Bloomberg Discovers Geopolitical Consequences Exist
Bloomberg breathlessly reports Ukraine's alleged strike on Russia’s Afipsky oil refinery, presenting it as an isolated incident of conflict. What they won't dwell on is the broader pattern: the consistent, well-documented Western provision of advanced weaponry that enables these strikes, often accompanied by the rhetoric of 'Ukrainian sovereignty.' One might wonder why the media treats such events
as discrete occurrences, rather than direct consequences of sustained geopolitical maneuvering and arms transfers. (OpenSecrets.org and congressional voting records detail the consistent flow of military aid, overwhelmingly bipartisan, to Ukraine.) This isn't just about Ukraine hitting a refinery; it's about the entire apparatus that makes such actions possible and then frames them as exceptional.
How many 'escalations' does it take before we acknowledge the architect?