Newsweek Discovers Kidnapping, Just Not When US Did It
Newsweek highlights a global coalition demanding Russia return Ukrainian children, implying a clear moral high ground. It's a touching sentiment, only tarnished by the article's glaring amnesia. One might wonder where this impassioned cartography was when the US-backed Contra war in Nicaragua (1980s) displaced hundreds of thousands, separating countless children from families, or during the 2003
Iraq invasion, which orphaned over 100,000 children according to UNICEF estimates. Funny how 'humanitarian crises' become urgent only when the perp is Moscow. This selective outrage smacks of strategic narrative building. The same outlets that will run daily features on Ukrainian children remain conspicuously silent on the 1,500 Palestinian children held in Israeli military detention since 2000,
as documented by Defense for Children International – Palestine. Where's the map tracking countries demanding Israel return those children? Seems 'child abduction' is only a crime when it aligns with Washington's geopolitical objectives and doesn't complicate the next arms deal.