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Caitlin Johnstone: Russian Invasion Seers are Like Cult Leaders Predicting the Apocalypse

• https://consortiumnews.com, By Caitlin Johnstone

Back in November The Military Times published a Ukrainian intelligence claim, which was picked up and repeated by numerous other mainstream publications, alleging that Russia was going to invade Ukraine by the end of January.

Then in late January when the calendar debunked The Military Times incendiary headline "Russia preparing to attack Ukraine by late January," that same outlet ran a much less viral story with the headline "Russia not yet ready for full-scale attack says Ukraine."

This past Friday the deputy director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, Melinda Haring, tweeted the following:

"Putin has big weekend plans in Ukraine: 1) he's going to cut power and heat, knock out Ukrainian navy and air force, kill general staff and hit them with cyber attack; 2) then install pro-Russian president and 3) resort to full-scale military invasion if Ukraine doesn't give in."

And, of course, none of these things happened. The weekend came and went, Haring issued a sheepish admission that she got it wrong, then immediately turned around and proclaimed that "Putin may strike on Weds," then later pivoted to "We've been so focused on Russian troops and tanks that we missed Moscow's strategy: strangle Ukraine's economy and sap the resolve of its people."

On Jan. 14th we were told by NBC that we could expect a Russian invasion of Ukraine "within a month's time." On Feb. 14th the prediction was as unfulfilled as the wishes of a Jordan Peterson fan on Valentine's Day.

Then British outlets The Daily Mirror and The Sun told us that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was to come at precisely 1am GMT on Wednesday, citing "American intelligence agencies." This prediction, whose frightening "DAWN RAID" presentation likely gave sales a bit of a boost, was again debunked by the hands of the clock.

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