作者David Sacks

A WAR OF LIES

The war in Ukraine is based on lies — lies about how it started, how it’s going, and how it will end.

We are told that Ukraine is winning when in fact it is losing. We are told that the war makes NATO
stronger when in fact it is depleting it. We are told that Ukraine’s biggest problem is a lack of funds
from the U.S. Congress when in fact the West can’t produce enough ammunition — a problem that
will take years to fix. We are told that Russia is suffering greater casualties when in fact Ukraine is
running out of soldiers — another problem money can’t fix.

We are told that the world is with us when in fact the Global Majority believes U.S. policy is the height
of folly. We are told that there is no opportunity to make peace when in fact we have rejected
multiple opportunities for a negotiated settlement. We are told that if Ukraine keeps fighting, it will
improve its negotiating position when in fact the terms will only get much worse than what was
already available and rejected.

Nevertheless the lies will succeed in dragging out the war. Congress will appropriate more funds.
Russia will take more territory. Ukraine will mobilize more young men and women to feed into the
meat grinder. Discontent will mount. Eventually there will be a crisis in Kiev and the Zelensky
government will be toppled.

And then, when the war is finally lost, when the whole country lays in smoldering ruins on a funeral
pyre of their own making, the liars will say “well we tried.” Having prevented any alternative, having
smeared anyone who told the truth as puppets for the enemy, the liars will say “We did our best. We
stood up to Putin.”

In fact, they will claim, we would have succeeded but for the fifth column of Putin apologists who
stabbed the Ukrainians in the back. Then, having shifted blame and patted themselves on the back,
they will blithely move on to the next war, as they moved onto Ukraine after their disasters in
Afghanistan and Iraq.

The lies are comprehensive — but they will work.