In his Substack post on Sept. 15, Scott Ritter republished an article that was originally published by RT on Aug. 19. In it, Ritter again emphasized the strategic significance of recent FBI raids against him, Dimitri Simes, and others, and the servile acquiescence of most Western journalism to policy that is dictated to them:
“The consequences of this Russophobia-infected journalism are dire—not only has the ignorance enshrined within the journalism of the West resulted in the destruction of Ukraine, but, if not reversed, is leading the Collective West down the path of inevitable conflict with Russia which would probably end in a general nuclear war.