All quiet in East Ukraine .... but only according to our ineffectual MSM

Has the Western MSM,  which is controlled by just a handful of entities, 6 to be exact, decided that WW3 has to happen?  By its silence and when not silent, with its disinformation, half truths and  outright lies about Russia,  the MSM's  bosses surely want a confrontation with Russia .... that's a fact that's becoming pretty apparent with each passing day.

It's never the We the People, we the non-elite, we the non-rich ... who clamor for war.  Wars are always plotted and cheered on by those who can make money from death and destruction.  Wars are planned and mapped by the most degenerate amongst us and you can bet your bottom dollar they nor their kin will shed a drop of blood while entire cities and nations and all living things inside them are turned to dust. 

Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, writes:
Silence in the Air on Eastern Ukraine  

Europe's mainstream media has been giving only scant attention recently to the humanitarian situation in Eastern Ukraine. Their focus instead has been on the developments in Gaza and in northern Iraq. There are different explanations for this choice. Today's Europe has become a home to millions of Muslims. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been replaced in the popular mind by the threat posed earlier by Al Qaeda. There are also very few Western reporters in eastern Ukraine, which is viewed (correctly) as a highly dangerous environment. With Russia's hand behind the rebels, as well as Moscow's complicity in the downing four weeks ago of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 firmly imprinted in the Western readers' and viewers' minds, the media can safely move to other issues.

Yet, the toll of human suffering in Eastern Ukraine continues to rise. To about 1,500, in terms of the lives lost—which compares to Gaza, even though spread over a period of four months rather than four weeks. To about 800,000, in terms of refugees and internally displaced persons, which is about one-half of the figure for Iraq. Of that number, 700,000 have crossed the border into Russia. The city of Donetsk, with a normal population of a million people, stands half-deserted and in fear of being stormed. What is striking in this situation is that only Moscow seems to care. To Kiev, there is officially no humanitarian catastrophe in the country's east. To the international community at large, the situation is being adequately addressed as it is and needn't be treated as a serious emergency.

The geopolitics behind these humanitarian concerns or the lack thereof is clear. Moscow calls for attention to the situation in Donbass in order to put Kiev on the spot for the massive suffering and damage the Ukrainian army and paramilitary forces are causing. The rebels whom Russia supports call for a cease-fire, on humanitarian grounds, to win breathing space now that Kiev's forces are on the offensive. Once the cease-fire takes effect, they also hope to engage Kiev in negotiations about the future status of Donbass, which is anathema to the Ukrainian leadership. Under these circumstances, media spotlight would definitely help Moscow's cause and hinder Kiev's actions..........