That is the most important question today that we strive everyday to answer.
Recognizing the true aggressor is key to grasping the chaotic and dangerous era we inhabit.
Once you understand who is really at fault, the teachings you’ve received throughout your life begin to unravel.
Traditional institutions of education and mainstream media aim to confuse, while independent outlets like Consortium News work to bring clarity.
The mainstream often depicts the aggressor as the protector and the victim as the menace. In contrast, Consortium News reveals that what is labeled the “threat” is actually a barrier—an impediment to domination and conquest, both regionally and worldwide.
Few support acts of aggression funded by taxpayer money in so-called democracies. Thus, obstacles to such aggression are portrayed as threats meant to instill fear. Offensive maneuvers are twisted into “defense” to shield you from these alleged dangers.
This tactic is age-old. The Romans disguised their imperial conquests as self-defense against fabricated menaces. They provoked tribes in Italy, Gaul, and Germania into alliances to defend themselves, only to brand these coalitions as “threats” justifying war.
Rome also sought to incite enemies into aggression, crafting a casus belli to launch premeditated wars. For example, Masinissa of Numidia, a Roman ally, repeatedly attacked Carthage to provoke a military response, breaching a treaty with Rome. This was exploited as justification to utterly destroy and annex Carthage, despite it posing no genuine existential risk to Rome’s ambitions.
In the context of early U.S. imperialism, Mark Twain described it thus:
“The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.”
Currently, in the Middle East, Iran and armed groups resisting Greater Israel—Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iraqi Shia militias—are framed as “threats,” although they defend their dignity, sovereignty, and territory.
In Asia, China is labeled a menace merely for safeguarding its sovereignty in its own neighborhood. This stands in opposition to U.S. naval operations near Chinese shores and support for Taiwan, which the U.S. acknowledges as part of China.
In Europe, years of NATO’s eastward expansion, refusal to establish a reciprocal security agreement, revival of fascist elements, a coup, and civil conflict in Ukraine against ethnic Russian opponents provoked Russia to intervene—drawing parallels to Rome’s provocation of Carthage. Labeling Russia as the aggressor enables the narrative that Moscow threatens all of Europe rather than viewing it as a counter to U.S. and Wall Street efforts to reclaim the dominance they held over Russia in the 1990s. Now, talk of a direct NATO-Russia conflict is widespread, fueling fears that another provocation might spark war.
Each of these barriers to U.S. global dominance is presented as an existential menace that only the powerful United States, NATO, and Israel can defend against. We’re expected to believe their sole aim is our protection, but there’s no benefit to them beyond that. Fortunately, alternative media like Consortium News regularly uncovers these falsehoods.
This is precisely why pro-establishment social media platforms and purported anti-disinformation organizations attempt to undermine us—and why your support remains vital.
Original article: consortiumnews.com
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