David Frum

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To prove their case of US germ warfare, the Chinese tortured captured US pilots into confessing that they had air-dropped germ bombs. Burchett contorted himself to ignore the torture and believe the lies. He even wrote a book based on the testimony of tortured US pilots. 7/x — PolitiTweet.org

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(The claim seems to have got its start because of the high disease rate among North Korean and Chinese soldiers. Rather than improve hygiene and medicine, the communists blamed the United States for outbreaks behind their lines.) 6/x — PolitiTweet.org

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Specifically, Burchett became the most important English-language support for the outrageously false claim that the UN forces used chemical and biological weapons in the Korean War. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

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Along the way, though, Burchett's politics curdled into outright communist advocacy. He settled in Beijing after Mao's victory in 1949. When the Korean War erupted in 1950, Burchett put his large reputation to the service of North Korean/Chinese propaganda 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

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Burchett reported from the Burma front in the Second World War. He was wounded in action. In the 1930s, he assisted German Jews to find refuge in Australia. 3/x — PolitiTweet.org

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Burchett was a journalist born in Australia in 1911. He had an amazingly successful and courageous career in the 1930s and 1940s: the first Western journalist to report from Hiroshima eg. 2/x — PolitiTweet.org

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Does the name Wilfred Burchett still ring a bell in the public memory? (Thread ...) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @StevenTDennis: Folks who invested in Russia seeing huge losses, continued: https://t.co/41pbexUlly — PolitiTweet.org

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Intelligent realism about the limits of China's financial power to aid Russia https://t.co/m6qboLI2hB — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JimmySecUK: Drone footage from Australian 7News shows the devastation the Russian invasion has already brought to Kyiv. All the destr… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anneapplebaum: More evidence that Russians are treating occupied Kherson like Warsaw in 1945 (or Kyiv 1933), going house to house and a… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's the bit https://t.co/f47tQsVZKE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @pommylee: @davidfrum https://t.co/PC93Bnee2D — PolitiTweet.org

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There's a classic Norm Macdonald bit about Germany in 1914 deciding to go to war against "the world." "You'd figure that would take about 5 seconds for the world to win. But no, it was actually close." Caution to Putin: Russia isn't Germany. It won't be close. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AP: BREAKING: President Biden will announce that along with the European Union and the Group of Seven countries, the U.S. will move to… — PolitiTweet.org

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The entire Russian military budget pre-invasion of Ukraine was $62 billion .https://t.co/Nfmh2vjO2N. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a crazy story. The Russian Army is now a protected category? — PolitiTweet.org

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And "they" have some important local helpers, some of them sadly on a domestic American taxpayer's payroll. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Reuters: Exclusive: Canada is studying ways to increase pipeline utilization to boost crude exports to the U.S., with the aim of helpin… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tebeamon: ⬇️⬇️This thread by David Frum is spot on. It's a must-read for anyone who supports the people of Ukraine. #IStandWithUkraine️… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @worldonalert: The anti-Javelin cages on the Russian tanks turned out to be useless so the Russians have begun to build giant bird's nes… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @UrbanAchievr: DeSantis press secretary fuels Russian propaganda about bioweapons in Ukraine https://t.co/Gd5WRxfu7K — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @axios: Approximately 1,300 people have died in the city of Mariupol as Russian forces continue their more than weeklong siege, Deputy P… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PaulaChertok: CNN: Russian munitions are steadily wiping out #Mariupol. It's already unlivable—no food, water or power. 70 bodies were… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @clarissaward: Even if you don’t speak Italian, please take a moment to watch this incredible reporting from @mannocchia who witnessed s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kshaheen: If you're shocked by Russia bombing a hospital you shouldn't be. Take a look at this map of attacks on healthcare facilities… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JavierBlas: CHART OF THE DAY: I hear American lawmakers talking about "recovering our energy independent" and be again "an energy expor… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnLinde: Today Sweden announced that we plan to increase our military spending to 2 % of our GDP. Since 2014 and up to 2025, 🇸🇪 has al… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@spaikin reporting on the John Duffy memorial service (I make a cameo appearance) https://t.co/sEFnqiJMC1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anneapplebaum: (and yes, there are kindle and audiobook versions too) — PolitiTweet.org