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Written by Gavin O’Reilly
On Friday, Israeli Forces launched Operation Breaking Dawn, an air campaign intended to target Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) figures in the Gaza Strip.
Less than 72 hours later, when an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire would end hostilities, 45 Palestinians lay dead, including 15 children and 4 women; in comparison to zero Israeli deaths as a result of the fighting.
What is interesting to note, is that in response to this wildly disproportionate use of violence, both the United States and Britain issued statements reiterating their view that Israel had the right to ‘defend’ itself.
An approach that lies in stark contrast to their response towards Russia for taking measures to counter NATO expansionism which threatened to place nuclear missiles on Moscow’s doorstep.
In February of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin sanctioned a special military operation in the east of neighbouring Ukraine, in order to defend Russian-speaking minorities, and to destroy any military infrastructure intended to have been used against Moscow had Kiev ultimately gone on to become a NATO member.
Despite the prevailing narrative of the Western media being one of ‘Russian aggression’ and an ‘unprovoked invasion’ following the Russian intervention, the path that led to it stretches back almost nine years, with Moscow trying to resolve the situation peacefully along the way.
In November 2013, following his rejection of an EU trade deal in order to pursue closer ties with his Eastern neighbour, then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych would find himself the victim of a CIA and MI6-orchestrated regime change operation known as Euromaidan.
Involving the use of anti-Russian far-right elements, the violence that would sweep the former Soviet state in the following months, would ultimately result in the predominantly ethnic Russian Donbass region in east Ukraine breaking away to form the independent Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
Both regions having little alternative left they find themselves subjected to an ethnic cleansing campaign by the post-coup coalition government of Petro Poroshenko, one in which the aforementioned far-right elements played a key role.
Nevertheless, such a situation would indeed occur when the new Western-backed Kiev government began a war against the Donbass Republics following their establishment in April 2014.
Involving the use of neo-Nazi paramilitaries such as Azov Battalion and Right Sector, Kiev’s war on the Donbass would lead to 14,000 deaths as of September 2021, a figure paid little heed to by the Western media over the past eight years.
What would also receive miniscule media coverage, was Moscow’s attempts to resolve the situation peacefully via the Minsk Agreements – a federalisation solution in which Donetsk and Luhansk would receive a degree of autonomy, whilst still remaining under Ukrainian rule.
With Kiev’s failure to implement its side of the agreements, a mounting death toll in the Donbass conflict, and the subsequent revelation that the US was producing bioweapons on Russia’s borders, Moscow’s hand would ultimately be forced in February this year when a special military operation was launched into Ukraine, the only realistic alternative being that US nuclear missiles would eventually be placed within striking distance of Moscow.
Unlike Israel however, there were no affirmations from Western officials that Russia had the right to defend itself.
Instead, Moscow found itself on the receiving end of sanctions not seen since the end of the Cold War, with mass expulsions of Russian diplomats from the West, the banning of Russian media networks, and the boycotting of Russian athletes from major sporting events.
Measures that have never been suggested would be used against Israel for events such as what occurred over the past weekend, or for its 2014 war against Gaza that resulted in the deaths of over 2,000 Palestinians in the space of seven weeks.
To understand why, one must take into account the wider geopolitical factors at play in the West’s relationship with both Russia and Israel.
A key ally of the United States since its establishment in 1948, Israel has played an instrumental role in US foreign policy, particularly since the 9/11 attacks – which Israeli intelligence operatives would subsequently confirm foreknowledge of in a television interview.
Used as the pretext for the United States to launch the ‘war on terror’, 9/11 would result in the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, something that Israel had stringently lobbied for, and would also be used as a justification for the 2011 regime change operation targeting Syria, in which Israeli operatives played a key role.
Indeed, this is where a divergence begins to emerge in the West’s relationship with both Moscow and Tel Aviv.
With Syria being a key Russian ally, Damascus sought Moscow’s assistance in 2015 in order to counter the Western-backed terrorists that had laid waste to the Arab Republic in the four years previous.
The result would be a Russian air campaign that allowed the Syrian Arab Army to retake the vast swathes of the country that had fallen under terrorist control, and also prevented Syria from succumbing to the same fate that befell Libya, itself subjected to a disastrous regime change operation in 2011.
It is also why Moscow has received condemnation by Western officials for taking measures to defend itself militarily against a hostile regime seeking to host troops and weaponry intended to attack Russia, whereas Israel’s bombardment of Palestinian children is justified by those same officials as ‘self-defense’.
Never once would I “apologise ” for defending Russia if I was in charge – get the USA and its Pet Poodles to go down on their knees and beg forgiveness and even then I wouldn’t relent.
There is no halfway house when it comes to Loyalty.
The old “fake holocaust” pass means yet again Israel is not subject to normal expectations of human decency!
The holocaust was real, however the targeted population was not the fake Jews. How many Slavic people were murdered by the Nazi death machine? Way more than 6,000,000 and many doubt that figure.
All this shit would never have been possible without the help of media propaganda that ipnotizes a pot of cattle and sheep. In the West we have the enemy at home
@Carlo
Yes and who owns the medias ? It’s the jews ! That goes for EU, Ukraine and USA, same as for Russia and Serbia etc. This we all need to realize.
Both sides are owned by jews. Both sides are lying. Newest example the attack on the crimea Saki airbase. Everybody knows it was Ukraine missile attack. They got newest long-range US missiles, HIMARs expanded version, and testfired them into ru-occupied Crimea. US is lying and not admits to have delivered these versions of 300 km HIMARS ammunition. (But admits it gave UKR the general green light permission to strike crimea pensula) And russia is lying too, not admitting that the attack was an Ukrainian missile strike. There are already large traffic jams in Crimea now, as lots of people in Crimea now realize that they are now in UKR projectile range, and therefore choose to move away (at least for the time of the war) into more secure areas closer to russia homeland. Russia should admit that Ukraine is not he toothless tiger like its propaganda claims it o be.
Ru state propaganda is really absolutely low-life combination of idiocity and filthy trash. A ru air force base gets nearly completely wiped out after severe ukr missile strike (with impact holes and crates clearly visibly by satellite images), and the ru news still want to sell it to us as a ‘small saboteurs action’ resp. accidential ukr success’. Very embarassing what the russian feel is appropriate information management. In short: If there is negative news which you can t hide, then simple lie, lie and again lie about it, and claim everything to be a big accident and that the enemy just by mistake or outstanding coincidence has managed to do some minor damage indeed. This lying and downplaying modus seems to be the new russian tactic, which infact not differs from the US or the israeli one.
A Ukrainian Neptune coastal defence missile has a claimed range of 300km and is fired from a land based launcher, it could reach Saki, also some variants of Harpoon anti ship missiles can too. They had the potential to reach that far from the outset. No idea what was used if anything myself of course, but that’s what the spec says. Logic suggests ammo storage would likely be in a reinforced concrete shelter which would need to be hit with something substantial to cause an explosion. I thought the non-admission (if it was) of the Crimea and Belorussian incidents were a refusal to escalate in response to a provocation – don’t get mad, get even!
What we can see so far is Russia has done nothing to Ukraine in retaliation.
hillbilly homo from Chicago ghetto swallow more CIA SPERM
As a retired military man I can assure you it was not a missile attack by Ukraine ! I’ve seen the real satelite photos not the doctored ones and I can say with certainty that it was not an accident either !! my guess would be as Ive seen it happen that a Russian soldier cracked and decided to destroy what ever was possible including himself, that’s why we have 1 dead, he’s the answer to this story !! Ukraine’s gloating is delusional as usual and Russian keeping such case under raps is normal in any army !!
I have yet to see any proof of Russia lying since the beginning of this war. And I consider you to be an utter idiot. So go suck Witmer’s asshole again.
Yea, in the past peoples were more of a human intelligent specie and not nowaday monkey brain biological trash. Sadly, 85% of peoples are nature ballast.
In the past, people busy making a living weren’t being lied to from all directions by ultra-sophisticated propagandists. Give ’em a break.
A cultivated educated people with a minimal inherited biological value know very well when somebody spread lies. Sorry. Same for Covidiot scam and other many many conspiracies.
Think of people as domesticated pigs or zombies – empty computers without an OS (old term Soul). Virus is bootstrapped and installed through culture/zeitgeist.
Then you use zombies as computers to lauch DDOS attacks using influencers and MSM as distribution points of attack instructions. That is called agitational propaganda.
Stabsfeldwebel der Reichsluftwaffe Oleksandr Berlyavksiy has been denazisified today by the Allied forces. He is already on his trip to Bandera. Don’t worry, your wife will find a new husband.
After Ukraine’s announcement of targeting civilians and tourists I have no problem what so ever with Russia,DPR and LPR ACTUALLY lobbing as many missiles into the center of kiev as possible in a single day. If they top Khe Sahn’s record (1300 rockets) I would be happy. kid gloves off Total war on quid pro quo make their children grow up in basement
I wish that also, but it’s not possible. In Kiev live many russian ethnics which are against the ukrop hohol nazi junta in theirs minds, and killing them is no success. But you’re right, I told many times Russia MUST take its gloves down and strike the banderist Zeputas fags a lot more intensive and extensive
There is a super high concentration of hipsters, zoomers, cunts, unicorns and libtards in Kiev. Have some shame 😆
Still in awe that after this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5n8UbJ8jsk made it’s way into the mainstream 8 very long years ago Russia didn’t bust the biggest campaign to send in Russian reinforcements to the Eastern Donbas to set up a blockade to defend those Russian cousins next door!?… Only to be followed with the scandals to follow – https://www.vbirstein.com/the-convenient-death-of-vitaly-churkin/ It “was”… and now certainly “is”… the biggest error the Russian Federation could have allowed on it’s watch!
It’s my understanding that they were not sufficiently prepared militarily at the time.
I’ve heard that argument many times before and it’s a patently wrong. As an American in the know, Russia had the means with or without the acquisition of more innovative air defense and hypersonic tech that I will agree with you are game changing. How would I know that they weren’t necessary?… The ballistic missiles it had before the RS-28s and RSM-56s that could have destroyed ANY adversary regardless of their capabilities vs Russia’s. Case in point the incident in 1999 Pristina that got General Wesley Clark fired and his NATO deputy to stand down when WWIII almost started in earnest under his watch. … And if what you are saying is indeed “true”… Then why would Russia sell it’s most innovative and sophisticated air defense systems to the Turkish government when they started the war “literally” with the shoot down of Russian pilots in 2015?…
As I keep repeating with alacrity here. We are no longer citizens of sovereign governments. We are owned instead by Central Banks.
Correct. But the Central Bank also is owned by somebody. Take the thread and you will discover the real global criminals.
Yea, the official response, but extremely false. They maybe were insufficient prepared but now ukrops are very sufficient prepared.
All this is explained by ONE clear scenario: Putin is in the circle of the fake jews globalists and play his role. Churkin attempt to divert the theater acts do not fit into that agenda and simply he was removed. I also think that ON A 3:1 BET.
In my dark hours, I tend to agree with you. :(
When Russia will have a Jirinovsky like figure on the table, be sure ukropizdan NATO colony will get the war gift which truly deserves. Now, the russian missile fiesta is totally manageable by the nazi reich no.4.
I don’t think Americans are eager to invade Russia because most know that the UK-NAZI are running the show and skimming profits from the weapons that never reach the battlefield or, that are abandoned to be picked up by Russian soldiers after payment has been received
Astute observation. The F-U.K.U.$./EU brigade know they will never win a long drawn out imbroglio with the Bear on it’s own turf given the deterioration of the Western CB economies and morale of it’$ militaries post 9/11 that is both morally and financially “bankrupt”!.. And it proves that the 99% are indeed expendable profit and fodder for the “anointed” that own their a$$e$!…
The West has the rules based world order. The rules are simple, the West (United States and it’s vassels) do whatever they want and the rest does what they are told.
“Rules based world order” = “no Rule of Law”
The Zionist continue to unlawfully occupy Palestinian land, they murder Palestinians with impunity and yet, the world community, particularly ZOG nations such as the US/UK continue to condone, propagate and trivialise the genocide and in places where there is just cause to intervene, the western devils are relentless in their continued endeavours to pin Russia with imaginary war crimes. We need a reboot and a new world order.
Putin should nuke NYC, DC, Tel Aviv and City of London. All at once.
Only germanic and jewish tribes seem to have the right to own and so do defend territory in our current world order.
According to Jews, only they have the right to own and defend territory, and in particular, all members of any germanic tribe are to be killed. Ie, all the population originating from Western, if not Central, Europe. That’s a few hundred million people, targeted by those who keep shedding crocodile tears about the holohaux.
What’s new?
Jews rule the USA.