{"id":1657976,"date":"2022-09-26T08:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1657976"},"modified":"2022-09-26T08:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:15:29","slug":"rebekah-koffler-how-putins-doctrine-of-chaos-aims-to-tear-americans-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rebekah-koffler-how-putins-doctrine-of-chaos-aims-to-tear-americans-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebekah Koffler: How Putin\u2019s \u201cDoctrine of Chaos\u201d Aims to Tear Americans Apart"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frebekah-koffler-how-putins-doctrine-of-chaos-aims-to-tear-americans-apart%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1657976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Members of the Washington establishment and other assorted leftists love to cry \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d whenever one of their favorite causes or people is criticized. But when <em>actual<\/em> Russian disinformation targets their <em>enemies<\/em>, they willingly go along with it.<\/p>\n<p>When The Post\u2019s story about <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad\/\">Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop<\/a> surfaced in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, exposing the corruption of a candidate\u2019s son \u2014 and raising questions about his own father\u2019s involvement in his schemes \u2014 50 former national intelligence officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/10\/19\/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed it as Russian disinformation<\/a>. Most other major media outlets agreed, and ignored the story until after the election. Twitter even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/twitter-reinstates-new-york-post-account-11604096659\">banned it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But when presented with clear-as-day Russian disinformation about President Trump colluding with Vladimir Putin after his 2016 election win, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/steele-dossier-trump-expained.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mainstream media ran with it<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Either way, Vladimir Putin got what he wanted. It is his \u201cDoctrine of Chaos.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/putin-biden.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>When it comes to the US, Putin takes no political sides. His disinformation machine is pushing out negative stories about President Biden\u2026<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/putin-trump.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/putin-trump.jpg\" alt=\"...as well as President Trump, especially after the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. The ultimate objective is to divide Americans.\" class=\"wp-image-23965217\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/putin-trump-1.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/putin-trump-2.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/putin-trump-3.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/putin-trump-4.jpg 309w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/putin-trump-5.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\u2026as well as President Trump, especially after the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. The ultimate objective is to divide Americans.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Make no mistake: Moscow has no specific political preference. It targets both Democrats and Republicans equally, trying to discredit both sides, pit the voters against one another, and undermine the electorate\u2019s confidence in the election process. It\u2019s a subversion tactic that can be more effective than actual combat, as Russia is currently finding out with its faltering invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDoctrine of Chaos\u201d was developed under Putin\u2019s orders \u2014\u00a0and here\u2019s how it works. The Russian media weigh in on every divisive story and sentiment gripping America. One of the gifts that keeps on giving is the US media\u2019s obsession with former President Trump. Currently, the Russian media are exploding with coverage of the FBI\u2019s raid on the former president\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate to retrieve classified documents removed from the White House. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mar-a-lago-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/mar-a-lago-1.jpg\" alt=\"The FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago has been a goldmine for Russian media. One outlet said the raid \u201ccould \u2018detonate\u2019 the situation in America, which is ripe for revolution...The attempt to prevent Trump from running in 2024 can result in a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-23965219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/mar-a-lago-1-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/mar-a-lago-1-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/mar-a-lago-1-2.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago has been a goldmine for Russian media. One outlet said the raid \u201ccould \u2018detonate\u2019 the situation in America, which is ripe for revolution\u2026The attempt to prevent Trump from running in 2024 can result in a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Soviet-era pro-Kremlin Russian daily newspaper Izvestia <a href=\"https:\/\/iz.ru\/1379185\/2022-08-13\/politolog-nazval-prichinu-provedeniia-obyskov-u-trampa?ysclid=l6rxr7343n456570614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> \u201cthe reason for the raid on Trump\u2019s estate is to prevent him from running for president in 2024.\u201d Other Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/eadaily.com\/ru\/news\/2022\/08\/15\/smyt-trampa-v-unitaz-bumagogeyt-v-ssha-nabiraet-oboroty-i-napryagaet-chelovechestvo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/vz.ru\/world\/2022\/8\/11\/1172065.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlets<\/a> crowed: \u201cThey want to flush Trump down the toilet \u2026 They are driving him into the grave. Trump cannot have a normal life in his homeland. He is being hounded, shunned, investigated, persecuted.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.ru\/world\/1734808-predupredili_baidena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pravda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ren.tv\/news\/v-mire\/1011786-politolog-markov-ne-iskliuchil-gosperevorot-v-ssha-posle-obyskov-u-trampa?ysclid=l6rxrn05ns725704129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RenTV<\/a> newspapers declared that \u201cFBI\u2019s raid on Trump could \u2018detonate\u2019 the situation in America, which is ripe for revolution\u2026The attempt to prevent Trump from running in 2024 can result in a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the stories in the Russian media get picked up by Western media, unintentionally playing into Putin\u2019s hands, helping politicize the issue and further polarize our society. It is sadly no surprise that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-bulletin-warns-dirty-bomb-threat-increasing-calls-civil-war-after-raid-mar-a-lago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI bulletin recently warned<\/a> of \u201cdirty\u00a0bomb\u201d threat and increased calls\u00a0for \u201ccivil war\u201d after the Mar-a-Lago raid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/aleksandr-viktorovich-ionov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aleksandr-viktorovich-ionov.jpg\" alt=\"Russian operative Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov was indicted in July by the FBI for covertly manipulating American political groups to publicize pro-Putin propaganda.\" class=\"wp-image-23965222\" width=\"618\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aleksandr-viktorovich-ionov-1.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aleksandr-viktorovich-ionov-2.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aleksandr-viktorovich-ionov-3.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aleksandr-viktorovich-ionov-4.jpg 309w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/aleksandr-viktorovich-ionov-5.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Russian operative Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov was indicted in July by the FBI for covertly manipulating American political groups to publicize pro-Putin propaganda.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the run-up to the 2016 election, Russia targeted both sides \u2014\u00a0the Trump campaign and the Clinton campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after Trump\u2019s victory, Russian agents, using false American personas, staged simultaneous US rallies both in support of President-elect Trump and in protest of his victory. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/file\/1035477\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Show your support for president-elect Trump<\/a>\u201d was a slogan in one Russian intelligence-controlled rally, while \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/file\/1035477\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump is\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>my president<\/a>\u201d was the theme of another, both in New York. In North Carolina, Russian spies held a rally, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/file\/1035477\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlotte Against Trump<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/my-son-hunter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/my-son-hunter.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot from \u201cMy Son Hunter,\u201d a scandal-filled biopic about Hunter Biden currently running on Russian State TV \u2014 another ploy to foment disorder in US politics.\" class=\"wp-image-23965224\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/my-son-hunter-1.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/my-son-hunter-2.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/my-son-hunter-3.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/my-son-hunter-4.jpg 309w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/my-son-hunter-5.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A screenshot from \u201cMy Son Hunter,\u201d a scandal-filled biopic about Hunter Biden currently running on Russian State TV \u2014 another ploy to foment disorder in US politics. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TV ZVEZDA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/trump-protests.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/trump-protests.jpg\" alt=\"After Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Russian operatives took to the streets alongside legitimate protesters (seen here) to both support and oppose his victory. Confusion was the ultimate goal.\" class=\"wp-image-23965234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/trump-protests-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/trump-protests-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/trump-protests-2.jpg&amp;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>After Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Russian operatives joined legitimate protesters (seen here) to both support <em>and<\/em> oppose his victory. Confusion was the ultimate goal.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Americans look forward to the midterm elections in November, so too is Russia ratcheting up its divisive coverage through social media posts. In July, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/russian-national-charged-conspiring-have-us-citizens-act-illegal-agents-russian-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Justice Department indicted<\/a>\u00a0a Russian operative, Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov, for taking part in a multiyear covert operation that used US political groups to unknowingly foment disorder on behalf of Russia\u2019s intelligence agency, the FSB. Ionov <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/russian-national-charged-conspiring-have-us-citizens-act-illegal-agents-russian-government\">recruited<\/a> political groups\u00a0in California, Florida and Georgia, provided them financial support and ultimately directed them to publish pro-Russian propaganda \u2014 without any of them ever realizing they were essentially working for Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Having concluded that both former President Trump and current president Joe Biden are polarizing figures, the Russians are betting on unwitting Americans to help boost divisive social media posts in the next presidential election. Currently Russian State TV, Channel 1, is running a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tvzvezda.ru\/news\/202298742-Odtmn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scandalous<\/a>\u201d biographical movie of President Biden\u2019s son, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tvzvezda.ru\/news\/202298742-Odtmn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Son Hunter,<\/a>\u201d featuring juicy clips from the infamous Hunter Biden laptop. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1tv.ru\/news\/2022-09-08\/437321-skandalnuyu_biografiyu_hantera_baydena_syna_prezidenta_ssha_ekranizirovali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s really like a movie<\/a>,\u201d say Russian pundits, taunting the Biden family and Americans.<\/p>\n<p>But Putin doesn\u2019t care who wins our next election. What he really wants is to defeat the entire US by making our society increasingly fractured.\u00a0And some of us are playing right into his hands.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rebekah Koffler is the president of Doctrine &#038; Strategy Consulting, a former DIA intelligence officer, and the author of\u202f \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Putins-Playbook-Russias-Secret-America\/dp\/1684510031\/?tag=nypost-20&amp;asc_refurl=https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/24\/how-putins-doctrine-of-chaos-aims-to-tear-americans-apart\/&amp;asc_source=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Putin\u2019s Playbook: Russia\u2019s Secret Plan to\u202fDefeat America<\/a>.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Washington establishment and other assorted leftists love to cry \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d whenever one of their favorite causes or people is criticized. 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