Unsubstantiated poor resolution Image from the webIn the age of satellites capable of measuring the height of your grass for your local code enforcement agency - and Ukrainian / US intelligence knowing the location of Russian Generals - how is it that there is not one substantiated image of the Russian Navy Frigate Admiral Makarov since it supposedly came under attack by Ukrainian missiles.
The pro-Ukrainian news joyfully reported is was hit by missile fire not too far from Snake Island. A distance much less and more observable than the staging area off of Wake Island, where the Japanese fleet was in May1942. Even there, we had images of Japanese aircraft carriers sinking and confirmed reports of the Japanese attack fleet turning back.
Americans never left a ship afloat if another bomb or torpedo would hasten its demise. When the Bismarck was in serious trouble in 1941, and was in danger of sinking, the British finished her off with a salvo of torpedoes fired from a destroyer.
During a press briefing on Friday, May 6, US Department of Defense press secretary John Kirby said: “We've seen the reports [about the Admiral Makarov]…we've been looking at this all day and we have no information to corroborate on these reports.”
Even on May 7th, the US Pentagon said they had no information regarding the fate of the Russian Navy warship 'Admiral Makarov' which was reportedly hit by Ukrainian missiles late on May 5, and first reported as being sunk but later alleged only to be on fire.
The concerning point is not whether or not the Makarov was actually hit, but the lack of credible information coming out of Ukraine. As of this writing on May 9th there has finally been a credible report that the Makarov was sighted by satellite docked safely in Sebastopol, defended by planes and anti-aircraft guns.
It is odd that the US DOD knows where Russian Generals are, but couldn't find the Makarov. Is this just a ploy to keep the Russians in the dark about American satellite tracking capabilities at sea, or is it a true lack of American credibility. I suspect the former; especially now that the White House has been caught spilling information like a drunk waiter spilling drinks on a tray.
Putting together what is happening in Ukraine necessitates checking at least a dozen various sources, each with stories that hint at this or that, but none presenting a decent image of what is actually occurring
The corporate media is still spinning stories of Russia's incompetence, even though they are taking territory in the area west of Luhansk, and threaten to close off that pocket of resistance. None the less, the Ukrainians are doing one hell of a job, considering they are under manned, under-gunned, and they still lack the MIG 29's that are sitting in Poland, the White house having declared them to be a no-go gift - even though the Ukrainians could desperately use them to gain air superiority or protect their troops in an offensive. That may just be why Biden doesn't want them released. It just might allow the Ukrainians to move into Russian held territory much more quickly.
Putting together a decent picture of what is happening in Ukraine necessitates checking at least a dozen various sources, each with stories that hint at this or that, but none presenting a decent image of what is actually occurring - except that the Ukrainian people are suffering; and maybe that's all we are supposed to care about. Possibly the more suffering the Ukrainians are forced to endure the greater the impetus for something dramatic to happen that we will be willing to accept in the name of humanity, if nothing else?
