Abu Dhabi Peace Talks: A Convenient Mirage as War Profiteers Feast
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera reports on ongoing attacks between Russia and Ukraine ahead of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi involving officials from Ukraine, Russia, and the US, quoting Volodymyr Zelenskyy about these meetings. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The aggressive expansion of NATO eastward after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, despite promises to Moscow. In 1990,
then-Secretary of State James Baker assured Soviet President Gorbachev that NATO would not expand "one inch eastward." Yet, starting in 1999, NATO absorbed Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and later the Baltic states, pushing military infrastructure directly to Russia's border. This systematic encirclement, largely ignored by Western media, is the fundamental geopolitical context for the current
conflict, not merely an unprovoked invasion. Double Standard: Western media outlets universally condemn Russia's actions as a violation of sovereignty, yet remain largely silent or even supportive when Western powers engage in similar or far more egregious interventions. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, based on fabricated WMD claims, led to over a million deaths and destabilized an entire region. The
2011 NATO intervention in Libya under the guise of R2P plunged the country into chaos and slavery. No 'peace talks' were ever framed with the same moral urgency or attributed to the same level of 'aggression' for these actions. Follow the Money: Since the 2022 escalation, the US has funneled over $113 billion in aid to Ukraine, much of it in military assistance. Major defense contractors like