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Opinion: Establishment wins propaganda war

The latest Biden administration official I’ve heard declare that the United States is “on a war footing” is Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. Based on statements made by our political leaders, both the executive and the legislative branches of the federal government appear to believe we are at war. The only group of Americans who remain unaware that we are at war, are the great, unwashed citizenry. For what it’s worth, here’s the situation, as seen by one of those great, unwashed.

There are three distinct struggles being carried on in Ukraine. These are the economic war, the propaganda war and the actual, shooting war. It is difficult to discern who is winning based on the unreliability of reports available to the electronic and printed media. As I have written before, most major media would lead one to believe that the Russians are losing the war on all three fronts. I don’t know who is winning or losing, but here are some hints that can help you decide.

In the shooting war, you are not winning if you are calling for the establishment of a “no-fly zone.”. This is generally an indication that the other guy has control of the sky, and you are unable to stop him from carrying out his air war strategy. You are not winning if you lost all or most of your air, artillery and armor capability and are asking for replenishment of these items from friendly allies.

You are not winning if you have lost 20 of your land mass to an invasion force.

And finally, you are not winning if you are being pressured by your friends to begin negotiations that will result in your loss of some or all of that land mass in the negotiations.

Sanctions imposed on Russia were supposed to destroy the Russian economy, cause political unrest and result in regime change in the Kremlin. The Russian ruble is not rubble. Inflation in Russian is declining according to economic news reports. Russia has just decreased interest rates. Russia has plenty of commodities, including, gas, fertilizer and food, and is meeting with friendly countries to supply them with these commodities. Vladimir Putin remains president of Russia.

President Biden has stated that Putin is the reason why inflation as well as gas and food prices are so high is the U.S. If the Russian president controls the inflation rate, and the price of food and gas in the U.S., is that an indication that he is winning the economic war?

The establishment is winning the propaganda war. See above about who is winning the war. The establishment always wins the propaganda war.

Many people still believe that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher and that the Clinton Foundation was founded as a charitable organization.

Rube Render is a former Clovis city commissioner and former chair of the Curry County Republican Party. Contact him:

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