Tyler Durden – Zero Hedge June 6, 2023
The New York Times has been forced to very, very belatedly deal with something which had long been obvious and known to many independent analysts and media outlets, but which has been carefully shielded from the mainstream masses in the West for obvious reasons.
The surprising Monday Times headline said that “Nazi Symbols on Ukraine’s Front Lines Highlight Thorny Issues of History.” This acknowledgement comes after literally years of primarily indy journalists and geopolitical commentators pointing out that yes indeed… Ukraine’s military and paramilitary groups, especially those operating in the east since at least 2014, have a serious Nazi ideology problem. This has been exhaustively documented, again, going back years. But the report, which merely tries to downplay it as a “thorny issue” of Ukraine’s “unique” “History” – suggests that the real problem for Western PR is fundamentally that it’s being displayed so openly. Ukrainian troops are being asked to cover those Nazi symbols please!–as Matt Taibbi sarcastically quipped in commenting on the report.
The authors of the NYT report begin by expressing frustration over the optics of Nazi symbols being displayed so proudly on many Ukrainian soldiers’ uniforms. Suggesting that many journalistic photographs which have in some cases been featured in newspapers and media outlets worldwide (typically coupled with generally positive articles on Ukraine’s military) are merely ‘unfortunate’ or misleading, the NYT report says, “In each photograph, Ukrainians in uniform wore patches featuring symbols that were made notorious by Nazi Germany and have since become part of the iconography of far-right hate groups.”
The report admits this has led to controversy wherein news rooms actually must delete some photos of Ukrainian soldiers and militants. “The photographs, and their deletions, highlight the Ukrainian military’s complicated relationship with Nazi imagery, a relationship forged under both Soviet and German occupation during World War II,” continues the report.
So it’s merely “thorny” and “complicated” we are told. Below is a small sampling of the kinds of patches that appear on Ukrainian military uniforms with “some regularity” – in the words of The New York Times:
NATO itself has in the recent past been forced to delete images on its official social media accounts due to Nazi imagery being present among Ukrainian troops during photo shoots.
NATO quickly deleted a tweet yesterday that featured a photo of a Ukrainian soldier wearing the Neo-Nazi Black sun patch. Remember we're constantly told that neo Nazis in Ukraine are an insignificant fringe and if you point to it, you're a Putin stooge or worse. https://t.co/CPkdvl1T0b
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) March 9, 2022
The following line from the report says everything you need to know about the so-called “paper of record” and its one-sided and ultra-simplistic coverage of what many are finally waking up to realize is a war with a deeply complex reality (to say the least), and far from the MSM’s goodies vs. baddies Hollywoodesque narrative of Putler vs. the free world which is typical of networks from CNN to Fox to NBC…
From the NY Times:
“In November, during a meeting with Times reporters near the front line, a Ukrainian press officer wore a Totenkopf variation made by a company called R3ICH (pronounced “Reich”). He said he did not believe the patch was affiliated with the Nazis. A second press officer present said other journalists had asked soldiers to remove the patch before taking photographs.”
Oops!
This is Schrödinger's New York Times:
Azov, which the newspaper correctly described as a "Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization" in 2019, is now a cuddly "pro-democracy" group of moderate rebelshttps://t.co/rz1ZgNWdB8
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) June 5, 2023
And now we might expect some significant efforts at damage control, or even perhaps we’re witnessing the beginnings of evolving definitions and the moving of goalposts. More from NY Times [emphasis ZH]:
But some members of these groups have been fighting Russia since the Kremlin illegally annexed part of the Crimea region of Ukraine in 2014 and are now part of the broader military structure. Some are regarded as national heroes, even as the far-right remains marginalized politically.
The iconography of these groups, including a skull-and-crossbones patch worn by concentration camp guards and a symbol known as the Black Sun, now appears with some regularity on the uniforms of soldiers fighting on the front line, including soldiers who say the imagery symbolizes Ukrainian sovereignty and pride, not Nazism.
Some are writing more appropriate and apt headlines for the NYT story…
Alternate headline:
The West Has Blatantly Whitewashed Ukraine’s Nazi Elements to Fight Russia https://t.co/MTdBxZR4Ua
— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) June 5, 2023
Only very recently Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and even President Zelensky’s office was caught in the act:
In April, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted a photograph on its Twitter account of a soldier wearing a patch featuring a skull and crossbones known as the Totenkopf, or Death’s Head. The specific symbol in the picture was made notorious by a Nazi unit that committed war crimes and guarded concentration camps during World War II.
The patch in the photograph sets the Totenkopf atop a Ukrainian flag with a small No. 6 below. That patch is the official merchandise of Death in June, a British neo-folk band that the Southern Poverty Law Center has said produces “hate speech” that “exploits themes and images of fascism and Nazism.”
To be expected, the Times still tries to run cover while desperately seeking to ‘reassure’ its audience by writing that “In the short term, that threatens to reinforce Putin’s propaganda and giving fuel to his false claims that Ukraine must be ‘de-Nazified’ — a position that ignores the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish.”
New levels of cope indeed…
NYT inventing new levels of cope:
Nazi iconography has "meanings unique to Ukraine."
Nazi symbols "should be interpreted by how Ukrainians viewed them, not by how they had been used elsewhere." pic.twitter.com/eKzdPtRMZA
— Clint Ehrlich (@ClintEhrlich) June 5, 2023
But then still, the NYT concedes awkwardly, “More broadly, Ukraine’s ambivalence about these symbols, and sometimes even its acceptance of them, risks giving new, mainstream life to icons that the West has spent more than a half-century trying to eliminate.”
It’s not the imagery that’s the problem it’s the ideology. If they didn’t follow the ideology they wouldn’t use the imagery. Quite the opposite, they would avoid those symbols altogether, same as most of us wouldn’t use the Pride symbol because of what it ties one to.
Lets hope Azov is wasting a bunch of Commies.
Who is Tyler Durden? lol
Just because the likes of Boris, Starmer, & Sunak don’t wear Nazi uniforms in public, one can easily imagine them. All three would fit right in with Blackadder, or Allo Allo.
Why would the NYT help Nazis evade detention, if the NYT weren’t Nazis themselves?
The kosher nazis that has been approved by Jonathan Greenblech.
Whilst real nationalists are imprisoned , James Allchurch being the recent British case, the MSM concerns itself with dim witted football hooligans useful idiots who are that clueless they don’t realise they’re fighting Zion’s war.
Forget that the globalist liberal West has the blood of thousands on its hands , it’s sensibilities must not be shocked.
From Wikipedia :-
Haaretz (Hebrew: הָאָרֶץ lit. ’The Land [of Israel]’, originally Ḥadshot Haaretz – Hebrew: חַדְשׁוֹת הָאָרֶץ, IPA: [χadˈʃot haˈʔaʁets] lit. ’News of the Land [of Israel]'[4]) is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Isreal . . .. It is considered Israel’s newspaper of record.[5][6][7] It is known for its left-wing and liberal stances on domestic and foreign issues.[8]’
Haaretz from July 9th, 2018 :-
‘Israel News
Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine
A group of more than 40 human rights activists have filed a petition with the High Court of Justice, demanding the cessation of Israeli arms exports to Ukraine.
They argue that these weapons serve forces that openly espouse a neo-Nazi ideology and cite evidence that the right-wing Azov militia, whose members are part of Ukraine’s armed forces, and are supported by the country’s ministry of internal affairs, is using these weapons.. . …
The Azov militia was established in Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the Crimean peninsula in 2014. The militia’s emblems are well-known national socialist ones. Its members use the Nazi salute and carry swastikas and SS insignias.
Moreover, some of them openly admit they have neo-Nazi sentiments and that they are Holocaust deniers. One militia member said in an interview that he was fighting Russia since Putin was a Jew. An Azov sergeant said that he was a national socialist, although he was not in favor of genocide, and as long as minorities in Ukraine did not demand special rights he would have no problem with them’ etc
Source :-
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-07-09/ty-article/rights-groups-demand-israel-stop-arming-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine/0000017f-e080-d7b2-a77f-e3870e1c0000
But :-
Haaretz Feb 24 2022:
Ukrainian Jews Angry and Appalled at Putin’s ‘Denazification’ Claim
After the Russian leader evoked the term ‘denazification’ to explain his invasion of Ukraine, local Jews call him ‘totally nuts’ and say they have not experienced antisemitism under the current government’
Source :-
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2022-02-24/ty-article/.premium/ukrainian-jews-angry-and-appalled-at-putins-denazification-claim/0000017f-f800-d887-a7ff-f8e486ff0000
But exposing the lies and contradictions of the MSM is Shooting Fish in a Barrel.
That isn’t the problem – the problem is your fellow Westerner who doesn’t watch or listen to ‘News’ , rather is programmed by it.
No genuine Truth Seeker should ever tolerate being labelled an ‘anti – semite’ by Professional Jews (who likely as not may be neither Religious nor Racial [DNA] Jews anyway) if, like me, they call out the Ukro-nazis whilst these themselves will simply deny they exist if it suits their agenda.
Likewise the BBC in 2014 :- ‘Neo-Nazi threat in the Ukraine’ –
https://youtu.be/5SBo0akeDMY
The BBC again – Steve Rosenberg this time, but in 2022 :-
‘And the museum is currently hosting an exhibition about Nazis in Ukraine. That helps to cement the Kremlin’s bogus claim that the Russian army is liberating Ukraine from Nazism.’-
Source :-
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61188783.amp
So when the Times repeats that old line about how the Ukrainian Army cannot possibly have a nazi military presence because the President is Jewish, that makes as much sense as claiming that Haaretz or Steve Rosenberg cannot be covering up for Ukro-nazis because they are Jewish – in fact :-
‘Rosenberg was born in Epping on 5th April 1968 and raised in Chingford, located in East London. He belongs to the Jewish community, highlighting his cultural background and heritage. Interestingly, Rosenberg’s family history can be traced back to his great-grandfather Haim Gnessin, who left the city of Shklow in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus) in 1894. Remarkably, Rosenberg still holds the passport that his great-grandfather used to embark on his journey, underscoring his family’s rich historical background.’
Source :-
https://www.fresherslive.com/latest/articles/steve-rosenberg-parents-everything-about-the-british-journalist-1000014712
I am Jewish neither Racially nor Religiously (which latter seems to be the important factor) , but if I were, I would sincerely hope I would line up with the following and not with the above :-
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ultra-orthodox-anti-zionist/
Whether for truth or lies, the patches displaying symbols of the Reich have made this ‘war’ interesting- at last.
As if less than intellectual soldiers have never “fought for” values they didn’t understand.
If these Ukro-nazis were real, would they be support their greasy little homosexual Jewish rat?
It’s very unlikely that any of them understand National Socialism enough to explain it to themselves, let alone anyone else.
Shades of grubby, degenerate bikers sporting German helmets and Iron Crosses.