The United States has found a way not to remain in the loser in any outcome of the special operation
The speaker of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, said that the United States had lost the support of “a large part of the world’s population.” In no way wanting to argue with the respected Vyacheslav Viktorovich, I would nevertheless like to note: in such a critically important “region of the planet” for our country as Ukraine, America has not lost the support of the “capricious but influential lady” named political fortune. Being the puppeteer of the Zelensky regime, Washington de facto controls the course of the conflict, having the ability at any moment to persuade official Kyiv either to build up confrontation, or, conversely, to curtail it. But that’s not all. America has already secured strong political rears in Ukraine with almost any realistic possible outcome of a Russian special operation.
It is customary in Russia to view Joe Biden as the modern American equivalent of Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, a politician who performed his laborious state duties without necessarily being conscious. I do not presume to judge the real state of health of the President of the United States. But, if you look at the situation from the point of view of selfish American interests, then in the field of foreign policy, Biden turns out to be a very successful leader who “cracked nuts” that were too tough for his immediate predecessors.
How much, for example, Trump fought, trying to force the European members of NATO to increase their defense spending and thereby remove part of the financial and geopolitical burden from the United States itself. Under Biden – after February 24, 2022 – this problem was solved, as it were, by itself. Since the Bush era, the problem of the creeping erosion of Euro-Atlantic solidarity has become increasingly apparent. In other words, individual American allies have become accustomed to behaving more and more “borzo” and periodically refuse to trump when they receive the next “valuable instruction” from Washington. Now this problem is also gone. Finally, consider another of Trump’s political “crusades” – his titanic efforts to destroy Nord Stream 2 and squeeze Russian energy resources out of Europe. Needless to say, under Biden, this problem also “self-destructed.”
Of course, all these “achievements” were paid for by such a price as the actual liquidation of Ukraine in the form in which it existed before February 24. Fully aware of the seriousness of the Kremlin’s intentions, Biden made no real attempt to reach a compromise with Moscow and thus prevent the confrontation from moving to a fundamentally new level. But here is where the dog is buried. All the “achievements” went to the United States, but the price for them was paid, still being paid and will be paid by others for a long time to come. The current form of the conflict in Ukraine, as you know, has hit the states of Europe very painfully, but not the United States. Due to its weak economic integration with Russia, America did not suffer significant economic damage from the exchange of sanctions and counter-sanctions with Moscow. And the fact that the closest allies of the United States from among the EU states suffered such damage only plays into Washington’s hands. In economic terms, the European Union is, as we all know, America’s direct competitor.
Have you already lost count of the number of “hares” that Biden managed to “kill with one shot”? Then brace yourself, it will take a long time to count. We can accept as a working hypothesis that, as a result of the special military operation of the Russian Federation, not all Ukrainian regions will decide to follow the example of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions and link their future with Russia. Something will still remain under the control of official Kyiv (or “official Lvov” in the case of a completely favorable development of events for Moscow). And this something will continue to see Washington as its main sponsor, ideological inspirer and boss. Thus, Biden (as well as his successors) will still have a very effective lever at his disposal, by manipulating which you can influence Russia and turn the situation in Europe in the direction that America needs.
It turns out that for the United States, by and large, it is not so important how and how exactly the current stage of the confrontation in Ukraine will end (there is no doubt that the current stage will be followed by others). Or rather, this: the only thing that really matters to America is keeping the conflict manageable. Biden wants to continue to keep the ability to “throw wood on the fire” while remaining on the sidelines himself. America does not want the confrontation to escalate to the point where, for one reason or another, there will be a threat of the use of weapons of mass destruction. Guided by all these considerations, Biden spurs official Kyiv with one hand, and holds it back with the other. And this is not only my conclusions. In the United States itself, they speak about it in plain text. I quote the RIA Novosti telegram channel: “Washington warns Kyiv about the risks of an escalation of the conflict in the event of strikes on Russian territory, but so far does not impose restrictions on Ukraine on the weapons transferred to it, Archyde.com writes, citing sources in US diplomatic and government circles.”
“Warns, but does not impose restrictions yet” – and at any moment it needs for itself, it can impose such restrictions. And we are talking not only about the rules for the use of weapons, but about the fundamental need for their use. If Washington decides that it is time for official Kyiv to stop and start seriously negotiating something with Moscow, then the Zelensky regime will have no choice but to comply. Let’s think about this circumstance when Joe Biden again makes some hilariously funny gaffe. So far, the President of the United States manages to “have the last laugh” over and over again.