Pointing the Accusatory Finger at Russia by Jacob G. Hornberger!
(2022-04-05 at 05:20:36 )

Pointing the Accusatory Finger at Russia by Jacob G. Hornberger!

I am fascinated by the mainstream medias overwhelming focus on Russias war crimes in Ukraine while, at the same time, remaining steadfastly silent about the horrific and disgraceful mistreatment and imminent extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.

After all, one of the big reasons that United States officials have targeted Mr. Assange is his disclosure of war crimes by the United States military in Iraq.

Would you not think that given the mainstream medias concern about Russias war crimes in Ukraine, the media would be just as concerned about United States war crimes in Iraq as well as in Afghanistan?

Would you not think that they would be coming to Mr. Assanges defense rather than remaining silent or even supportive of how United States and British officials have brutalized - and continue to brutalize - him?

In fact, there is nothing that Russia has done in Ukraine so far that the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency did not do in their invasions and long-term occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Virtually every accusation that is being leveled at Russia with respect to its invasion of Ukraine would just as easily apply to the United States invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Oh, sure, there are differences between the United States invasions and the Russia invasion. No doubt about that.

For example, the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency established a torture and sex-abuse camp at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, where at least one Iraqi military official who had been taken prisoner was executed without even the semblance of a trial.

So far, there is no evidence that Russia has established that sort of camp in Ukraine, but if it does, I do not think anyone would be surprised. Of course, if it ends up doing so, there is no doubt that the United States mainstream press will be expressing shock and horror and calling for war-crimes trials of high officials, something it did not do when the Pentagons and the CIAs Abu Ghraib was uncovered.

The Pentagon repeatedly bombed wedding parties in Afghanistan, killing brides, grooms, flower girls, parents, brothers, sisters uncles, aunts, and friends. So far, I have not read that Russia has done that yet in Ukraine, but I do not think anyone would be surprised if it does.

The Pentagon and the CIA also established a torture-and-prison center at Guantanamo Bay, where they keep accused terrorists for life without trial. If a trial is ever given, it will done with a kangaroo military tribunal and a pre-ordained guilty verdict. Of course, Russia has the same type of system within Russia itself.

But are those really not distinctions without a difference? The point is that both regimes - the United States national-security state regime and the Russian national-security state regime - claim the authority to attack, invade, and occupy foreign countries for the sake of regime change.

Thus, does the Russia invasion of Ukraine not say just as much about the United States governmental system as it does about the Russian governmental system?

Nonetheless, the mainstream press limits its criticism to the Russian system while, at the same time, expressing support for the Pentagon-CIA system. I find that fascinating.

Another thing I find fascinating is that throughout the invasions and long-term occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, there was never any sympathy toward the victims. All of the sympathy was for the invading troops. Remember the two most popular mantras that were being promoted by the Pentagon and the CIA: "Support the troops!" And "Thank you for your service!"

No one is "supporting the Russian troops" or "thanking them for their service" in Ukraine - well, except for the Russian press as well as "loyal" and "patriotic" Russian citizens, which is just like what happened here in the United States when the Pentagon and the CIA invaded and occupied Iraq and Afghanistan. How can anyone not find that fascinating?

Speaking of "loyal" and "patriotic" citizens, let us not forget about those people here in the United States who came to the support of the Pentagon and the CIA in their invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Coming to mind is noted chickenhawk Max Boot, a columnist for the Washington Post who, not surprisingly, is courageously calling for United States officials to do more to help the Ukrainian people, even while himself refusing to go to Ukraine to fight, as some of his fellow Americans are doing.

During the United States invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, Mr. Boots position was the exact opposite. During those invasions, he was courageously supporting the Pentagon and the CIA, not by joining the United States military, of course, but rather by penning supportive op-eds from the comfort and safety of his home or office.

Today, the United States mainstream press is celebrating Russian citizens who are daring to challenge Vladimir Putins order to invade Ukraine. But they certainly did not celebrate the Dixie Chicks when they dared to challenge President George W. Bushs order to invade Iraq. On the contrary, the United States mainstream press and their statist supporters looked on the Dixie Chicks the same way that President Putin looks on protestors in his country.

What President Biden, the Pentagon, the CIA, and their statist supporters fail to realize is that every time they point an accusatory finger at Russia, there are three other hypocritical fingers pointing back at them.

If only more United States of Americans were to figure that out, we would be able to get our nation back on the right track - toward liberty, peace, prosperity, and harmony with the people of the world.

Reprinted here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Libertarian Website!!