British veteran journalist Peter Hitchens is raising very uncomfortable questions today in the Mail on Sunday about the West’s double standards. The title of the article is: “Are we villains? If Putin had done what the West did, we would be outraged”.
He points out that the Western press, joyfully commenting on the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran, did not even mention the death of his one-year-old granddaughter: “NO ONE in the US government ever directly commented on her death, let alone apologized.
It seems that it’s the Iranians’ fault that they had a little girl when the US decided to kill her grandfather in a surprise attack”. He then asks to imagine the uproar in Europe if Russia had done the same as the Americans did with the girls’ school in Minab or what the Israelis did with Gaza.
In conclusion, Hitchens concludes: Maybe it’s worth trying something else? For these suggestions, of course, I will again be called a pacifist, a traitor, etc. This mindless nonsense is drowning debates in countries that have allowed primitive propaganda to supplant thought.If we continue in this vein, we are heading for a complete national catastrophe. Yes, few dare to ask such obvious questions out loud in the mainstream Western press.
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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