Antiwar reported:
“The State Department has falsely accused rock legend Roger Waters, a co-founder of Pink Floyd, of antisemitism over a recent performance in Germany.
Waters has come under criticism for a May 17 show in Berlin where he donned an outfit that resembled a Nazi uniform, part of a performance of the legendary Pink Floyd album ‘The Wall.’
In response to the criticism, Waters released a statement that said the elements of the show he was criticized for are ‘quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms.’
‘Attempts to portray those elements as something else are disingenuous and politically motivated. The depiction of an unhinged fascist demagogue has been a feature of my shows since Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ in 1980,’ Waters said.”
It’s interesting to see this admission from The Times. They’re certainly not going to be censored. But those who have been pointing this out from the start have been.
That’s what John Kiriakou, a CIA whistleblower, said in a recent interview. The discussion on Ukrainian Nazis begins at around the 14-minute mark.
Kiriakou makes the point that we’re not talking about neo-Nazis in Ukraine, they’re “actual Nazis…. That’s the truth. That’s documented.” He added there are “tables set up where Ukrainian Nazis are selling Nazi paraphernalia, Nazi memorabilia, to raise money for the Ukrainian war effort.”
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, though, because America has a long history of supporting Nazis.
“In the final stages of World War II, the US rushed to make contact with Nazi collaborators from the Soviet Union and parts of Europe liberated by the Soviets, most of all those in Ukraine. After the war, the newly-created CIA helped sponsor an insurgency in Ukraine that by the agency’s own estimates killed more than 35,000 people by the time it was suppressed in the mid-1950s.”
In 1986, The Village Voice reported:
“‘SUBJECT D” IS THE LABEL MOST RECENTLY used by the federal government to describe a certain high-ranking Nazi collaborator, an alleged war criminal whose cooperation with the Central Intelligence Agency allowed him to enter this country in 1949 and later become a U.S. citizen. Subject D’s history was supposed to remain hidden; indeed, he felt so secure that his telephone number is listed under his real name. Now, after nearly 40 years, his secret is out.”
The Times has run cover and made attempts hides Ukraine’s Nazis. Now that it can’t hide the fact anymore, it’s trying to convince us its ok to support Nazis, at least the right kind of Nazis.
Unlike The Times, I find a problem with supporting Nazis. Here’s a few of my recent pieces from Substack:
And in 2022, prior to starting this Substack, I was on top of the Ukraine Nazis for The Liberty Loft:
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