It’s very unfortunate, that the crisis in Ukraine has
reached the stage of a full-scale military escalation; but the crocodile tears
by western leaders and the hypocrisy of the media and authorities will not end
this conflict. Ukraine itself has even been abandoned by its allies, in
particular the United States and Great Britain.
When people talk about the West, they should be more accurate
in saying the hypocrisy that is mostly emerging from the Anglo-sphere or the
“five eyes”.
When it comes to the mainstream media, many have criticized
the racist attitude of pundits and reporters on mostly American and British
platforms who voiced their alarm at a conflict occurring in Ukraine because of
its proximity to the West and that Ukrainian refugees are white.
CBS’s correspondent in Kyiv, Charlie D'Agata, reported,
"This isn't a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan that
has seen conflict raging for decades ... this is a relatively civilized,
relatively European ... city where you wouldn't expect that or hope that (war)
to happen”.
Many on social media denounced D'Agata for implying a
conflict in a civilized European country means a conflict in an uncivilized
West Asian country refers to inferior people.
“With all due respect,” the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan
was an invasion launched by the United States and when it comes to
civilization. And are countries such as Iraq uncivilized?
Iraqis were preaching to the world about science and algebra
at a time when those in the West were painting their faces the color blue and
living in the forest.
According to the UN Refugee Agency Chief, Filippo Grandi,
around half a million Ukrainians have unfortunately left their homes and
crossed into neighboring countries.
But journalist Daniel Hannan writing for the top British
conservative newspaper, Telegraph, was shocked because they seem so like us.
That is what makes it so shocking. Ukraine is a European country, he says.
Of course, it is shocking that a conflict should occur in
Europe for Daniel Hannan who may have forgotten that World War One and World
War Two broke out in Europe.
NBS reporter Hallie Cobiella did not hold back saying “To
put it bluntly, these are not refugees from Syria, these are refugees from
Ukraine, they are Christians, they are white, they’re very similar to us”.
She certainly put it bluntly: if you’re Syrian and neither
white nor Christian, then you don’t really matter in this world.
A commentator on the BBC took it up a notch saying “It’s
very emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde
hair being killed”. What made these remarks even worse is that the BBC
presenter failed to challenge the comments.
Another news anchor Peter Dobbie said what is compelling
from looking at Ukrainian refugees is the way they are dressed. He said, “These
are prosperous, middle-class people. These are not obviously refugees trying to
get away from the Middle East...or North Africa. They look like any European
family that you'd live next door to."
Refugees are refugees no matter how they dress and how they
look and where they live. The racist bigotry and racism during a conflict is
quite shameful.
But the idea that a conflict inside civilized Europe is so
alarming because wars only happen in countries that are uncivilized is such
disturbing double standards and hypocritical analyses because all the wars
outside Europe, the vast majority of which in West Asia and Africa occurred as
a result of Western imperialism, plots, and military adventurism, not by the
people themselves.
British media has also been glorifying Ukrainians fighting
Russians, effectively taking sides in a way that they would not dare to cover
in other conflicts. For example, the Palestinians resisting Israeli regime
forces would not receive such coverage.
Britain’s Sky News showed a clip of how people are making
bombs explaining in detail how to make the devices as effective as possible. If
those people making explosive devices were Palestinians they would be branded
as terrorists. There are many examples of this hypocrisy over the past few days
but the list is too long to cover.
The fake news propaganda machine in the Anglo-sphere has
been working overdrive on mainstream media as well as social media.
So much so that it’s repeating the same mistakes. One of which
is the reported killing again of CNN journalist Bernie Gores, who was
reportedly executed by the Taliban in Afghanistan and also now the first American
to die in Ukraine. Poor old Bernie, the man is still alive.
In the UK, the same critics who accused Brexit architect
Nigel Farage of wanting to deport Polish people are now calling for the
deportation of Russians from Britain.
The Anglo-sphere claims or tries to preach to others on how
the world should distance-sports from politics.
But there have been calls for Russians who own shares in
British football team Chelsea for example to be deprived of their ownership and
deported.
This is while Saudi Arabia, which has been pounding Yemen
for seven years and killing half a million Yemenis, including 80,000 children,
owns two football clubs in Britain.
The United Arab Emirates which is a partner in the Saudi-led
coalition owns Manchester City football club, arguably the richest team in
England. The club held an event against the bombing in Ukraine.
The European Union is also at fault as Israel which has
illegally occupied the Palestinian Territories and committed countless war
crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinians for more than half
a century is allowed into UEFA but Russia has suddenly been kicked out.
Nobody has even mentioned the British football club
Manchester United, by the way, owned by Americans, despite Washington waging countless
wars, invasions, and occupation of other countries.
The EU claims to be an advocate for freedom of speech has
banned Russian media, which means their people will only get a limited
narrative of the unfolding events.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced that she would
absolutely support people who want to travel to Ukraine and fight, even though
that is illegal in Britain.
This is while the British government has jailed people who
went to fight and defend the elderly, women, and children against the barbaric
Daesh terrorist takfiri group in Iraq and Syria. And those that were detained
by British authorities are still currently serving time in prison.
Can you imagine if somebody went to fight for the
Palestinians against the Israeli regime, is Liz Truss going to absolutely
support them?
Waving Palestinian flags has been banned at British football
stadiums because you shouldn’t mix politics with sports, remember. This is
while over the past few days, Ukrainian flags are being handed out at football
stadiums.
The most disturbing aspect about all this is that the West
is also pumping more lethal weapons to Ukraine which will only prolong the
conflict. Instead of coming up with peace initiatives to resolve the crisis, it
appears the west wants the fighting to continue.
