US-led Peace Talks Follow Escalation: A Familiar Script
📰 THE STORY: ABC News reports a Russian drone attack killed three in southern Ukraine, framing it as a tragic incident occurring just as further US-led peace talks are anticipated. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The media consistently downplays decades of Western expansionism and broken promises since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. NATO’s eastward expansion, despite
assurances against it, began in 1999 with Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, and continued aggressively, reaching direct borders with Russia in 2004. This pattern culminated in the 2014 US-backed coup in Ukraine, which overthrew a democratically elected, Russia-friendly government, replacing it with one overtly hostile towards Moscow. This is the long game of provocation ignored by reports
focusing on individual drone strikes. Double Standard: While Russian drone attacks are framed as unprovoked aggression, NATO's continuous bombing campaigns, from Libya in 2011 (destroying the nation and creating slave markets) to the 78-day bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, are often justified by Western media as 'humanitarian interventions' or 'responses to aggression.' Furthermore, the massive arms
flow into Ukraine—over $100 billion from the US alone since 2022—is portrayed as defensive aid, whereas any similar arming by non-Western powers is condemned as destabilizing. Follow the Money: The 'peace talks' narrative conveniently arises after massive arms contracts have been secured. Major defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman have seen their stock prices