Why Is Ukraine Not In The News Anymore?
I recently read an article about the issues that are still plaguing Russia and Ukraine. This made me realize that we really do not hear about Ukraine in the mainstream news anymore. It has been brushed under the rug and forgotten about.
There are still many things happening in Ukraine between Ukraine and Russia right now. We do not hear about them anymore though. It feels as though the West has all but forgotten about Ukraine and the Crimea region.
There were sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe against Russia for it's aggression against Ukraine. However, we did not get directly involved in the issue between Ukraine and Russia. Putin essentially went unchecked in his aggressive tactics of rebuilding the former Soviet Union.
The people of Ukraine have not forgotten however. Right now, the Tatar people who were driven out of the Crimea region have set up checkpoints along the three major Highways into Crimea. Essentially, they have set up a blockade. This chokes off supplies to the region that includes food and supplies.
Next week the Prime Minister plans to talk about the Crimea region at the opening of the UN. They feel that Russia has wrongfully annexed the Crimea region.
But why has the West stopped reporting on this issues? I feel that other issues have now overshadowed the crisis in Ukraine. The cease fire in Eastern Ukraine between the Ukrainian forces and the Russian supported rebels has been maintained. The Iran deal has become major headlines here in the United States. Also, the Syrian refugee crisis has also become major headlines both here is the U.S. and Europe. Moving the focus off of the Russia Ukraine problem and onto a different part of the world.
Can we really be surprised though that the West has forgotten about Ukraine? We have seen this happen time and time again. For example, Russia'a invasion of Georgia. Russia used the excuse of saying they were maintaining peace in certain regions of Georgia to explain why they were invading Georgia.
Georgian military bases were raided and many Georgian people were cleansed from the area invaded by Russia. Many Georgian people were displaced as a result of this conflict as well.
France negotiated a peace agreement between Russia and Georgia. However, Russia still maintains military forces in the areas it invaded. This is not reported on either. Why is that? I think it is because no one cares. The United States does not have any interest in this issue because it does not want to prod the Russian beast as well as there being no U.S. interests in this area of the world. There is no oil to be had by the United States so we do not care.
The United States is all about being the world police. However, only when it benefits us. We like to pick and choose when we want to get involved in world issues based on what is in it for us.
We need to stop forgetting about people when our interests are not directly affected.
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