Why should Australia aid and abet America’s proxy war in Ukraine? Is it simply to assist the senseless slaughter, or is it more about appeasing our overlord in Washington, the unhinged hegemon, self-appointed ruler of planet Earth?
Why are we so keen to foster hatred and hostility toward Russia, a military superpower with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the world? Is it a desire for catastrophic conflict between nuclear armed adversaries, or is it merely feeble-minded obeisance to bullies and psychopaths?
We seem to believe it’s perfectly okay for America and its gang of thugs, including Australia, to intervene militarily anywhere in the world, anytime they feel like it, for any reason at all, but it’s not okay for Russia to intervene militarily anywhere, anytime, for any reason, not even on its own borders, not even in collective self-defence. Such rank hypocrisy is rife in the West.
The corporate media’s self-serving pro-war narrative is a tapestry of lies, a risible fiction that inverts reality. The idea that we’re defending the sovereignty of a freedom-loving democracy in Ukraine from unprovoked aggression by Russia is just the latest implausible pretext for transferring vast sums of public money to the arms industry and associated war profiteers.
There are independent analysts who actually understand the root causes and predictable consequences of this conflict, but you won’t hear their voices in the corporate media. Fortunately, we have something called the internet, which still permits critical thought and pluralistic discourse.
For an informed perspective, review the analyses of Jeffery Sachs, John Mearsheimer, Douglas Macgregor, Ray McGovern, and check out John Menadue’s website, Pearls & Irritations.
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