Some on the 'left' are beating the War drums

[The Magistrate]

33. Nothing To Do With Me, Sir

I have been fairly active in threads on Ukraine, and know the leading participants on both sides, by name, off-hand. I have described the state of play accurately. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the matter, rather than try and play the 'gimmie a link' game. And I suggest, too, that you drop the pretense that 'It seems like not buying the US government's claims hook, line and sinker gets confused with defending Putin around here...Agreeing the RT sucks and has an agenda, but so do other news sources so we have to be careful, also earns one the Putin Lover moniker." Claims from Russia Times and other official Russian sources are posted by some as accurate accounts of events, which they are not, and pretending that one is posting them to present 'an alternative view' or because 'one must keep an open mind' are simply subterfuges. A number of people flat out argue in favor of the view of events put out by the Russian government, presenting them as factual descriptions and sound analysis. Denying this only makes you look foolish, or else ignorant of what goes on in discussions of the matter.