US Sanctions Russia But Can't Find Its Own Oil Lobby
The U.S. government is flexing its muscles, sanctioning Russia's largest oil companies for fueling a war of aggression. This decisive action is, of course, presented as righteous defense of sovereign nations from unprovoked attacks. What the mainstream narrative consistently glosses over, however, is the U.S. government's own decades-long history of enabling and underwriting proxy wars and
occupations fueled by its vast military-industrial complex and the ever-present influence of powerful lobbying groups like AIPAC. One might wonder if this same moral compass guides every U.S. policy decision. The 'fury' from Moscow might ring a little hollow to the millions in Gaza experiencing U.S.-supplied weaponry (HR 815, 2024, for $14 billion in aid to Israel, for example). It appears the
outrage over 'oil fueling conflict' and 'unprovoked aggression' is rather selectively applied, perhaps based on which geopolitical agenda is being served or which lobbying group got its checks cleared.