Early this morning, I heard the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, declare (paraphrased) that following Biden's earlier statements, the US will not be performing “regime change” in Russia. My reaction was visceral, combined with humor and pure astonishment. The first words out of my mouth were, “Who in the hell do you think you are?” That's the problem: the deep-seated notion of US government “exceptionalism”; that America is above the fray and can do bloody hell whatever it desires on the world stage, including war crimes.
As history has revealed, US regime-change operations in Vietnam and Afghanistan failed. So considering, even attempting such an act with nuclear power is utter folly. Moreover, it's evident to many, anyone with half a brain, that such an action would end in WWIII, if not earth's total destruction.
The hypocrisy of the United States since the Russia/Ukraine war has become more apparent than ever before. US media and their "expert" guests declare Russian war crimes and the killing of civilians, creating massive refugee crises. This is true and tragic. That said, over the last 30 years, the US has been committing war crimes and creating humanitarian emergencies in several countries, and continuing to do so, is quite pathetic.
Are these people stupid, ignorant, or simply spewing propaganda hoping their viewers are just as unaware of history? It could well be a combination of all the above.
Another glaring hypocrisy is accusing Putin of suppressing dissent in Russian media and its population. (Of course, he has and continues to do so.) I hope we have been paying attention, but we have the most essential publisher on the planet (Julian Assange) in a UK high-security prison for revealing American war crimes and extensive political maleficence. Anti-war and most left voices across social media are being censored in droves for even attempting to present an alternative narrative to the States narrative. We are doing the same exact thing, yet the US projects all their crimes onto Russia and expects people not to recognize the hypocrisy.
As an added note, the US position on Julian Assange is that he is a spy and a State Actor, an enemy of the United States. Recently when some state department dupe stated this on Australian national television, the journalist didn't come back with any facts or important follow-up questions.
The proper response would have been: you mean he's an enemy of the US for revealing American war crimes? Assange is not a spy but is a whistleblower and a facilitator of whistleblowers. Exposing corruption and crimes of the state and its governments is the job of journalism – it was called the Fourth Estate. It seems those times have long gone. Where "experts" and talking heads spew propaganda for the establishment is now what is called the Free Press. It's truly pathetic.
When it comes right down to it, when and why is the term "regime change" become so accepted as everyday social discourse. It literally means the forceful takeover of a foreign sovereign government.
The typical response from the US government is: "This is a matter of National Security."
Over the last twenty years, I've understood that the term National Security is code for Torture and War Crimes.
Both Russia nor the United States do not recognize the International Courts in the Hague. As a result, either country's war crimes cannot be put on trial, and those responsible are not punished under International Law. If these superpowers can commit war atrocities without legal consequences,..there is no justice anywhere.
Free Press is virtually gone, and the term and action of US "regime change" have become a normalized term in social discourse.
Our civilization has lost its core values.
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