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In Thirst For War, Sen. Inhofe Releases Fake Photos Of Russian Troops In Ukraine
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee first viewed the graphic pictures in December. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.) then obtained the photos and worked to independently verify and confirm the authenticity of the photos, before providing them exclusively to the Free Beacon.
Inhofe said he hopes the images act as a wake up call to the Obama administration and American people, who largely have been spared from seeing the graphic violence inflicted upon Ukraine by the Russian-backed separatists…
Following publication of this story, serious questions have been raised about the authenticity of some of the photographs provided by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.). Several images of the Russian convoys appear to have been taken in 2008, during Russia’s conflict with Georgia. Given the similarities between the earlier images and those provided by the senator’s office, the Washington Free Beacon is investigating further and will update as necessary.
Sen. Inhofe said in a statement: “The Ukrainian parliament members who gave us these photos in print form as if it came directly from a camera really did themselves a disservice. We felt confident to release these photos because the images match the reporting of what is going on in the region. I was furious to learn one of the photos provided now appears to be falsified from an AP photo taken in 2008.
– From the Washington Free Beacon’s article: Updated: Provenance of Photos Showing Atrocities Questioned
Wondering just how similar the images were?
This is absolutely incredible. Incredible.
First of all, I don’t claim to have any idea about what is happening in Ukraine. Many people out there feel obligated to pick a side, but I can promise you that 99% of them don’t actually have a clue. I don’t think there are many “goods guys” on either side of this fight, and my assumption is that both sides are lying as much as possible. It’s a very sad situation, but very few people really knows what’s going on. That’s why I don’t comment on it much.
I wish I could say the same thing for United States Senators, you know, the people who actually play an important role in deciding when the country goes to war (that is, when Obama decides to consult them).
In his best attempt to impersonate war crazed Senator John McCain, Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma released photographic proof of Russian solders in Ukraine in order to push forward his bill to provide U.S. arms to Ukraine. Or so he thought…
The Washington Free Beacon reported:
Inhofe’s bill to arm the Ukrainians is sponsored by at least 16 other leading Republicans, including Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), John Cornyn (Texas), Marco Rubio (Fla.), and Tom Cotton (Ark.).
The bill would authorize the United States to send lethal weaponry and require Obama to provide Congress with a “comprehensive strategy” to support Ukraine going forward.
The new evidence could help bolster the case on Capitol Hill for a new piece of legislation that would enable the United States to provide lethal military aid to the Ukrainians, who have been asking America for such support for months.
The pictures were taken between Aug. 24 and Sept. 5 in the midst of a Russian-backed incursion into Eastern Ukraine. The fighting has only grown more bloody in the ensuing months, as hundreds more Russians enter the country, according to congressional sources briefed on the conflict.
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee first viewed the graphic pictures in December. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.) then obtained the photos and worked to independently verify and confirm the authenticity of the photos, before providing them exclusively to the Free Beacon.
Inhofe said he hopes the images act as a wake up call to the Obama administration and American people, who largely have been spared from seeing the graphic violence inflicted upon Ukraine by the Russian-backed separatists.
There’s just one slight problem here. Some of the photos are totally fake, and are actually from Russia’s 2008 conflict with Georgia. More from the Washington Free Beacon:
UPDATE 3:11 P.M.: Following publication of this story, serious questions have been raised about the authenticity of some of the photographs provided by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.). Several images of the Russian convoys appear to have been taken in 2008, during Russia’s conflict with Georgia. Given the similarities between the earlier images and those provided by the senator’s office, the Washington Free Beacon is investigating further and will update as necessary.
Sen. Inhofe said in a statement: “The Ukrainian parliament members who gave us these photos in print form as if it came directly from a camera really did themselves a disservice. We felt confident to release these photos because the images match the reporting of what is going on in the region. I was furious to learn one of the photos provided now appears to be falsified from an AP photo taken in 2008. This doesn’t change the fact that there is plenty of evidence Russia has made advances into the country with T-72 tanks and that pro-Russian separatists have been killing Ukrainians in cold blood.”
This is simply unbelievable, and further proof that U.S. “leadership” has absolutely no idea what they are doing. Very dangerous. The Daily Caller put it quite well:
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) released photographs Thursday of what he says is confirmed Russian military action against Ukraine. He gave them “exclusively” to the Washington Free Beacon.
Except there’s just one problem — some of the photographs given to WFB from the 80-year-old senator date back to 2008 from the AP and aren’t exclusive at all.
The WFB points out that the photographic evidence could be pivotal in convincing Congress to back legislation that would give military assistance to the Ukranians. They say Inofe worked “independently” from Congress to verify the authenticity of the photographs.
Independently, meaning his office forget to do basic online image searches.
Inhofe, of course, bashes President Obama, saying he’s “slow to recognize” what is happening around the world.
But maybe it’s a certain Oklahoma senator who needs to take a class at the local Apple store.
You can’t make this stuff up. Further proof to not believe anything the government says, and to not start anymore wars.
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It doesn't look very peaceful from the ground
http://liveuamap.com/
yarosh azov batallion denied it already state dept worker.
1st the shooting down of the airliner to give the usa 'good' reason to get involved militarily in a big way, now this bs.
observe the great satan in its death throes, but dont bother smiling cause its taking as many it can with it, usa uk eu you are one sick, perverse, nihilistic pos.
maybe the bbc slight doubt story via 'sergey' (which was on this site in the past week) regarding who started the shooting in maiden square is thought to give room to backtrack ever so slightly / introduce doubts to the faux drum beat to war/threat of the new soviet union angle pumped into the sheeples heads, even though the 'evidence' has been around for a year or more. not that highly educated westerners have any use for logic reason or critical thought, thats just irrelevent.
without further scale usa involvement the coup in ukraine will eventually collapse itself, i mean its not like an election is gonna be on the cards this side of 2020 so the pressure is certainly on the guys in langley, my heart goes out to those guys, i mean they are protecting all of us.
still dont see this story ending up as headline news anywhere maybe a column or two tucked away in the gaurdian, allowing the multitude to carry on blissfully ignorant and keep working and consuming.
all that i have said will be used as evidence against me in a court of martial law come the night of the long knives 2.0, independent thought makes anyone guilty of it a dissident and enemy of the state and 'the people'
this kind of uncertainty directly effects the economy, i need to decide whether to get a tower computer which is bulky and will be hard to evacuate london with, or a laptop and a portable solar panel which will be half the price, gee what a conundrum.
Blame fucking Oklahoma; they're the ignorami that elected this fool of fools.
Dear Rt Hon.Sen Inahuff:
Ever wonder why your ZIO-Handlers call you a Dumb "Shabbatt Goy" Okie behind your back?
Hint: Try lookin' in the mirror, moron!
Geez - no wonder it took you until 40 to get some lame-ass degree from that esteemed establishment of Higher Learning - Tulsa State! (Source Wikipedia)
(And to think it's imbeciles like Inahuff deciding WW3 the fate of humanity- GOD HELP US!!!)
Incitement
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If Russian troops were in northern Mexico, for example... San Diego, Phoenix, etc...what would we be saying.
"...what would we be saying."
We would say, they are not Russians. THEY are chinese.
How about something real concerning.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voWhey1yZbE
They can get bent, there is another bill of rights item that protects the first one! They would be crazy, batshit insane, to try to silence us! It would be game over for them if they do this. We need to contact our reps and tell them this is insanity and to stop the control tactics, repeal NDAA and Patriot Act, ACA, etc...
If they do not comply it would probably be kattie bar the door! IMHO
I do not advocate violence to make change people, we need to use our noodles, some how, some way!
Won't anybody think of Inhofe's lucrative post-congressional defense industry job?
At new Check point Charlie on the Ukraine demarcation line, where the Nuvorussians are gonna execute de facto the "cease fire" at midnight tonight with their Uki bretheren in Cossack style, with the appropriate fireworks, Chocopops, Hollande and Mutti will be on line to observe all the 200 violations that the Nuvorussians will allegedly commit--according to Chocopops-- to the peace treaty at Midnight past one minute.
One Uki aide told Mutti this evening that those Nuvorussians were so barbaric they wore no underwear in the freezing cold to show how tough they were.
Replied Mutti smirking : No wonder they are winning the cold war!
Da da dum, da da dum, da da dum dum dum,
Da da dum, da da dum, da da dum dum dum.
Hi -Oh Silver Rides Again!
War-mongering MIC-funded jerks like Inhofe should be made send their own kith and kin to the front line of any war they succeed in fomenting.
Only fools trust either side to tell them the truth
We had reporters on the ground in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iraq when DS1 went down. We had embedded reporters whenDS2 kicked off. But we can't ger reporters into the Ukraine?
Excellent point. Where is the reporting from the field?
It's here, the Jews are screwed. Obozo will not help or commit.
The is the RISE OF THE NEW NAZIS!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=98d_1423931054
Where's Colon Powell when we need a convincing negro to sell a good war?
This really is Bush's fault. 911 came 13 1/2 years early
Covered in yellowcake.
I would like to read half of the commentators here write in Colonel Cassad in Saker and some French and German sites.
hehe.
"Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest"
- Starring Jim Carey, Jeff Daniels & Jim Inhofe
What do you expect from an A.I.N.O. (American in name only) who voted for the N.D.A.A.!? Inhofe and McCain are probably sleeping together. Double hanging anyone!?
Tuco
Make him pay, never forget.
The Minsk charade is over. It did not last more than a few minutes, just enough time for a fascists fat ass in the Ukraine to make a few loud mouth false assertions, Frau Merkel did the same with the added bonus of economic threats against Russia and boom, the Minsk charade was dead. The Novorussians are back to defending themselves and killing the Ukrainian Nazi invaders.
So, why are our Senators crazy, or appear to act crazy?
They are not agents for their respective states. They are agents for money power and those who bribe them via lobbyist activity. They must have money to buy your vote. They must run campaigns to schmooze you the voter.
The founding fathers wanted Senators to be above the political fray. They were to be sent by their STATES and not be popularly elected.
The constitution was perverted with the 17'th ammendment. This 17'th in turn was installed by a conspiracy of money power agents, primarily German Jews - at this time under Rothschild control.
Eustace Mullins shows this to be the case with his search of Congressional records. Later this became material in his book, "secrets of the Federal Reserve."
In world envisioned by our Founders, a Crazy Senator would be recalled. They would be yanked from Washington so fast their hair would fall out.
The republic is no more, and it was totally gutted in 1912 by money power agents. Don't be surprised when your Senators are bat shit crazy....you voted for them.
I am from Oklahoma.... & I just sent off an email to ol' Jim and asked "What the HELL is going on".... and I will follow it up with a phone call on Monday morning..... he may never get my vote again, unless he has a DAMN good answer, & it better not be a war mongering answer that supports those damn zionist banksters (who are at the center of the currency war against the Bear and many other places).....
Thank you.
Inhofe worked as a businessman for three decades before becoming a full-time politician.[4] He worked in the field of aviation, as a real estate developer, and in insurance, eventually becoming the president of the Quaker Life Insurance Company. During the time he worked for Quaker Life, the company went into receivership; it was liquidated in 1986.[5]
- During the time he worked for Quaker Life, the company went into receivership; it was liquidated in 1986.[5]
- big qualifications then...
Inhofe, as of the 113th Congress, is a member of the following committees:
- Committee on Armed Services
- United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Oversight (Ranking minority member)
- conflict of interest here, posting photo
Between this scam, and even moar evil warmongering propaganda, here now we see that these evil nazi arseholes that the US and Europe both support, are not going to live up to a cease fire. They, the evil bankster moneygod freaks from hell are just a gonna keep on a keeping on with the murdering of innocents, and civilians. The lacktoast do nothing about it Europeans are gonna get that third world war on their front laws because no one cares enuff to stop it
When Russia finally decides enuff is enuff, they will be fully justified in the view of the God of Righteousness and Truth when they clean the clocks of the evil kievian nazis. Indeed, the world of peace loving people will cheer and dance when this is done.
The real crime here is, no one cares to see the truth. There is NO representation of the American people in govt any moar. They are all slaves to the moneygod. War for profits.
The world's people do not want a war, and these arseholes from hell are going to instigate this world war anyways.
http://wakeupfromyourslumber.com/after-the-start-of-the-ceasefire-kievs-...
Keep sanctions on russia till they have a revolution, i think the whole world would agree now
history has proven that the people will rally around the leader when their country comes under foreign attack. Putin's high popularity is a big Russian fuck you to the NATO/Western push towards Russia's borders.
The drop in Oil price is a big fuck you to Putin, and to the fucking morons like you that spread propganda on his behalf
Depends on the leader and how good or bad he/she is my friend.
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latest:
http://tersee.com/#!q=Copenhagen&t=text
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I posted this in two ZH articles, so please excuse the spamming. But I found this Spiegel article well worth mentioning to ZH readers. It's from late last year, and chronicles over time the EU and IMF missteps in the Uke situation. They were naive about the Uke leadership issues and didn't want to deal with the Russia issue until it was too late.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/war-in-ukraine-a-result-of-mi...
Spiegel=CNN
do you really consider SPiegel worth of reading?
Did you even read the article? No, of course you didn't.
Yet another episode of the western oligarchs and their political minions "Fake the Facts" reality show.
One of the reasons to survive the next war is the satisfaction you will feel observing "Just Us" at their war crimes trials.
Evidence that sheds doubt on the official story regarding the Charlie Hebdo shootings.
"I'm going to show you some footage of the Charlie Hebdo shootings which has been restricted or taken down from a number of websites. As you will see it contains no blood, gore or graphic violence. It does however punch a major hole in the official story.
You can draw your own conclusions.
The following clip was played on France 24. You'll notice in the middle that a section is edited out.
Let's look at the clip that was edited out.
Now if we zoom in and slow it down you'll see that the officer isn't actually hit by a bullet. There is a blast that hits the sidewalk just in front of him, but he is clearly not hit in the head as the corporate media is claiming.
Let's watch it again. Notice that the head isn't rocked by the blast as it would be if he was actually hit. Notice the plume of dust about a foot in front of him as the shot hits the ground. This is a AK-47. A hit to the head would splatter blood and brains all over the sidewalk."
http://stormcloudsgathering.com/charlie-hebdo-shootings-censored-video
Very interesting, I have watched a lot of Stormcloudsgathering videos and have no reason to suspect its authenticity. He is correct that the mans head would have been blown 'clean off' with a 30 cal round from an AK-47...this is one of the things that make one go hmmmm
I do not doubt we are being lied to at all, however, what is their end game here? To make us cower in fear and run to the govt for protection? Or to start another big war in the middle east? Or context for mass deportations? or all of the above?
Everyone has video cam on their phones..... IF troops are piling in, there will be evidence.
We have spy sats that can take a picture of your bald spot from space...if there was evidence, it would already be front and center in a grayscale ortho view.
Then they would be BLINDED by the reflection of my sun spot LOL
What day is it? What day is it? It's fight club dayyyyyy
Well if this article doesn't get Obama cracking down on net neutrality I don't know what will. You know, all the talk about needing to be an officicial news source and such.
If they shut all of this down what wll we do? Too many of us know what's going on. Many are saying use different servers. That's only a technical solution. The gov't could simply say that's illegal, shut them down and arrest the site owners.
I had a dream last night...
I was driving down the road, all was moving smoothly, then I saw a giant black crow or raven, swoop in and land on the interstate just beyond an overpass, then a jetliner flying really low make a 90 degree left turn just above the overpass. I swerved to miss the crow/raven (giant thing) and next thing I know, I am following some cars down a road, then it turns to a dirt road, lefts and rights, then I see barracades and signs (cant remember what the signs said), and I lost the other cars, and said to myself that was strange. Then I ended up in someones yard, where there was a man and a boy playing catch. I got out of my car and asked how the heck I got here, and it was strange and surreal, it was as if the man didn't see me, but the boy did? I introduced my self to the man and tried to shake his hand, but my hand went right through his hand.
I turned to the boy and talked to him, he could hear and see me, and I was able to shake his hand, flesh to flesh, then he told me I was dead, or something to that effect. At that point the man seemed to see me, then I woke up.
Strange dream indeed, and it was so detailed and graphic, that I thought it was real.
The raven, incidentally, has been commonly considered the mythic mediator between life and death, in particular among the various athabascan tribes.
"Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."
-- Mark Twain
"This doesn’t change the fact that there is plenty of evidence Russia has made advances into the country with T-72 tanks and that pro-Russian separatists have been killing Ukrainians in cold blood.”
. . . James Mountain "Jim" Inhofe (lying scumbag Senator for Oklahoma) from buzzfeed
So how come nobody has managed to produce any of this evidence?
First or all, lighten up in Jim Inhofe.
He made a mistake. He believed people that he should not have believed. This happens all the time in politics.
However, he recognized that he got jobbed by someone and admitted that the evidence was fake.
THIS ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS IN POLITICS!
Yes, he looks like an idiot, but an idiot capable of recognizing a truer truth when the evidence is put in front of his nose. This puts him head and shoulders above the herd of morons that infest Washington, and in particular, the Obama regime.
In spite of Inhofe's gaffe on Ukraine, we must not lose sight of the fact that he as been a champion in leading opposition to the mammoth "global warming" fraud.
Ukraine is a "regional" conflict. Global warming is global conflict.
I say, give Inhofe a disciplinary spanking, tell him to get his head on straight and recognize that he and his colleages are buffoons on Ukraine, that then get back into the battle against Al Gore and the global warming thugs where he can do some good.
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Inhofe pushes heavy aggression... your priorities suck
good people are slaughtered in Donbass
A "disciplinary spanking" ?wtf? No, absolutely no way is that enough. This cunt should be hounded out of office and then off the face of the earth.
Re: global warming. Don't you realise that anyone who is proven to be a lying bastard is hardly a good ambassador for the "truth" about global warming. Or the "truth" about anything else, for that matter, such as his opinions on god, guns and gays.
Putin taking the peace agreement to the UN. Germany and France have no choice but to turn against the US or or abandon Ukraine entirely. Nice move.
There are no mountains like that anywhere in Ukraine. It has to be the Caucasus. It was a stupid mistake, but so dumb that nobody should suspect an intention to deceive. Zerohedge is siding with the Russians again. The spate of anti-Ukraine articles the last couple of days, in support of the soon-to-be-broken Minsk II agreement, has to signal to Ukraine that it is time again to bend over and grease up.
Is this for real or a psy-op?
Kolomoysky: Sorry about the MH17 – but it is a trifle – ENG SUBShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrfKZUttEwE
It seems remarkable if it is true.
Why does anyone still believe the narrative?
BBC article: Ukraine crisis: Russia tests new weapons, By Keir Giles, Conflict Studies Research Centre, Oxford.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31146595
All weapons in article are old, except those pictures taken from Russian military parade. What is claimed as high tech drone is actually DJI-F306 PHANTOM what can be bought over internet
Brian Williams “Destroyed”, 3 Others (Colleagues) Killed Over Obama 9/11 Fears
Excerps:
"Even more grimly to note, this report continues, is that not only has Williams and his reputation been “destroyed”, this past week three of his most important colleagues, former NBC international reporter Ned Colt [photo 2nd left], top CBS News correspondent Bob Simon [photo 3rd left], and top New York Times reporter David Carr [photo bottom left], were also killed.
Bob Simon, 73, this report states quoting US propaganda mainstream media sources, was killed Wednesday in New York City in a car crash, and on Thursday Ned Colt, 58, was said to have perished by a massive stroke followed within hours by David Carr, 58, collapsing and dying in his New York Times newsroom office.
In relation to these 9/11 archives held by the Kremlin, this report says, President Putin had previously alerted he was going to release them, and as we can, in part, read: [For English translation click HERE]
“American experts believe that despite the fact that relations between the US and Russia reached the worst point since the Cold War, Putin delivered until Obama only minor troubles. Analysts believe that this is only the “calm before the storm.”
Putin is going to hit once, but he's going to hit hard as he is preparing the release of evidence of the involvement of the US government and intelligence services to the September 11 attacks.
Published material can prove malice government towards the people of the US and the successful manipulation of public opinion. Attack planned US government, but spent her proxy. So that an attack on America and the people of the United States looked like an act of aggression of international terrorism.
The motive for deception and murder its own citizens served as US oil interests in the Middle East and their state corporations.”
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1838.htm
as always ,reader decides!
But, but, in 2008 Russia was not in Georgia! This is just fake Western propaganda to smear the peaceful Russian motherland.
Throw the self-serving war-mongers out. Such viewpoints themselves should be impeachable offenses.