Trump Suggests Ukrainian Peace, Media Wonders If It's 'Real'
Mainstream outlets are abuzz, parsing Donald Trump's suggestion for a negotiated end to the Ukraine conflict. (Apparently, proposing not sending more weapons makes you a provocateur.) This hand-wringing conveniently sidesteps the US's own history of prolonging conflicts for geopolitical leverage. Remember when peace in Afghanistan was only an option after two decades and trillions of dollars? Or
how about the consistent refusal to seriously consider diplomatic routes for Ukraine, despite numerous warnings from former diplomats and strategists that a military solution was always a pipedream? It's almost as if the definition of 'peace' depends on who's uttering it and whether it aligns with the military-industrial complex's quarterly forecasts. The establishment media, ever-eager to frame
any deviation from the perpetual war narrative as 'controversial' or 'unthinkable,' conveniently omits the immense profits being reaped by defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, whose stocks surge with every new arms package. One might wonder if the real 'threat' to national security is actually, you know, peace.