AN UNPROVOKED, ILLEGAL WAR... REALLY?
It is difficult not to be amazed by the propensity of the English-speaking world, as seen especially in the media, to present the invasion of Ukraine as something for which it bears no responsibility. It can be seen, for instance, in the use and overuse the expression 'unprovoked war'. That invasion, apparently, just happened for no apparent reason, outside of any rational explanation, through some kind of act of God. It is as if: A) the US broken promises about any future expansion of NATO toward the East were never made, B) said expansion never became a reality over a period of many years, C) Russia continued to be treated and portrayed like the very embodiment of evil on Earth, and D) NATO (a military alliance, it must be remembered) could not possibly be seen as some kind of threatening force by those being targeted by its advance. Also, the repeated use of the expression 'Putin's war' must be noted. That expression seems to i...