United States Air Force Veteran Mark J. Lindquist joined Jason Spiess live from the Ukraine with a boots on the ground report for media platforms The Crude Life and the Bismarck-Mandan KLXX SUPERTALK 1270AM.
“Jason, our here in the Ukraine, we call this the first Instagram War,” Lindquist said. “This war is being fought on social media.”
Lindquist continues sharing several examples of why they are calling this the Instagram War, including soldiers wearing GoPros and body cams. The two discuss how the citizens are getting involved in social media too.
“The people of the Ukraine are so much more technologically accepting than the United States,” Lindquist said.
After sharing several “boots-on-the-ground” stories and examples of his experience why the U.S. is being the tech-times, including a money and tracking App, the two discuss how the media has evolved.
“I can remember the first war via in my lifetime was George Bush Sr. and his Iraq War really brought CNN to the mainstage,” Spiess said. “Then George Bush Jr’s Iraq War was fueled by the 24-hour news stations, not just CNN but other 24-hour news networks too. So to have everybody being a reporter 24-hours a day, I wondered when social media would become where we are calling a war the Instagram War.”
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Next Spiess asks Lindquist if anyone is citing the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline as the reason for the war, or at least one of the main impetus.
“I haven’t heard anyone out here talk about the pipeline at all so I think that is primarily a Western perspective and narrative,” Lindquist said. “However, I will say this, after experiencing what I have here in the Ukraine, when I am back in the United States, I will be a big advocate for pipelines.”
Lindquist paints a picture that is similar to the 1970’s in America with gas shortages, rations and lines at the pump.
“I don’t think this was reported in the American media but in the months of March, April and May, I counted 90-plus cars the other day at one gas station,” Lindquist said. “It’s lines like the 1970’s here and people are waiting in line for 10 liters of fuel is all you could get, that’s 2.5 gallons!”
Always a servant, as his mother and father taught him, Mark continued his service in the United States Air Force and served honorably at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. There, he had the incredible opportunity to sing the National Anthem for the US Military as well as for a world touring entertainment unit called Tops in Blue, which is similar to a USO or Bob Hope show. During his time on the Island of Oahu, Mark earned a few roles on ABC’s LOST, CBS’ Hawaii Five-O and in the Universal Studios Hollywood movie “Battleship“.
Since launching his motivational speaking firm (Mark J Lindquist Motivational Speaking and Entertainment) and his consulting firm (Lindquist and Associates), he has had the opportunity to speak for the largest companies in America (McDonald’s, Walmart, Starbucks, IBM), sing for the largest crowds in America (National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball, NCAA), and perform for the President of the United States of America. He is widely known in the professional speaking industry as the fastest growing motivational speaker in America, having been invited to deliver guest lectures to over 1500 aspiring and professional speakers, including many Hall of Fame Speakers.
Mark is a United States Air Force and Afghanistan War Veteran.
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