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Freudian slip? CNN says Obama considers arming pro-US troops...in Ukraine
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February, 2015
Social
media is abuzz after CNN labeled Ukrainian forces involved in Kiev’s
deadly military operation in the country's southeast as “pro-US
troops.” Online comments are calling it a Freudian slip, claiming
it unmasks the true agenda behind the conflict.
The
headline during CNN’s Monday segment, dedicated to talks between
Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the resolution of
the Ukraine crisis, read: “Obama considers arming pro-US troops.”
It
was referring to the US president’s request to his team to consider
the possibility of supplying lethal defense weapons to the Ukrainian
government.
The
text scrolled for several minutes before and during CNN's Carol
Costello interview with Lt. Col. James Reese on Monday morning.
CNN’s
blunder was immediately noticed by viewers – many of whom began
sharing the screenshot on Twitter, calling it a “Freudian slip”
and commenting that “the mask slips.”
One
person said it was “the stupidest thing I’ve seen today.”
The
definition of Kiev forces as “pro-US troops” looks to be a
perfect contrast to the term “pro-Russian rebels,” which is used
by Western media to refer to the militias in Ukraine’s southeastern
Donetsk and Lugansk Regions. Western media outlets claim the regions
are receiving direct support from Russia.
Moscow
has repeatedly stated that it is not part of the Ukraine conflict.
Meanwhile, the US and EU have been unable to back their accusations
that Russia is supporting and arming the rebels.
Last
week, Stephen Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies and
politics at New York University and Princeton University, called the
Ukraine conflict a proxy war between Russia and the US-led NATO bloc.
“A
political dispute in Ukraine became a Ukrainian civil war. Russia
backed one side; the United States and NATO, the other. So it’s not
only a new Cold War, it’s a proxy war,” Cohen told Russia
Insider.
The
Ukraine conflict began last April, when Kiev sent regular forces and
volunteer battalions to the southeastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions,
after rebels there refused to recognize the country’s new,
coup-imposed authorities. The civil war has so far claimed the lives
of 5,300 people, according to the UN
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