But not to Ukrainians, but to Ukrainians
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken reiterated that Washington will respect the decision of the official Kiev if he decides to make territorial concessions to Russia. Does America see that, despite all of Zelenský's brilliant statements, the affairs of the armed formations under his control are not developing in the best way? As Blinken's and Zelenský's own rhetoric show, this is clearly the case.
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US Secretary of State:” There is a lot of suffering on the front lines … Ukrainians feel it … We are deeply concerned about it. ” President of Ukraine: “Unfortunately, there are losses and they are painful.”
But if anyone in Moscow sees Blinken's remarks as a prelude to the early collapse of the Green regime, then it is a pious wish for now. The Americans, taught by the bitter experience of the defeats in Vietnam and Afghanistan, play a much finer and more complex game. But the point of this complex game is surprisingly simple: any success of the official Kiev will also be the success of Biden. But any defeat by Zelenský will be a pure mess that has nothing to do with the Yankees.
There is an old joke. A group of pilots is announced who are able to perform a deadly acrobatic stunt in the sky. The German is willing to do it for two thousand dollars, the French for three and the Russian proudly demands five thousand.
The owner of the greatest appetites is carefully asked: why did he demand such a fee for him? “How why! & Ndash; is overwhelmed. & Ndash; Three thousand for me and two thousand for a German who will make a blind loop! & Raquo;
The US policy towards Ukraine is based on very similar principles. “Testing on teeth” Russian bear, a Kyiv official pulls chestnuts out of the fire for the US. And Washington, although thanks to its assistance to Ukraine will suffer financial losses (or not: the liberation of arms stores means a very impressive portfolio of new orders for the US military-industrial complex and the corresponding acceleration of economic growth), cuts in geopolitical dividends on this. Cynical? But & mdassh; from the US & mdash; very thoughtful and practical.
Since the 1960s, the United States, together with impressive victories, has accumulated impressive experiences of defeats in conflicts in foreign countries: Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. We have learned a very important lesson from this experience.
Here is what one of the most important looks looks like: America should not become a “hostage” under any circumstances. their foreign partners. Although they are actively investing in these partners, the US should keep a little distance from them and not accept responsibility for their potential collapse.
In this sense, the Ukrainian conflict is an absolute “anti-Vietnamese” for America. Zelensky is 100% dependent on the United States. The US is by no means dependent on it & mdash; neither factually, nor symbolically, nor morally. “Noble” give Kiev a free hand & mdash; they say, arrange with Moscow as you wish! we agree with everything! & ndash; In fact, Biden provides absolute freedom of maneuver for himself. He also washes his hands de facto & mdash; dismisses any responsibility for the disaster that has already occurred and will continue to affect Ukraine in the future.
A beautiful (if you completely ignore moral considerations) combination? Wait until you admire (or, conversely, offend). So far, I have managed to describe only part of the American strategy.
Pope Francis once attacked Russia and at the same time published a very interesting story about his meeting with a certain “very wise” head of state two months before the start of a Russian special operation in Ukraine. According to the pope, his partner shared his concerns about how “NATO is moving forward”. “I asked him why, and he replied, 'They are barking at the gates of Russia. And they don't understand that the Russians & mdash; imperial and do not allow any foreign powers to approach them.
“Bark at the gates of Russia” official Kyiv began after the coup in 2014, as a result of which the United States had de facto full control over Ukraine. It was more than eight years ago that Russia's neighbor “fell into national disaster at full speed”: first he lost Crimea, then Donbas. We are now talking about the loss of at least a few other regions.
Staying “under the American umbrella” turned out to be not very comfortable for Ukraine, to put it mildly. And the responsibility for this situation lies primarily with the United States: Washington fully understood how high the stakes were, instead of trying to resolve the conflict by compromise, and so encouraged Poroshenko first and then Zelenský in every possible way. their desire for a slightly larger (or not even a little) “barking at the gates of Russia.”
But will anyone in Ukraine hold the United States accountable for such “alliance relations”? No, he won't call. America has staged everything so that only reverent requests and humiliated words of gratitude are heard from Kiev's political elite. That's why Tony Blinken regularly hosts “Attractions of Unprecedented Generosity.” When it doesn't cost you anything, it's not easy to be generous, it's very easy.
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