George W. Bush Lets Slip the Hypocrisy at the Heart of the Modern West
George W. Bush ordered a western invasion of the Middle East which led to the deaths of millions, the destruction of the oldest Christian communities on earth, and the rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq.
So it seems that even when he tries to denounce Vladimir Putin, something deep in his psyche cannot help but escape:
I distinctly remember watching bombs fall on Baghdad indiscriminately one evening in 2003.
The invasion was based on lies - that Saddam Hussein had links with Al Qaeda, that the people of Middle East wanted western democracy, and that weapons of mass destructions were being built for use on the west.
Many western nations joined Bush’s evil crusade, including Blair’s Britain and a swathe of Eastern European countries who were rewarded with NATO membership in gratitude - despite Bush Senior having promised Russia that NATO would not expand after the reunification of Germany. (Bush Senior even travelled to Kiev to warn Ukrainians that a hard nationalism there would not be supported by the west.)
These sins would be repeated by the west in Libya, where militant Islamic terrorists would be supported by NATO bombing. Altogether, Obama’s interventions in Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen would lead to the deaths of over a million civilians.
It is the hypocrisy which sickens me. Putin has been restrained compared to what the US would do if Russia and China started running the Mexican military.
Just recently, the US threatened the tiny nation of the Solomon Islands with military action if they hosted the Chinese military. Where are the Solomon Islands, again?
It was the Americans who got involved in Ukraine first, orchestrating a coup in 2014, in favour of a regime which has been bombing its Russian-speaking territories ever since, killing over 14 000 according to the UN.
Putin moves across his own border and the world loses its mind. The West rains down hell on countries on the other side of the world and the media laps it up.
And now the US is pouring weapons to defend its puppet regime in Ukraine, risking nuclear war. And apparently the US will not stop until the Pride flag flies proudly over every Eastern European nation.
After Iraq and covid, I am sure you can trust the the media and the US this time.
This time, they are not lying, surely?
A holy war fought by neutered monks claiming that they're women.
The truth and well written. Thank you.