German Navy Admiral Schoenbach (Schönbach) has to resign over speaking his mind freely containing the words “respect” and “Putin”
here is the transcript of the this video:
German State TV ZDF claims that Schönbach has said: “fears of western countries about an attack of Russia on Ukraine are nonsense”
What Schönbach actually said:
“Does Russia need a tiny strip of Ukrainian soil?”
“No, this is non sense.”
It is NOT THE SAME and THUS: WRONG.
as good as possible transcript:
(audio quality of the video pretty bad)
“my ministers asked me: “What do you think that Russia really wants?”
“Does Russia need a tiny strip of Ukrainian soil?”
“No, this is non sense.”
“Putin puts pressure on it because he can do it”
“He splits European Union.”
“But what he really wants is respect.”
“He wants an eye level respect”
“And my god, giving some respect is low cost, even no cost”
“If i was asked, it is easy to even give him the respect that he really demands and probably also deserves”
“Russia is an old country”
“Russia is important”
“Even we India and Germany, we need Russia”
“because we need Russia against China”
“I am a Roman Catholic, even when Putin is an atheist, but does not matter”
“having this big country even when it is not a democracy as a bilateral partner”
“giving them a chance with the USA on eye-level it is easy workoff”
“and it keeps Russia away from China”
“because China needs the resources of Russia”
“and they are willing to give them”
“because our sanctions do not work (?) in the long way”
“but this is foreign policy, it is made by politicians”
“of course we can not agree on what Russia is doing in chechnya (?) and Ukraine”
“the Crimean peninsula is gone and it will never come back”
(the parts of the video that could not be properly understood are marked in italic)
how “independent” are western media?
So are the public tax sponsored broadcasters ZDF and ARD part of a propaganda network that answers to a hq?
A 1984 “Polit Bureau” that signs off on ever word they broadcast?
Maybe.
But as this shows, instead of doing their job: “objective reporting”, they engage in very subtle manipulations of the public (not professional journalism, much more sophisticated than the Soviet propaganda, which was more “obvious”, but still propaganda, fear and war mongering)
So ZDF & ARD are failing at their core job: objective reporting.
In this case: no more tax billions for those institutions, because they are no better or more objective than private tv stations.
in the face of all this warmongering
if u are a bored general or soldier?
declare war on the bad living conditions on Mars!
surviving there will give you the adrenaline needed.
war – huh – what is it good for? – Lockheed Martin & Raytheon
a song that fits: Aretha Franklin – Respect
“What you want”
“Baby, I got”
“What you need”
“Do you know I got it?”
“All I’m askin'”
“Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)”
“Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home”
“(just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)”
£1.9 billion (2018) (why not more recent data? afraid of the peasants reaction?)