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发帖数: 7039 | 1 看来邪恶的北莫魔鬼上身了，目的是为了激怒普京大帝
Malaysian Plane Crash: Lies and Sinister Political Agenda by the West
by: Alexander Clackson
Almost immediately after the news began to spread that a Malaysian Airlines
plane was apparently shot down over Ukraine, Western media and politicians
blamed Russia for the event, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin
should be directly responsible, despite complete lack of concrete evidence
about who is to blame. This event is being used by the United States and its
Western allies to further isolate Russia, after they failed to achieve this
objective by provoking Russia in Ukraine.
Unjustified blame on Russia
While Putin took the right approach by stating that the plane crash in
eastern Ukraine must be investigated thoroughly and objectively, Western
politicians used the disaster for their own political agenda of isolating
Russia. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has stated that the
crisis should “wake Europe up to the threat posed by Putin”. In fact,
this event is very beneficial to the United States, who have been
unsuccessfully trying to persuade its European allies to slap heavy
sanctions on Russia. NATO and the US have been provoking Russia to intervene
in Ukraine by allowing Western-backed Ukrainian President Poroshenko to
kill ethnic Russian civilians in Ukraine and even shelling Russian territory
, killing a Russian national. Putin rightly did not fall for these
provocations. The United States, therefore, wasted no time in using this
plane crash for their own political gains, pressuring Europe to escalate
sanctions against Moscow. Clinton has already called for the EU to increase
sanctions on Russia, while the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called
on Russia to explain the disaster as it “now seems certain it’s been
brought down by a Russian-supplied surface-to-air missile”, despite
complete lack of strong evidence for such a claim.
Ukrainian military could be responsible for the crash
While western media and politicians have unilaterally blamed Russia for the
disaster, they have failed to mention the other side of the story that
suggests that the Ukrainian military may have been responsible.
The Russian Defense Ministry has said that when a Malaysian Airlines plane
was apparently shot down over Ukraine, a Ukrainian Buk anti-aircraft missile
battery was operational in the region. The ministry said that the battery
was deployed at a site from which it could have fired a missile at the
airliner. The Defense Ministry also added that the Ukrainian military has
several batteries of Buk surface-to-air missile systems with at least 27
launchers, capable of bringing down high-flying jets, in the Donetsk region
where the Malaysian passenger plane crashed. Furthermore, hours after the
crash of the Boeing 777 was reported, Kiev published what it called
intercepted communications between militia officers and their Russian
handler to apparently discuss the take-down of a civilian aircraft by the
militia. However, as was noted in this video, the alleged intercepted
conversation was created before the plane crashed, suggesting that not only
is the conversation fake, but whoever created it was aware about the
impending disaster.
Ultimately, right now it is very difficult to confirm who was responsible
for the crash, but it is imperative to know that there is some evidence that
the Ukrainian military may have been involved, thus nullifying the
unjustified claims that Russia is definitely to blame.
“Arming the rebels” hypocrisy
The United States and its Western allies have claimed that Russia should
take the blame for the plane crash as it allegedly supplies heavy weaponry
to the rebels in Ukraine. What has not been discussed in the mainstream
media is the fact that the United States supplies Israel with weapons that
are currently being used to slaughter civilians in Gaza. On the same day as
the Malaysian plane crash, Israeli tanks, infantry and engineering units
launched a broad assault on Gaza. Eleven Palestinians have been killed since
the ground invasion, adding to at least 240 Palestinians that have already
been killed in Israeli air strikes since 8 July, many of them children. This
number is just a small proportion of the Palestinians that have been killed
over the years by Israeli weapons supplied by the United States. Yet,
America has not faced any repercussions for supplying deadly military
equipment to a state that slaughters civilians and illegally occupies
foreign land. It is completely hypocritical of the West to criticise Russia
for allegedly supplying Ukrainian rebels (who are being aggressively shelled
by the Ukrainian army) with weapons, while at the same time helping Israel
to kill Palestinian civilians by supplying it with deadly military armaments.
One rule for the West, another rule for the rest
It is also worth remembering that on 3 July 1998, Iran Air Flight 655, a
civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai, was shot down by the United
States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes. All 290 on board,
including 66 children and 16 crew, died. Despite receiving ample criticism,
the United States was allowed to get away with this crime, despite concrete
evidence that it was responsible for the disaster. The United States agreed
to pay US$61.8 million to Iran, but never apologised or admitted
responsibility. Meanwhile, while there is no evidence whatsoever that Russia
was responsible for the Malaysian plane crash is likely to face heave
sanctions and isolation. This is just another example of the West ganging up
on countries that refuse to follow Washington’s sinister agenda.
Alexander Clackson is the founder of Global Political Insight, a political
media and research organisation. He has a Master’s degree in International
Relations. Alexander works as a political consultant and frequently
contributes to think-tank and media outlets. |
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