What is the meaning of "DO NOT WASH" in below massage?thanks.?

Question

Similarly, Russian attempts to draw analogies with NATO’s bombing of Serbia in 1999 and its

encouragement of Kosovo’s independence, or with the American-led invasion of Iraq, DO NOT WASH. The

latest fighting in South Ossetia may have been triggered by the Georgians, but it was largely engineered

by the Russians, who have, over the years, fanned the flames of the conflict. As for the Iraqi parallel, not

even the Russians pretend that Mr Saakashvili has ever been a threat to his neighbours and to the world.

Answer 1

Do not make sense. Do not hold up under scrutiny.

I.e., if you examine the analogies closely, they are not valid.

Answer 2

In and of itself, the phrase has meaning.  Placing the normally meaningful phrase in that location makes it seem out of context and meaningless.