It's the price.

"Americans have been consumed by the war in Ukraine with intensive media coverage across news platforms," wrote Prof Liam Kennedy. "By far the most prominent is that this is a war in defence of democracy." And, of course, race is an extremely important factor. According to Western journalists civilian deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria were understandable while, "You know this is relatively civilized, relatively European (Ukrainian)...city," said Charlie D'Agata of CBS News. "Other news outlets poured sympathy on Ukrainian victims, with interviewees and correspondents pointing out that, unlike Middle Eastern refugees, Ukrainian victims were 'white', 'Christian', 'middle class', 'blonde' and 'blue eyed'," CNN. "What is remarkable about all this talk about the return of history is the amnesia it represents, conveniently forgetting that America's military never took a holiday from history in the last 30 years -- as the people of Iraq and Afghanistan can attest -- and that America's efforts to bring democracy to other parts of the world have been deadly and disastrous." wrote Kennedy. In 1966, then Bill Clinton's ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright was interviewed by the 60 Minutes news show, in which she agreed that 500,000 Iraqi children may have died due to UN sanctions, wrote Jonathan Cook. "When asked 'Is the price worth it?', she responded: 'We think the price is worth it'." Another former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger defended "carpet bombing" of Cambodia, saying "mistakes were made", but "It was correct. It was in the American interest," The Daily Texan. Russia has accused Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky of supporting neo-Nazis, Tass. But President Joe Biden of the US said the claim is "obscene" because "he is Jewish", factcheck. org. Indeed, Zelensky is Jewish, but so is Kissinger and so was Albright, arguably the worst mass murderers of the 20th century. It appears that, "The Ukrainian President caused controversy in Greece by including a video message from members of the neo-Nazi Azov battalion in his speech to the Greek parliament. This caused a walk-out by a number of Greek MPs who protested the move," Al Mayadeen. All main media channels and factcheck seem to have missed this incident. Biden asked Congress "for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion, a signal that the US is prepared to mount a robust, long-term campaign to bolster Kyiv and weaken Moscow," ET. No matter how many Ukrainians die. Why so keen? "Russia's assertion that President Biden's son Hunter was 'financing...biological laboratories in Ukraine' was based in truth, according to e-mails reviewed by The Post," New York Post. Biden was elected with loads of "dark money" from anonymous donors, NDTV, and who knows if they are calling in their favors. Biden is a protective father. But, would "the price be worth it"?