MH17 and Gaza: more lives lost to western imperialism

As I write, it is still not clear who fired the missile which downed Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17.  Our national press is showing a strong tendency to blame Russia, whereas it appears that the Russian media have been placing the blame squarely on Ukraine.

I will not pass judgement on the Russian media, as I do not know exactly what they are reporting, but I feel compelled to comment on a lot of the reports and comments I am reading in the British press.

First, there is an unwillingness to admit that Viktor Yanukovych was illegally removed from office.  I can also find no mention of the part which western powers played in his removal.

Second, I am not happy about claims that Russia annexed Crimea, when it appears that the majority of people in Crimea see themselves as Russian rather than Ukrainian.  Surely it is for the Crimean people  to decide where their loyalties lie.

Third, I wonder how many of the British comment writers currently hurling abuse at Vladimir Putin believe that William C Rogers III should be hanged for the murder of 290 civilians on 3 July 1988.

Even if Russian military hardware took down Flight MH17, then it remains the fact that the hostilities in that part of the world began only after the illegal removal of President Yanukovych.

So far as I am aware, the number of people who died aboard MH17 was roughly the same as the number of people who have died in the past week or two as a result of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

I do not seek a war against Israel, but I find it curious nevertheless that people in the United Kingdom and the USA who argue for wars and regime change never seem to want to change the regime in the terror state.

The British armed forces served in the Second World War so that (among other injustices) a group of terrorists could have an operational base in the Levant.  Then again, Hitler was also part of the problem, as he encouraged German Jews to settle in Palestine during the 1930s.

Quite simply, Israel should never have been allowed to come into existence as a nation.  Anyone who disagrees with me presumably has no respect for the lives of Palestinians in the Levant.

Update: the press are complaining that the Russians have taken crucial evidence from the scene of the crash, but why shouldn't they?  Whoever has the crucial evidence can use it to bolster their version of events, regardless of whether or not that version is true.  A Russian lie is no more of a lie than a western lie. 

Another update: I am pleased that at least one newspaper has published a comment which is actually worth reading.


Related previous posts include:
MH17: who is to blame?
Cameron visits Israel
Jew couldn't make it up