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War crimes sell, if it’s the other guy committing them.
Vietnam War, Yugoslav War, Iraq Wars, Afghan War, Libya War, Yemen War, etc… in the evil eyes of Washington, they were not crimes against humanity that killed several million and cost scores of trillions. No, every U.S. President repeatedly praised their death squads asking that “God Bless our Troops”… for bringing “freedom and democracy” to foreign nations that were of no threat to the American people.
In pure hypocrisy, the U.S. has been fixated on uncovering war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine and even sent U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to Kyiv to “reaffirm” Washington’s commitment to help the government “identify, apprehend, and prosecute” individuals involved in these crimes.
“There’s no hiding place for war criminals,” Garland said. “The U.S. Justice Department will pursue every avenue of accountability for those who commit war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.”
Garland was clearly referring to allegations leveled against Russian forces since the onset of the 24 February invasion.
Kyiv has said that it has identified thousands of war crimes committed by Russian forces, most notably the killings in Bucha. About 400 were found dead in the city on 1 April. Reuters described the scene: “Bucha’s still-unburied dead wore no uniforms. They were civilians with bikes, their stiff hands still gripping bags of shopping. Some had clearly been dead for many days, if not weeks.”
(See “BIDEN SAYS BUCHA MASSACRE PROVES HE’S RIGHT THAT PUTIN IS A WAR CRIMINAL.”)
The U.S. State Department announced in May that it launched a “Conflict Observatory” program intended to document evidence of war crimes committed by Russian troops during the Ukraine War to use in possible future prosecutions.
The program’s intended purpose is to “capture, analyze, and make widely available evidence of Russian-perpetrated war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.” The website’s goal is to share this “documentation to help refute Russia’s disinformation efforts and shine a light on abuses.”
Xavier Bettel, the Luxembourg prime minister, also said his country will also back these investigations and aim to hold guilty parties accountable.
TRENDPOST: The Ukraine War has been fought on two fronts: the actual war, and the propaganda war. Russia and the U.S. are two propaganda heavyweights and we have documented at least one instance where Washington essentially admitted to embellishing a story to further its goal of vilifying Russia. (See “RUSSIA USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN UKRAINE WAS A U.S. LIE.”)
NBC News published a report in April that challenged Washington’s claim that Russia was planning a chemical attack against Ukrainian forces. One unnamed official went as far as to say that the claim was an effort by the U.S. to get into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s head.
The report cited three U.S. officials who said there is no evidence that Russia is planning a chemical attack against Ukraine.
Allegations of war crimes would bolster the U.S.’s effort to portray Russian President Vladimir Putin as a madman bent on world domination at all costs. Russia has essentially denied all wrongdoings and blamed Ukrainian forces and their Western allies for perpetuating the misinformation on a large scale. But, of course, the corporate/government media in the U.S. ignores Russia’s claims because “they can’t be trusted.”
TRENDPOST: It is also worth noting that Garland might do well to look into allegations of war crimes against former U.S. presidents. We reported last month that a video emerged showing President George W. Bush explaining to who he thought was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he only needs to be focused on killing Russians.
The video conference meeting turned out to be a prank, but offered viewers a glimpse at the depravity in the minds of our elected officials.
But, of course, the mainstream media pretended that the interview never happened. It is also notable that weeks prior to the prank, Bush slipped during a speech and called the Iraq invasion “unjustified.”
President Joe Biden has made a career out of calling Putin a “war criminal,” even before the invasion. (See “POT CALLS KETTLE BLACK: BIDEN CALLS PUTIN A WAR CRIMINAL.”)