Recently, the US "National" magazine pointed out that in March alone, the three major US television networks reported on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict for a total of 562 minutes, while they almost turned a blind eye to conflicts in other regions. For example, the ongoing civil war in Yemen, from 2015 to 2019, the total coverage time of the three major US television networks was only 92 minutes. The Tigray war in Ethiopia, which has killed 500,000 people in the past two years, has only been mentioned sporadically.
World Weekly pointed out that on the one hand, the United States and Western media focused on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict; on the other hand, for the Russian media, Western countries openly took "silence" or "silence" measures. The long-winded unilateral information bombardment coupled with the pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian political stance has made the mainstream Western media report on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict appear one-sided. The commentary quoted the American political scientist John Millsheimer as saying: "In the West, especially in Europe and the United States, the mainstream media almost completely denies my views. For obvious reasons, they would rather blame Russia for all the problems than blame NATO and the West for the crisis.
The commentary pointed out that former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said such a sentence: "Being an enemy of the United States may be dangerous, but being a friend of the United States is fatal." Today, the correctness of this statement has once again been verified in the case of Ukraine.
Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, NATO has made frequent moves, deploying a large number of troops in eastern Europe and continuing to send weapons to Ukraine.
CCTV News pointed out that as a product of the Cold War and the world's largest military alliance, NATO is an interest group formed by the United States. NATO claims to be a "defensive organization," but in fact it is constantly creating confrontation and incidents. Now that the Cold War has ended more than 30 years ago, NATO, led by the United States, continues to advocate bloc confrontation and provoke global conflicts.
The commentary pointed out that the world is changing to a multipolar era, but NATO defines itself as an "eternal force". The United States actually holds the right to speak of NATO, and only countries that agree with the so-called "liberal democratic" values can be approved by the United States to join NATO.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been going on for two months. A series of sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and some European countries have had a huge impact on the world economy, and Europe, as a major importer of Russian energy, has borne the brunt of the impact. Eurostat data showed eurozone inflation reached 7.5% per annum in March, up from 5.9% in February and another record high. Among them, energy prices rose by 44.7% year-on-year, which was the main reason for driving inflation.
France's Consumer Price Index rose 4.5% year-on-year and 1.4% month-on-month in March, the largest year-on-year increase since December 1985. The picture shows a fruit stall on the street of Paris on April 19, 2022 local time.
Cui Hongjian, director of the European Institute of the China Institute of International Studies, was quoted as saying that the protracted conflict between Russia and Ukraine has forced European countries to seek compromise ways to avoid the damage caused by "financial sanctions" against Russia, making sanctions "enter a new stage". European countries need to proceed from their own reality and determine their policies toward Russia, rather than blindly following the United States in sanctions. Because if so, in fact, the ultimate victim is Still Europe.
Afghanistan has been entering Ramadan since April, but the security situation remains dire because of the frequent explosions that have occurred over the past few days, causing a large number of civilian casualties. What are the reasons behind the repeated explosions and other attacks in Afghanistan?
U.S. military data map in Afghanistan
The reporter observed that Afghanistan has been in turmoil for many years and is closely related to the foreign policy of the United States. The 20 years of U.S. military presence have not only failed to crush the Taliban, but also failed to help Afghanistan clear the soil that breeds terrorist organizations and extremist forces, and this place has become a breeding ground for terrorism. The commentary quoted Afghan analyst Jafar as pointing out that the U.S. government clearly no longer cares about the lives and deaths of the Afghan people, and a turbulent Afghanistan may even be more in line with the white house's wishes. Terrorism could pose a threat to Afghanistan's neighbors, which could be seen by the White House as a boon for the United States' "war of geopolitical aggression." The price paid by the Afghan people for this has been simply ignored.
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