mo4ch:>‘Second strike’ option for Moscow: Criticism of Russian reporting goes nuclear in the WSJ | Mo4ch News
When an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal conjures the language of nuclear war and calls for a “second strike” option against alleged Russian disinformation, at least you know where you stand.Analysis of Russia comes as standard with a sprinkle of Cold War vernacular and an aversion to seeing an issue from both sides. It sells papers and gets grants, but who is it helping?The Wall Street Journal piece in question carries the headline ‘The Kremlin loves using disinformation to sow chaos. Deterrence requires a plan for a second strike’. It’s written by Elisabeth Braw, an analyst at think-tank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Braw runs its ‘Deterrence’ project, a role which has shaped her analysis surrounding the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.Braw’s idea of deterrence is based around hitting back at alleged disinformation with disinformation. For example she says: “Britain’s response to the attacks on the Skripals wasn’t perfect. In an April 2…