Bombs delivered by drones are hitting buildings and killing people, as bombs tend to do, in Ukraine. Today they are falling on Kiev. But this is reported as shocking news and ascribed without doubt to the Russians. I have no doubt myself that this is the result of Russian targeting of Ukrainian cities, but this is a war and, moreover, it is a war that nobody seems to want to stop.
The precursor to the latest spate of drones was the destruction of the Kerch Bridge in Crimea. It is obvious who the culprits are, and it is not the Russians. It was either Ukraine itself—who would have thought?—or one of its ‘allies’ acting on their behalf. Peter Hitchens, who has forgotten more than most people will ever learn about Ukraine and Russia, is in no doubt it was an act of provocation against Russia, and a very dangerous one at that. He reiterates in his recent column that nobody is trying to stop this war, which could have consequences well beyond the borders of Russia and Ukraine.
Apart from Peter Hitchens, who is willing to say what others will not and who seems to get away with it (so far) I looked in vain for any mention of a link to Ukraine over the bombing of the Kerch Bridge in the mainstream media. It is presented as some kind of whodunnit and why mystery. It is not presented in a negative light whereas the retaliation by Russia is presented as if it was a surprise.
I cannot condone the bombing of civilians by the Russians but I am a citizen of a country from which the USA bombed and killed Libyan civilians in 1986 and which played its part in raining down terror on Iraqi civilians in 1991 and 2003. And we were a great deal more effective at killing people then than the Russians are now in Ukraine. Anywhere between 100,000 to 200,000 civilians were killed in the First Gulf War alone.
So, we sit back and watch. Our ‘leaders’ most recently Johnson and now Truss pledge their support and our money to Zelensky and send our weapons into the hands of unaccountable Ukrainian militias. Then we worry if these weapons will find their way back to the streets of the UK having been sold to terrorists and criminals by the Ukrainian criminals. That would be ironic, but I can imagine that a few civilians blown up or shot on our streets would be considered worthwhile collateral damage by our glorious leaders.
Meantime, our economy nosedives faster than a Russian drone, those ‘governing’ have clearly lost control of government and continue to discuss what colour the curtains should be while the house is on fire. It is just too easy to trip out phrases such as ‘brink of war’ and ‘edge of catastrophe’ but, honestly, I think we are not far from either. Some say: ‘thank God it is not Labour in office’ to which I say: ‘hold that thought…it soon will be.’
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