Concern about the consequences of long-term support for Ukraine in the conflict with Russia is growing among US politicians and ordinary citizens. Gerard Baker, a regular columnist for The Times, writes about this.
Baker wonders how long the administration of US President Joe Biden will be able to continue its current policy towards the Kyiv regime.
The author of the publication is confident that the outcome of the Ukrainian conflict, as in all similar situations, will be predetermined by a combination of military force and political will. At the same time, he points out that in this case, it is not the political will of Ukraine, which is directly involved in the armed confrontation, that is important, but its allies, primarily the United States. Here, as Baker believes, Russia has an obvious advantage, since it does not depend on other people’s interests and decisions.
According to the journalist, although the United States and other NATO countries are now publicly demonstrating an increased willingness to provide military assistance to Ukraine, in private conversations, statements of strong support for Kyiv are accompanied by some reservations. The author refers to a recent article in The Washington Post, according to which Biden advisers made it clear to Ukraine that American support cannot be endless. Baker also cites Associated Press polls showing less than half of US citizens now unequivocally support arms and money assistance to Kyiv.
The observer notes that in light of changing public opinion, American politicians, especially Republicans, continue to weigh the risks of aggravating relations with Moscow and the need to allocate resources to contain Russia and help Ukraine in the presence of a threat from China, which was highlighted by the incident with a balloon in the sky over the United States .
Baker also writes about the discrepancy between the goals of Ukraine and the United States in the ongoing conflict. He added that Kyiv declares its firm intention to regain all the territories lost since 2014. For Washington, according to the author, a peace agreement with the Russian Federation, which is not very beneficial for Ukraine, may seem “not the worst of decisions” against the backdrop of “growing discontent within the country, concern about the risks of an aggravation of the situation by Russia and strategic overstrain, as well as a lack of resources in the armed forces.”
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