{"id":46976,"date":"2019-06-29T06:37:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T11:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=46976"},"modified":"2019-06-29T06:40:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T11:40:32","slug":"wests-moral-bankruptcy-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=46976","title":{"rendered":"West\u2019s Moral Bankruptcy Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/West\u2019s Moral Bankruptcy Exposed  June 28, 2019 \u00a9 Photo: Wikimedia The moral bankruptcy of Western powers was exposed \u2013 inadvertently \u2013 with the recent publication of three separate news reports. Taken together the reports out last week illustrate the rank hypocrisy of Western governments.  Also, the way that the reports were prioritized or left disconnected demonstrates how the Western mainstream media serves as a dutiful propaganda service for state and corporate power.  First there was the Dutch-led inquiry into downing of the Malaysian MH17 airliner, which put the finger of blame on Russia for the disaster in 2014 when all 298 people onboard were killed.  That nearly five-year investigation has never provided any credible proof of Russian culpability, yet the Dutch-led investigators known as the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) continually level allegations that Russia supplied an anti-aircraft missile to Ukrainian rebels who purportedly blasted the Boeing 777 out of the sky.  Despite its evident failures of due process, nonetheless Western governments and media have lent the JIT allegations (slanders) undue credibility. The US, Britain and other NATO members last week called on Russia to comply with the JIT \u201cinvestigation\u201d, smearing Moscow as guilty of causing the MH17 deaths.  However, Malaysia\u2019s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad denounced the report as \u201cridiculous hearsay\u201d aimed at \u201cscapegoating Russia\u201d. Tellingly, his comments were not widely reported in Western media.  For its part, Russia has vehemently rejected allegations of involvement in the MH17 disaster, as have pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels. Russia\u2019s repeated offers of contributing information to the probe have been rebuffed by the Dutch-led JIT. By contrast, Russia\u2019s own investigation has uncovered credible radar and forensic evidence that an anti-aircraft missile fired at the passenger jet actually came from military forces under the Kiev regime\u2019s command. Russia\u2019s evidence has been steadfastly ignored by Western media reports.  The credible suspect party \u2013 Kiev political and intelligence authorities \u2013 have been allowed to participate in and frame the JIT probe to inculpate Russia. The US, European Union and NATO back the Neo-Nazi dominated regime in Kiev, financially and militarily, since it seized power in a violent coup d\u2019\u00e9tat back in 2014. That should be the real focus of scandal in the MH17 story.  On the back of the MH17 imbroglio, as well as other slanders, Western governments have continued to impose economic sanctions on Russia. These sanctions have cost the Russian economy an estimated $50 billion. On top of that, Western states and their media portray Russia and President Putin as a rogue regime and pariah.  Now contrast the undue priority given to the above dubious JIT claims with two other reports also out last week. One was on the horrific death toll among civilians in Yemen inflicted by the Western-backed Saudi-led war on that country. It is estimated that over 90,000 people have been killed in violence over the past four years, with most of the civilian victims caused by indiscriminate Saudi air strikes.\">West\u2019s Moral Bankruptcy Exposed\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The moral bankruptcy of Western powers was exposed \u2013 inadvertently \u2013 with the recent publication of three separate news reports. Taken together the reports out last week illustrate the rank hypocrisy of Western governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, the way that the reports were prioritized or left disconnected demonstrates how the Western mainstream media serves as a dutiful propaganda service for state and corporate power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First there was the Dutch-led inquiry into downing of the Malaysian MH17 airliner, which put the finger of blame on Russia for the disaster in 2014 when all 298 people onboard were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That nearly five-year investigation has never provided any credible proof of Russian culpability, yet the Dutch-led investigators known as the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) continually level allegations that Russia supplied an anti-aircraft missile to Ukrainian rebels who purportedly blasted the Boeing 777 out of the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite its evident failures of due process, nonetheless Western governments and media have lent the JIT allegations (slanders) undue credibility. The US, Britain and other NATO members last week called on Russia to comply with the JIT \u201cinvestigation\u201d, smearing Moscow as guilty of causing the MH17 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Malaysia\u2019s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad denounced the report as \u201cridiculous hearsay\u201d aimed at \u201cscapegoating Russia\u201d. Tellingly, his comments were not widely reported in Western media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For its part, Russia has vehemently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/462224-russia-response-jit-mh17-report\/?utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=Email\">rejected<\/a>&nbsp;allegations of involvement in the MH17 disaster, as have pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels. Russia\u2019s repeated offers of contributing information to the probe have been rebuffed by the Dutch-led JIT. By contrast, Russia\u2019s own investigation has uncovered credible radar and forensic evidence that an anti-aircraft missile fired at the passenger jet actually came from military forces under the Kiev regime\u2019s command. Russia\u2019s evidence has been steadfastly ignored by Western media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West\u2019s Moral Bankruptcy Exposed\u00a0 The moral bankruptcy of Western powers was exposed \u2013 inadvertently \u2013 with the recent publication of three separate news reports. Taken together the reports out last week illustrate the rank hypocrisy of Western governments. Also, the way that the reports were prioritized or left disconnected demonstrates how the Western mainstream media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[22167,496,518,701,8203,965,901],"class_list":["post-46976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-jamal-khashoggi","tag-mainstream-media","tag-mh17","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-strategic-culture-foundation","tag-west","tag-yemen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46977,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46976\/revisions\/46977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}