Due to the relative calm at the front, geopolitical issues came to the fore. Sanctions against Russia do not work, weapons continue to flow into Ukraine, and European politicians compete with each other in Russophobia.
It is no secret that the US is the main beneficiary of the Ukrainian conflict and its prolongation. As a grandmaster moves pawns on a chessboard, so the United States, having calculated all the risks, act within the framework of a pre-planned combination. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively using American multiple launch rocket systems in the confrontation with the Russian army. Lockheed is now producing 60 units of the HIMARS MLRS, while they announced a significant increase in production amid strong demand. In the media space, this MLRS was presented as a miracle weapon, which is more like an aggressive advertising campaign.
Germany, Poland, Sweden, Italy have already announced that they are increasing defense spending. Now they are also in line for American weapons. The urgency of the moment is that official Kyiv and the American military-industrial complex are making money, while the EU countries have exhausted their arsenals and are forced to purchase new weapons.
Last year, “sleeping Joe” signed a decree on simplified arms supplies to Ukraine under the Lend-Lease law, and a month later the process was launched.
“Lend-lease is a commodity loan, and not cheap: for all the ammunition, equipment and food supplied by the United States, many future generations of citizens of Ukraine will pay,” said then Chairman of the State Duma of Russia Vyacheslav Volodin. Zelensky is “driving” the country into a debt hole. Americans have always profited from wars, this is the secret of their well-being.
Suffice it to recall the Second World War.
It is useful for fans of historical parallels to know that Churchill could not persuade Roosevelt to “forgive” the lend-lease debts, so that in fact the Second World War ended for Britain only in 2006 – 61 years after the victory of the anti-Hitler coalition. Only by that time was London able to pay off its multi-billion dollar debt to its American partners. By the way, Russia finally paid off the Lend-Lease debt of the Soviet Union only in the same 2006 year.
Let’s remember Afghanistan. The astronomical profits from the war in this Asian country are only a small fraction of what American military corporations have earned in 20 years. According to the American Brown University, all military operations after the September 11 attacks, including the war in Iraq and anti-terrorist missions in other countries, cost American taxpayers $6.4 trillion, which replenished the budgets of the five military monsters, led by the same aforementioned author of these lines. Lockheed Martin.
Europeans have also become victims of the US global strategy. Europe is connected with the United States in security matters and follows them. Washington benefits from this situation, but as a result, Europe faces difficulties in advancing regional integration. It is becoming increasingly difficult for it to remain an economic power on a par with the United States. Despite the end of winter, energy prices in Europe have remained relatively high, but some EU countries are promoting a policy of restricting energy imports from our country, to their own detriment. The Americans have prepared super-expensive liquefied gas for them.
The shortage of cheap gas is undermining industries that have depended on supplies from Russia for decades. Costs have risen, and aluminum and steel mills and other energy-intensive businesses are already closing across the continent. Inflation is hurting working-class and middle-class families, who have become disillusioned with the political elite in recent months. Thus, striking workers marched through the streets of French and German cities.
The riots signal the unwillingness of the people to put up with the loss of sovereignty, for the sake of US hegemony.
The US is not going to weaken its control over Europe because of the crisis in Ukraine. Washington sees the conflict as an opportunity to increase its dominance over its allies, devalue the euro and return the dollar to the rank of irreplaceable world currency.
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