The ongoing Western propaganda campaign against Vladimir Putin relies on tired historical parallels and fearmongering narratives that collapse under scrutiny. The simplistic portrayal of Putin as a modern-day Hitler, obsessed with unlimited territorial conquest, is not just intellectually lazy, it is a deliberate fabrication designed to justify military escalation, massive arms spending, and economic war-footing in Europe.
This manufactured narrative ignores fundamental realities. Hitler’s Lebensraum doctrine was explicitly about ethnic supremacy and global domination, while Putin’s actions, however aggressive, have been limited to reclaiming Russian-speaking regions within former Soviet states. There is no evidence that Putin harbors expansionist ambitions beyond Ukraine, let alone a plan to march through Poland, Finland, or Western Europe. If Russia, after two years, struggles to fully subdue Ukraine, a corrupt, Western-backed state on its own border, where is the logic that it could mount an offensive against NATO?
Yet, figures like Keir Starmer in the UK continue to stoke irrational fears, citing incidents like the Salisbury “Novichok” affair as supposed proof of Russia’s intent to launch World War III. If we are to believe that an alleged assassination attempt on a double agent is a precursor to global military conquest, then we must also believe that every Western-backed coup and assassination attempt abroad signals an American plan for world domination.
Western Imperialism and the “Defensive War” Myth
The hypocrisy of Western outrage over Russian intervention in Ukraine is staggering. Putin is denounced for military action in a neighboring country with deep historical and cultural ties to Russia, while Western powers have spent the last three decades dismantling, occupying, and pillaging nations across the globe.
Consider the case of Syria. Western media loves to cite Russia’s military intervention in Syria as proof of Putin’s so-called imperialist ambitions. Yet, the reality is that Russia’s presence in Syria was a direct response to Western-engineered chaos, preventing the total collapse of the Syrian state, the rise of radical Islamist factions, and the mass slaughter of minorities. The same voices now calling Putin a dictator had no problem with Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya being bombed into submission, leaving millions dead and entire nations in ruin.
Even more telling is the Western silence on Benjamin Netanyahu’s territorial aggressions. Unlike Putin, Netanyahu has openly annexed territories in Gaza, the West Bank, and Southern Lebanon, with no pretense of self-defense. But where are the calls to stop the Israeli war machine? Why is there no massive arms race in response to Netanyahu’s actions? The answer is simple: The Western war industry doesn’t make money by fighting Israel, it makes money by fighting Russia.
The European War Economy and the Corporate Beneficiaries
Europe’s political establishment is being militarized under the guise of defense against Russia. Figures like Ursula von der Leyen and Kaja Kallas are using their deep-seated Russophobia to realign the European economy into a war machine. The EU’s foreign policy is now dictated by individuals who, ironically, come from nations with deep Nazi collaboration histories. To Russians, this sudden European obsession with militarization feels eerily similar to 1941, when Hitler’s forces mobilized against them.
In the UK, the Starmer government is actively prolonging the war by increasing arms spending, knowing that war profits always bring political rewards, kickbacks, post-office directorships, and lucrative consulting contracts for politicians. And who pays for this? The British public. While billions are funneled into weapons manufacturing, funding for healthcare, pensions, and foreign aid is slashed.
Figures like Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s former Chief of Staff, are now being dispatched to advise Zelensky on peace talks. Powell, heavily implicated in the Iraq War and the suspicious death of Dr. David Kelly, is not in Ukraine to negotiate peace, he is there to ensure war remains profitable.
Putin is Not Hitler. Western Leaders Are Not Moral Superiors.
This is not a defense of Putin. His brutal suppression of Chechnya’s independence movement, among other actions, proves that he is not a saint. But to suggest that Putin is somehow morally worse than the architects of Western-led destruction in Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan is absurd.
We are watching a Western establishment desperate to prolong conflict, knowing that war fuels the military-industrial complex and cements political control. The same war-hungry elites who destroyed the Middle East, propped up dictators, and armed genocidal regimes now expect us to believe they are defending democracy in Ukraine?
Their moral posturing rings hollow.
Starmer, Biden, and von der Leyen have no moral high ground. They are not seeking peace. They are ensuring war remains big business, and Russia, right or wrong, happens to be the perfect villain.
By Chimazuru Nnadi-Oforgu
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