Winter Cold or Cold War Tactics?
📰 THE STORY: ABC News reports widespread power outages across Ukraine and Moldova, attributing them to missile strikes and the harsh winter, framing the civilian suffering as a direct consequence of ongoing conflict. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: While the immediate cause may be missile strikes, the broader context of this conflict and its devastating impact on civilian
infrastructure stems directly from decades of NATO expansion towards Russia's borders, a geopolitical strategy warned against by countless diplomats, including George F. Kennan back in 1997. The US-backed 2014 coup in Ukraine, which overthrew a democratically elected president and installed a pro-Western government, was a critical turning point largely ignored now. Double Standard: Western media
coverage consistently portrays civilian casualties and infrastructure damage in Ukraine as abhorrent war crimes, while simultaneously downplaying or outright justifying similar (and often far more extensive) destruction in conflicts where Western powers or their allies are the primary aggressors. Consider the 2011 NATO 'intervention' in Libya, which obliterated the nation's infrastructure, led to
a failed state, and even resulted in the return of open slave markets. Or the ongoing, deliberate destruction of infrastructure in Gaza by the Netanyahu government, leading to 40,000+ dead and entire cities uninhabitable. Where is the same outrage? Follow the Money: The military-industrial complex is reaping unprecedented profits from the Ukraine conflict. Companies like Raytheon Technologies,