By Steve Otto
The outrage and discontent over Russia's
invasion of Ukraine
is understandable. Of course they targeted civilians in their war. That almost
always happens. But while our news people are so quick to show us the
casualties, the damage to buildings and property, the attempts by refugees to
leave, I have to wonder about something. Where were these reporters when the US invaded Afghanistan
and Iraq?
Didn't these wars produce a lot of the same thing? Weren't there casualties,
the damage to buildings and property, the attempts by refugees to leave? I'm
sure there were. I remember a CIA man being questioned about
the children and grand children killed when a US drone attacked a suspected
terrorist leader. He was asked if he felt any remorse about killing the kids and
he quickly said "no."
The US
has done the same kind of war crimes now playing out in Ukraine. There
is sympathy for the victims of that war all over the news, by lots of pundits
and political activists. But the war crimes of this country were swept under
the rug when this country did those things.
How many victims were shown by US TV when those two
occupations were going on? Many news agencies banned such coverage for their
reporters. many of us had to watch British TV or RU TV (a Russian media).
So let's not forget how different our country's coverage of
this war differs from that going on in Ukraine today. There is a lot of hypocrisy
to go around. Especially since the US
still occupies Iraq,
as we speak today.
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