I have spoken out against the US government's aggression against countries that will not accept US controls for several years. The US State Department is a group of evil warmongers controlled by industrial-military manufacturers. The hypocrisy and double standard of the US State Department and the Biden administration continue to run roughshod all over this planet. How can we forget Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria?
Here is where I see the lies of our US State Department and the Biden administration openly showing their double standard. Russia and Vladimir Putin are being portrayed in every mainstream media publication today as demented and evil for actions in Ukraine.
Maybe we should take a look at the actions of our government. The MSM and our government were silently encouraging the rise of neo-Nazism and Russophobia in Ukraine and covering up the crimes of the Kyiv regime in Donbass, which led to Russia entering Ukraine.
Since 2014, the people have been subjected to perennial abuse shelling from the Kyiv regime that openly adopted a course towards Russophobia and genocide. The US government and MSM continue to cover up for the Ukrainian regime, turning a blind eye to military crimes against civilians, the murders of women, children, seniors, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and silently encouraging the rapid rise of neo-Nazism and Russophobia. And, of course, the West fully supported the Kyiv regime in its attempts to sabotage and finally destroy the Minsk Accords..
President Vladimir Putin said a request by the heads of the Donbass to protect people "who have been suffering from abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years" was part of his decision to enter Ukraine.
First, let's be clear about something. I do not support the wars that our government claims we fight to protect our freedom. I do not support our country being involved in the Ukraine war. These endless wars for freedom are not in the interest of freedom. I have lost more independence and freedom from the mandates of the Biden administration than all the countries we have fought protecting freedom. What freedom did the Afghans take away from us? What freedom did Iraq take away from us? What freedom have I lost from Syria? NONE! I have lost freedom and liberty from my government because they protect me from these evil nations.
Hypocrisy and double standards alone do not justify the opening of hostilities by any country. In other words, just because NATO-bloc countries have been tearing a path of wanton destruction around the globe since 2001 without consequences, this does not give Russia, or any country, moral license to behave similarly. There must be a convincing reason for a government to authorize the use of force, thereby committing itself to what could be considered 'a just war'. So, the question: Can Russia's actions today be considered 'just' or, at the very least, understandable? I think so.
It may come as a surprise that Moscow has been warning about NATO expansion for over a decade. In his now-famous speech to the Munich Security Conference in 2007, Vladimir Putin asked the assembled global powerbrokers point blank, "why is it necessary to put military infrastructure on our borders during this [NATO] expansion? Can someone answer this question?" Later in the speech, he said that expanding military assets right up to the Russian border "is not connected in any way with the democratic choices of individual states."
The Russian leader's concerns were met with the predictable amount of disregard amid the deafening sound of crickets. Since that day, NATO has bestowed membership on four more countries (Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia). Imagine Washington's reaction if Moscow were building a continuously expanding military bloc in South America or Canada.
However, the real cause for Moscow's alarm came when the US and NATO began flooding neighboring Ukraine with a dazzling array of sophisticated weaponry amid calls for membership in the military bloc. What could go wrong? Ukraine was starting to pose an existential threat to Russia in Moscow's mind.
In December, Moscow was losing patience and delivered draft treaties to the US and NATO, demanding they halt any further military expansion eastwards, including by the accession of Ukraine or any other states. It included the explicit statement that NATO "shall not conduct any military activity on the territory of Ukraine or other states of Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia." Once again, the US government met Russia's proposals with arrogance and indifference.
While people will have varying opinions about Moscow's shocking actions next, nobody can say they were not warned. After all, it's not like Russia woke up on February 24 and suddenly decided it was a fantastic day to start a military operation on the territory of Ukraine. So yes, an argument could be made that Russia had concern for its security as a justification for its actions. Unfortunately, the same thing may be more difficult to say for the United States and its NATO minions regarding their belligerent behavior over the last two decades.
Consider the most notorious example, the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This disastrous war, which the MSM claims were an unfortunate 'intelligence failure,' represents one of the most egregious acts of unprovoked aggression. The United States, having just suffered the attacks of 9/11, accused Saddam Hussein of harboring weapons of mass destruction. Yet, instead of working in close cooperation with the UN weapons inspectors, who were on the ground in Iraq attempting to verify the claims, the US, together with the UK, Australia, and Poland, launched a 'shock-and-awe' bombing campaign against Iraq on March 19, 2003. Over a million innocent Iraqis suffered death, injury, or displacement by this flagrant violation of international law.
The Center for Public Integrity reported that the Bush administration, in its effort to bolster public support for the impending carnage, made over 900 false statements between 2001 and 2003 about Iraq's alleged threat to the US and its allies. Yet somehow, the MSM, which has become the most rabid proliferator for military aggression bar none, failed to find any flaw in the argument for war – that is, until after the boots and blood were on the ground, of course.
It might be expected, in a perfect world, that the US and its allies were subjected to some stiff sanctions in the wake of this protracted eight-year 'mistake' against innocents. There were sanctions, just not against the United States. Ironically, the only sanctions that resulted from this crazy military adventure were against France, a NATO member that had declined the invitation, together with Germany, to participate in the Iraqi bloodbath. The global hyper-power is not used to such rejection, especially from its purported friends.
American politicians, self-assured in their Godlike exceptionalism, demanded a boycott of French wine and bottled water due to the French government's "ungrateful" opposition to the war in Iraq. Other agitators for war betrayed their lack of seriousness by insisting that 'French Fries' be substituted with 'Freedom Fries' instead. So the lack of French Bordeaux, together with the tedious redrafting of restaurant menus, seems to have been the only real inconveniences the US and NATO suffered for indiscriminately destroying millions of lives.
Now compare this kid-gloves approach to the US and its allies to the current situation involving Ukraine, where the scales of justice are weighed down against Russia. Despite its warnings, it of feeling threatened by NATO advances. Whatever a person may think about the conflict now raging between Russia and Ukraine, it cannot be denied that the hypocrisy and double standards being leveled against Russia by its perennial detractors is as shocking as it is predictable. The difference today, however, is that bombs are going off.
What bothers me is that officials who support American military action overseas also stand to gain monetarily through defense contracts and spending. This subject is not part of the American MSM.
Encouraging Ukraine to join NATO has created a new Cold War, not to benefit US security interests, but rather the military-industrial complex. After all, historically, American policy has considered breaches in spheres of influence occurring in countries close to them, such as Cuba, to be acts of aggression. What makes the US government encroachment in Ukraine any different?
I find it challenging to support our country's actions in Ukraine when we cannot protect our southern borders. I wonder why we continue to buy oil from Russia when we have an abundant supply in our country. Why put sanctions on Russia that hurt our country? Who will benefit from what is happening in the Ukraine? It is not the American people.
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