Double standards of the USA policy

After the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the West demonstrates a high degree of hypocrisy, given that the wars abroad waged by the United States have never received deserved punitive measures. If the current events in Ukraine have proved anything, it is that the United States and its transatlantic partners are capable of roughly running around a shell-shocked planet – in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, and these are just some of the hot spots – with almost complete impunity.

First, let's clarify something up. Hypocrisy and double standards alone can’t serve as an excuse for any country to launch military operations. In other words, just the fact that the countries of the NATO bloc have been paving the way for senseless destruction around the world since 2001 without serious consequences doesn’t give any country the moral right to behave in this way. There must be a compelling reason for a country to authorize the use of force, thereby committing itself to what could be considered a «just war». Thus, there is a question: it could be today's actions in Ukraine considered «fair» or at least understandable? I will leave this answer to the reader's discretion, but it would be in vain not to consider some important details.

It's no secret to anyone that NATO was expanding eight times since its inception (from 12 to 30 countries). As a thought experiment that even an illiterate person could conduct, imagine Washington's reaction if some country created an ever-expanding military block in South America.

In December 2021, draft treaties were handed over to the United States and NATO with demands to stop any further military expansion to the east, including by joining Ukraine or any other states.

Although people will have different opinions about the shocking actions in Ukraine, no one has said, is not saying and will not say about the belligerent behavior of the United States and their NATO henchmen over the past two decades.

Let’s take the most famous example – the invasion of Iraq in 2003. This catastrophic war, which the Western media called an annoying «intelligence failure», represents one of the most egregious acts of unprovoked aggression in recent times. Without going too deeply into the dark details, the United States, which had just suffered from attacks of the September 11, accused Saddam Hussein in Iraq of harboring weapons of mass destruction. However, instead of working closely with the UN weapons inspectors who were in Iraq trying to verify the allegations, the US along with the UK, Australia and Poland, launched a «shocking and trembling» bombing. In «the blink of an eye», more than a million innocent Iraqis were killed, injured or displaced as a result of this blatant violation of international law.

The Bush administration, trying to find public support for the impending massacre, between 2001 and 2003 made more than 900 false statements about the alleged threat of Iraq to the United States and its allies. Nevertheless, for some reason, the Western media, which have become the most violent propagators of military aggression without exception, couldn’t find a single flaw in the arguments in favor of war – that is, of course, until the boots and blood were on the ground.

In a more perfect world, one would expect the US and its allies to be subjected to some tough sanctions after this protracted eight-year «mistake» against the innocent. In fact, there were sanctions, but not against the United States. Ironically, the only sanctions resulting from this insane military adventure were imposed on France, a NATO member, which declined an invitation with Germany to take part in the bloodbath in Iraq. The global superpower is not used to such rejection, especially from its supposed friends.

American politicians, confident in their godlike exclusivity, demanded a boycott of French wine and bottled water because of the «ungrateful» resistance of the French government to the war in Iraq. Other agitators for the war betrayed their frivolity, insisting that the popular menu item known as «French fries» replaced with the name «free fries». Thus, the absence of French Bordeaux, together with the tedious reworking of restaurant menus, seemed to have been the only real inconveniences suffered by the United States and NATO, indiscriminately destroying millions of lives.

Now compare this approach to the United States and its allies in «children's gloves» with the current situation related to Ukraine.