Caitlin Johnstone dedicated a post to the same topic of my last post: "Imagine if Russia or China Did the Things Israel Is Doing In Gaza."
Imagine how the western political-media class would be acting if Russia or China was bombing and starving a walled-in population of two million, half of them children. Seriously, imagine it. Imagine the rage and vitriol. Imagine the nonstop media coverage.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, US media coverage of that war exceeded the media coverage of all US wars in the previous three decades. If Russia were deliberately and systematically exterminating civilians in Ukraine or anywhere else, the western media coverage of those war crimes would be many times more.
It’s almost cliché at this point to say “imagine if Russia or China did this”, but such comparisons are important for retaining a sense of perspective on just how evil the western political-media class is being about Gaza right now. We’re seeing articles come out in the mass media about starvation in Gaza which never once even mention the word “Israel”. Do you think that would be happening if this were being perpetrated by a government which defies the western empire? Of course not.
A previous posting by her had been about how many things are being destroyed in Gaza. One of them was "Western Civilization."
2 comments:
Thanks for the link Thwap. I think I will post her (Cailin Johnson's)conclusion as all, my opinion, that needs to be said.
"Humanity cannot allow itself to be abused and tyrannized by this murderous, hypocritical globe-spanning power structure any longer. A better world is possible, but we’re going to have to find a way to pry the talons of these monsters off the steering wheel first".
zoombats,
She is one of my most favourite writers on current events. Her moral compass is spot-on. And she's very eloquent and insightful.
She's reader-supported, so if you can buy her a coffee or something, it'd be a good investment.
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