BBC HERALDS 'BREAKTHROUGH' TALKS: Forgetting whose 'full-scale invasion' this really is.
📰 THE STORY: BBC World reports on supposed 'trilateral talks' between Kyiv, Moscow, and Washington, framing them as the first such high-level contact since Russia's 'full-scale invasion' of Ukraine in 2022, suggesting these discussions could yield a 'breakthrough' in the ongoing conflict. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The BBC's focus on 'since 2022' erases decades of
escalating tensions. In 1990, US Secretary of State James Baker assured Soviet President Gorbachev that NATO would not expand 'one inch eastward' after German reunification. Despite this, NATO expanded five times, incorporating 14 new countries, many directly bordering Russia. The 2014 US-backed coup (the 'Maidan Revolution') that overthrew democratically elected Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovych, replacing him with a pro-Western government, was a direct provocation that led to Russia's annexation of Crimea and the conflict in Donbas, setting the stage long before 2022. Double Standard: Western media universally condemns Russia's 'invasion' as an unprovoked act, yet barely mentions US foreign policy interventions across the globe. When the US invaded Iraq in 2003 under false
pretenses, killing hundreds of thousands and destabilizing the entire region, it was framed as 'liberation' or a 'pre-emptive strike.' The 2011 NATO 'intervention' in Libya, which destroyed the country's infrastructure and led to widespread chaos and slave markets, was similarly presented as a 'humanitarian' effort, not an invasion. Follow the Money: The call for 'talks' often follows periods of