Rajeev Chandrasekhar has lambasted journalists from the Western media

 India's Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has lambasted journalists from the Western media for their biased views towards people from places other than Europe and the US.

Quoting a series of tweets in which Western journalists used racial language while reporting from Ukraine, Chandrasekhar said, "This thread about why some in Western media have seriously disturbing double standards."

In a video clip, a BBC anchor can be heard saying he respects the "emotion" when Ukraine's Deputy Chief Prosecutor David Sakvarelidze explained that the conflict with Russia and Ukraine is very emotional for him because he sees "European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed."

A senior correspondent for CBS News stated that Kiev "isn't a place, with all due respect, like Iraq or Afghanistan, that has seen conflict raging for decades. This is a relatively civilised, relatively European…city, where you wouldn't expect that or hope that it's going to happen."

On BFM TV of France, an anchor said that European cities are facing cruise missile fire as though "we were in Iraq or Afghanistan, can you imagine!?"

A British ITV journalist considers the crisis "unthinkable" as Ukraine is not a "developing, third-world nation; this is Europe!"

Not only did the TV news anchors or correspondents make such colourist, racial remarks, but print journalists also wrote similar articles.

Daniel John Hannan, a British writer journalist, reckoned that Russia's military action in Ukraine is an "attack on civilisation" as they [Ukrainian] "seem so like us" and have Instagram and Netflix accounts.

"War is no longer something visited upon impoverished and remote population," Hannan, a former politician serving as an adviser to the UK Board of Trade since 2020, wrote in The Telegraph.

The "implicit racial bias of some of the Ukraine coverage" has not gone down well with the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association.

The association condemned and categorically rejected "orientalist and racist implications" towards the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

"This type of commentary reflects the pervasive mentality in Western journalism of normalising tragedy in parts of the world such as the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. It dehumanises and renders their experience with war as somehow normal and expected," it said in a statement. 

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Biden could have set in motion the de dollarisation train

 In their madness and desperation to destroy Russia with ruthless and reckless sanctions, Biden and his circus of clowns have weaponised the American dollar and undermined the dollar's whole reason of existence. Putin is playing along with the dimwits and announced the sales of Russian oil in Roubles. He could go one step further by selling all Russian products in Roubles as well. How's that for a start in the de dollarisation trend and setting the train in motion?

The simple minded Americans had it too good for too long, always thinking that sanction is their trump card and only hurts the other party, not the Americans, never would the Americans be hurt by their own sanction game. Really?

Would the rest of the oil producing countries in the Middle East, South East Asia, Africa and Latin America also join in the bandwagon and accept payments in Roubles or any currency other than the dollar? When that happens, the demand for dollar would decline rapidly. China could also join in by selling its products in Yuan, by passing the dollar.

This trend of not using the dollar would mean that the dollar would become redundant. Everyone and every country would be selling dollar to exchange for other currencies to pay for oil and products accordingly. How much would the dollar be impacted by this new demand and change of taste and direction?

When this trend continues, more countries would be using their respective currencies for trade, not necessary the dollar. The worse scenario would be the refusal to accept the dollar and poops, a totally new world would arrive without the need for the dollar. And this trend could snowball when everyone is demanding for payments in any other currencies except the dollar.

Then the world would say goodbye to the dollar and to the Americans and the American Empire. And the Americans have Biden and his clowns to thank for, to bring in a New World Order, led by the Americans, yes, the Americans leading it, without the American dollar. Biden has taken the lead, the USA has taken the lead.

Well done. The rest of the world are waiting for it...a brave New World Order led by the Americans. It is unbelieveable. The accidental country has set about its own destruction accidentally by attempting to destroy Russia and China in the biggest gamble in history. The Americans got beaten in its own game, by its own design!

With Russia selling oil at a substantial discount from the inflated price, who would not want to buy Russian oil, using Roubles at bargain prices? The big consumers would not be able to say no as the cost of oil is far too high and cost too much. How long can Europe continue to buy super expensive oil and gas when the bargain store is just next door? Europe would become very uncompetitive, very high cost of living and would be bankrupt in due course.

Ukraine - Truth from the americanthinker.com

The truth from an American. So cannot dismiss this as disinformation.

March 9, 2022
Here's the truth on Ukraine, as far as I can tell
By Dan Truitt

First, and most importantly, virtually no one in the U.S. has got this right, including conservative outlets and pundits. Putin's a thug, but he's an excellent politician and a strong leader. And he's not crazy, as some seem to surmise. He is a cold, calculating, strategic thinker who has disciplined his mind and body for decades. He's a Russia first guy. Think Donald Trump minus all the hot air and Big Macs, and add a willingness to off his enemies.

We promised Russia we would not expand NATO when the Soviet Union fell. We went back on that promise and incorporated almost the entire Eastern Bloc into NATO.

Then after 9/11, Bush II unilaterally canceled the '72 ABM treaty, which until then had frozen nuclear weapon development in the Soviet Union and the U.S., effectively ending the arms race. Bush's rationale was that we needed to develop new nuclear weapon tech to defeat terrorism. As if we were going to nuke Osama bin Laden.

Bush's rationale for NATO expansion was also terrorism. So Bush triggered a fresh arms race. Bush was a decent man, but the more time goes by, the more he looks like an absolute moron to me.

Ukraine belonged to Russia for centuries. The two countries have almost identical cultures and languages. Kyiv used to be the capital of Russia. Putin's war is a war of defense. Russia (rightly, in my view) feels threatened by NATO expansion. Russia is a mainly land-based, continental power that desires a buffer with the West. Ukraine serves that purpose perfectly.

The U.S. triggered a coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014, overthrowing the democratically elected president who was Russia-friendly and installing a pro-Western, pro-NATO leader. Putin has had his eye on Ukraine ever since but dared not do anything when Trump was in power because he feared and respected Trump.

So Putin in the meantime brilliantly helped move along a green revolution in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, leaving Europe, with its wind farms and solar panels, hungry for more energy, which it bought from Russia in the form of natgas.

Trump's right: Putin is a genius. Unfortunately, we seem to be in a historically rare period in which the leaders of 1.5 billion people — i.e., the West — are to a person feckless, obtuse, senile, or some combination of the three.

Now that we have President Potted Plant in office, Putin has made his move. By the way, the story is that Russian annexed Crimea some years ago. Putin's version is that the Crimeans had a plebiscite, and over 90% voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia. That alone should give you an idea of what a dysfunctional country Ukraine is.

Putin has no intention of "reconstituting the Soviet Union." That's a big fat lie. This war is the West's fault, not Putin's. At any time, we could have discussed these issues with him. Instead of seeking closer ties with Russia (as Trump was attempting — he even talked about disbanding NATO, since Russia is no longer a territorial threat to Europe), we constantly antagonize Russia with our NATO expansion.

What we should be doing is assuring Russia that we are not a threat, making treaties with Russia bringing us closer together (after all, they are a European, Orthodox Christian nation), and turning our united efforts against the real threat: China. We couldn't have mishandled this more.

Contrary to popular opinion, the Ukrainians are not making a heroic stand against the Russkies. They're getting their asses kicked. They're hiding in population centers, and Russia, trying to get to them, is killing a lot of civilians as collateral damage.

They're fighting a relatively clean war (if there is such a thing), and all Zelensky has to do is meet with Putin and agree to Putin's four demands: 1) Ukraine cannot join NATO, 2) NATO arms out of Eastern Europe (honoring our promise to Russia's then-leader, Gorbachev), 3) a ban on NATO missiles within striking distance, and 4) autonomy for the two predominantly Russian provinces in east Ukraine.

Numbers 2 and 3 are a pretty big ask, but here you see how Putin himself may have read The Art of the Deal: always ask for more than you want.

Zelensky could end this in two hours if he wanted. Instead, he seems to have developed a Churchill complex. He's begging for money and arms, which will prolong the bloodshed. No one is reporting the billions in medicines, foodstuff, and other aid the Russians are shipping into Ukraine.

These insights I'm getting from the Greek press (I live here), which is being much more even-handed; from people inside Russia; and from Ukrainians whom I know. I also watched the four-hour Putin interview documentary by Oliver Stone, which skewed left but provided a fascinating look at Putin the human being. I repeat: he is not crazy. He has a surprisingly good sense of humor. Just to remind you, I'm not a fan.

The U.S. can't seem to kick its Cold War habit of looking at Russia as the enemy. The enemy, the real threat, is China, not a country of 125 million with a GDP less than that of 16 million Canadians.

I'm wondering what President Potted Plant is going to do when China invades Taiwan. Now, that is a threat to world peace. We get almost all our microchips from the Taiwanese. I wonder also how we will survive the next three years with this idiot in the W.H. The answer, as always, is prayer and lots of it.

Ukraine - The Russians took care to avoid civilian casualties

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh4ClXnv9w8 (21 minutes of truth that the Americans and the West would not want the world to know.

 

George Galloway interviewed Scott Ritter, an ex Marine Corp intelligence officer who explained how the Russians were avoiding attacking civilians. In so doing, they suffered unnecessary casualties when the Ukrainians took advantage of this kind act and attacked the Russians in the cities. The Russians did not hit back but withdrew from the fight not to kill more civilians. 

The Russians could have flattened he cities and killed the civilians in them. Instead, they created safe corridors to let the civilians flee before attacking. Compare this act to the ruthless monsters in the American and Brit invading forces in Iraq, Syria and Libya. The monsters just bombed everything killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, women, children and old folks. The Americans and Brits were evil to the core, treating the Arabs and Muslims as subhumans, with no respect and concern for their lives. 

The Russians could have done the same, but no, the Russians were more humane and compassionate despite the Americans and the West demonising them everyday in every media. But this restraint would not be long if the Ukrainians continue to fight back. Once the civilians are out of the way, the Russians would unlease the full might of their fire power on the Ukrainian soldiers. The Russians are giving them a chance to lay down their arms. Russia's objective is for the Ukrainian govt to take a neutral position and not become a front man to threaten Russia.

The world could see and be witnesses to the the invasion in Ukraine and the invasions in Iraq, Syria and Libya and judge for themselves who were the devils and who were more decent human beans.

Do not be blind, do not be deceived by the evil Americans and the West. Look at the facts on the ground and form your own conclusion.

PS.  According to western media, the Ukrainians are winning the war. Their statistics are like they have destroyed all the Russian tanks and armoured vehicles. Only contradiction is that they are pleading to China to help to stop the war. Why would they need to when they are winning?

And the evil Americans are accusing China for not helping to sanction Russia and not helping to stop the war while they keep in fanning the fire and sending more weapons and contractors to fight in the war. They are goading Zelensky to keep on fighting with them supporting from behind. 

The Americans did not want the war to stop. And criminal Zelensky is aiding them and conning the Ukrainians to die fighting a lost cause against a very powerful invading force that has yet to unlease its full fire power. Do not underestimate the military strength of Russia and the will and determination of Putin.

The lies by the Americans and Zelensky are giving false hope to the Ukrainians and leading them to be killed unnecessarily. Just declare Ukraine as a neutral state and not allow Americans and Nato to station nuclear and offensive weapons in Ukraine to threaten Russian security are so simple to do. But Zelensky and the Americans chose to lie to their people and to let them die, including civilians. They made the choice for the people of Ukraine, to die for a wrong and unfriendly act against Russia.

Bank run on American and western banks imminent

 The desperadoes in Washington have slammed in the last nail to the coffins of American and western banks, including the banks of allies and lackey countries with their reckless and thoughtless freezing and confiscating of Russian assets and funds, including deposits of rich individual Russians. This callous and senseless breach of faith has destroyed all confidence in American and western banks and all their associates. Which country would still dare to put money into these banks? Which individuals would still think their monies would be safe in the hands of white men and their lackeys?

The Middle Eastern countries, African, Latin American and Asian countries, including those in Southeast Asia, are all potential targets to have their assets and monies supposedly kept in the safe hands of the white men would now be shivering in their pants.  When would it be their turn to have their monies seized by the white men?  They would all be panicking and thinking seriously where to park their money safely and when to move them out quickly from the American and western banks. And if they are to pull out their deposits, in what currency would they be converted to for their own protection. 

If there is a bank run in American banks and western banks, the American dollar and Euro would likely be hit badly and their values would also take a nose dive. The daily barrage to discredit Chinese banks may now sound hollow and AIIB, Bric banks and major Chinese banks and the yuan may now look safer and more attractive a bet.

How much money would flow out of America and Europe and how many would be seeking new safe havens is still in the making but surely a big sum would flee America and Europe. Not only the American and western banks would lose customers and favours, the American SWIFT banking system would also be questionable. It's reliability is no longer a guarantee and could be weaponised anytime against any country, hijacked by the white gangsters to serve their political interests.

This rash and desperate act of the Americans have upset the whole international banking and finance system and the value of the US dollar. The Americans did not see the nuclear bomb they have set off in the financial world. Their exceptionalism to do as they pleased with no concern for the interests of the rest of the world means payback time. They are no longer trustworthy, their banks are hellholes of pirates, bandits and mafias.

It is the end of American hegemony, American dollar, American banks and banking system. It is the end of the American Empire, dismantled and destroyed by the Americans themselves. The rest of the world would be seeking a new system to replace everything American and western.

Thanks and no thanks to the idiots in Washington, a brave new world and a new world order would rise from the ashes of this Ukraine debacle. The world would not be the same again.

Good riddance to the evil American Empire.