US-brokered 'peace talks' produce no peace, but plenty of arms contracts
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera reports that US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine closed in the UAE with no breakthrough, amidst Russian bombardments cutting power to 1.2 million Ukrainians. The article frames this as a failure of diplomacy, highlighting the humanitarian impact. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In March 2022, only weeks into the conflict, Russian and Ukrainian
negotiators were reportedly close to a peace deal in Istanbul that included Ukraine's neutrality. This deal was scuttled after Boris Johnson, then UK Prime Minister, flew to Kyiv reportedly to dissuade Zelenskyy from signing, with US backing. This critical historical intervention is consistently omitted from media narratives about 'failed' talks. Double Standard: Western media widely denounces
Russia's military actions, such as targeting infrastructure, as war crimes. Yet, the 2011 NATO 'intervention' in Libya, which destroyed the nation's infrastructure and plunged it into chaos, creating modern slave markets, is frequently whitewashed as a 'humanitarian' effort. Or consider the ongoing US-backed Saudi blockade and bombardment of Yemen since 2014, which has caused hundreds of thousands
of deaths and widespread starvation. These are rarely framed with the same moral outrage. Follow the Money: The US has committed over $100 billion in aid to Ukraine since February 2022, a significant portion of which goes directly to US defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Lockheed Martin's stock surged by over 25% in the year following the invasion. These 'peace talks' rarely