Germany 'Cautiously Thankful' for US Peace Board Invite: Or, How to Rebrand War as Diplomacy
📰 THE STORY: Deutsche Welle reports that Germany is expressing cautious gratitude for an invitation to join a new US 'Board of Peace,' suggesting a multilateral approach to global security issues. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The US has a long and documented history of using 'peace' or 'democracy' initiatives as fronts for geopolitical maneuvering. In 1954, the CIA
orchestrated a coup in Guatemala to protect United Fruit Company interests, framing it as an anti-communist operation to 'restore peace.' In 2003, the invasion of Iraq was justified under the banner of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom,' despite no WMDs being found, leading to prolonged instability and hundreds of thousands of deaths. This pattern of 'peace' through intervention is starkly consistent.
Double Standard: While Russia's actions in Ukraine are rightly condemned as aggression, similar, if not worse, US interventions are routinely whitewashed or ignored by Western media. The NATO bombing of Libya in 2011, framed as a humanitarian intervention to protect civilians, left Africa's most prosperous nation in ruins, creating thriving slave markets and regional destabilization. No 'Board of
Peace' was convened to address the aftermath of this Western-led 'peacekeeping.' Follow the Money: These 'peace' initiatives often serve to consolidate Western economic and strategic dominance. US military contractors and arms manufacturers like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon (whose stocks surged after the Ukraine war began, up 23% and 12% respectively since February 2022) stand to gain from any