AP Discovers Hospital Bombed, Just Before Zelenskyy Asks Trump For More Money
AP bravely reports that Russian forces hit a Ukrainian hospital with glide bombs and drones, wounding seven. The critical context, dutifully provided, is that President Zelenskyy was preparing to travel to Washington to ask Donald Trump for 'more American military help.' One might wonder if these attacks, like clockwork before aid requests, are merely tragic occurrences, or if the media
understands the strategic value of civilian casualties in softening legislative resistance. While Zelenskyy highlights Russian long-range strikes on Ukraine's power grid—a brutal tactic, indeed—the narrative conveniently omits the US's own history of 'disabling power supplies' to deny civilians 'heat and running water during the bitter winter,' as documented in Iraq in 1991. The focus here is on
securing more aid, not on the grim reality that all sides in modern conflict, including those supported by Washington, often find civilians to be strategically pliable targets for both propaganda and pressure. Funny how some civilian casualties are always more 'news'-worthy when there’s a bill to pass.