Unless I missed something, US and EU have both been clear since the beginning that their would be no military forces sent to Ukraine in the event of a Russian attack, only support through weapons/equipment and economic sanctions.
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The power that the western media has cannot be understated. I can only imagine what would happen if they started covering HK, Myanmar, middle east and Caucasus events. Oh wait, they wonât. Unless somebody tells them to.
Iâm not sure, but my media does cover those pretty regularly
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On the same scale? What happened in HK since November this Ukrainian situation may not even reach before it concludes. Somehow I feel the news of the Queen contracting COVID had more coverage than those events.
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HK doesnât sell gas or wheat. The West doesnât care.
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As far as the media are concerned, scale doesnât equal coverage, unfortunately. Nor information.
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I typed about 3 paragraphs, but deleted them again, Iâm not in the mood today. Let me keep it at this: what you describe is not my experience.
Iâm so tired of the world todayâŠ
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I agree to some point, but itâs also proximity. Itâs human to care somewhat more when you feel the flames.
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I donât think itâs so much about proximity. The US cared a lot about Irak and Kuwait, which are not very close countries.
I donât think they cared in the way we care about people possibly dying in this war in the next days. I think they cared in the way of $$$ and you donât need proximity or news coverage for that.
I donât think Ukraine is a particularly significant trade partner for the US.
This seems more a matter of proximity with NATO countries (against a country that entertained the idea of joining NATO).
Yes and no.
Have you seen the ânewsâ lately?
Itâs filled with clickbait articles like âYou wonât believe what happened in âŠâ and you click and it is as important an event as âdog barked at a catâ âŠ
The old-style media HAD power. Now everything is buried under a ton of nonsense.
Social media is worse.
Outrage for a reality show today.
Outrage for what an actor said tomorrow.
Outrage that a company did this or that the next day.
Outrage that dwarves donât have beards for a whole week.
and so on and so on and so on âŠ
And then, once there is something important to be really outraged about you are tired, empty, wasted of any actual fervor for anything, because all this every day pseudo-outrage has made you a husk that receives information daily, but does not actually process it.
Even cats eventually get tired by the laser pointers and wonât chase after them anymore.
Donât expect much from that venue at this moment.
Something totally insane has to happen for the (social) media loop to get out of its stupor.
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I think that the United States has no business getting involved in the Ukrainian-Russia conflict in terms of military activity right now. Certainly not with the long-term consequences of such a move and the sheer incompetency of Mr. Commander in Chief as demonstrated with Afghanistan.
In the long run, I am considerably more worried about a war with China, our economic rival and I think, biggest military rival in which tensions between us continue to grow. And it is sadly people my age that are most likely to be drafted first and sent out to take care of these ugly events, so I am especially worried about war and national security from a personal perspective. I really donât want to have to deal with the garbage that my country saw so much last century again, but who does?
That being said, my heart goes out to all the Ukrainians and all of the the people who have and will be most effected by this. It is truly heartbreaking that we continue to kill each other and perpetrate grave evils just as human nature always has felt necessary.
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Talking about the western medias, what i miss most is
- the diversity. Kind of copy/paste from one to the other.
- the ethnocentrism: here is good, there is worse.
- the lack of continuity: you read something happening, big noise and then what? You wonât know.
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As if Ukraine hasnât suffered enough!!
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Quite interesting and I actually expected some of this. Ignore the conservative commentary if you so desire, but the embedded Twitter clips are well worth the watch. Certainly an intense but understandable thing to see.
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What good is a war if you canât profit off it? #amiright
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Meanwhile China is supporting Russia. China+Russia+satellite countries may be economically strong enough to cope with economic sanctions.
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Of course⊠If China can keep this mess going long enough for NATO to get involved, then everyone will be too busy fighting Russia to notice or care when China invade Taiwan and Australia.