War Casualties in Ukraine: The Elephant in the NATO Room
📰 THE STORY: Fox News reports on a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) projection that combined Russian and Ukrainian war casualties could hit 2 million by 2026, with an estimated 1.2 million Russian casualties already. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This conflict didn't begin in 2022. NATO's expansion eastward, despite assurances made to Russia after the
Cold War, has been a key driver. The 2014 US-backed coup in Ukraine, which overthrew a democratically elected president and installed a pro-Western government, ignited the conflict in Donbas, killing 14,000 before 2022. The media consistently frames 2022 as the war's origin, ignoring years of provocation and proxy conflict. Double Standard: Western media outlets like Fox News are quick to
highlight potential Russian casualties, yet they consistently downplay or ignore the catastrophic death tolls in conflicts fueled by Western intervention. For example, the 2011 NATO 'intervention' in Libya, which destroyed the country and led to slave markets, resulted in hundreds of thousands dead; the 2003 Iraq war, based on fabricated WMD claims, caused over a million deaths. These are rarely
framed with the same urgent warnings about 'casualties' or 'long-term costs' to Western taxpayers. Follow the Money: The primary beneficiaries of endless proxy wars are the military-industrial complex and associated lobbying groups. The US has committed over $100 billion in aid to Ukraine. Companies like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman have seen their stock prices soar since the