Commentary
Fake protests throughout the world and threats of nuclear war—in 2022 we witness a violent echo of 1983’s Kremlin-orchestrated frauds.
I’ll address the nuke threat first.
On Feb. 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin played drama king and put Russian nuclear forces on high alert. His war in Ukraine already failing, Vlad added nuclear pucker factor. Translation into emotional propaganda: world beware, or I’ll start Armageddon.
In 1983 the Russians worked a “reserve psychology” propaganda trope using nukes. See, the United States was the threat to launch a nuclear war in Europe, even though the Kremlin had physically created the conditions for nuclear war.