Mort Walker wrote:ramana wrote:
My other theory is that the Ukraine crisis is egged on by Biden Admin to put the EU in a bind and remove them as an economic power.
It isn't to remove them as an economic power, but rather weaken them so they are economically dependent on the US. It is a return to business as usual. In 2005, the failed Orange Revolution, followed by the successful 2014 Maidan Revolution. From 2017-2021 that was disrupted and now the clock has been set back to 2017.
No threat from the russkis for NATO.... and by extension, the US. Since security is not going to be an issue anymore, the EU's economic power has to be curtailed lest they start to compete with the US. Besides many countries in the EU are starting to re arm themselves and that will detract from any focussed and coordinated economic block like approach and outreach by the EU.
They are weakening Putin deliberately so that he poses no threat to the EU and sacrificing ukraine to keep the fighting away from whitey lands.
Once NATO recedes into the background, france and germany will duke it out for european leadership and each have their own followers and that will lead to resource fragmentation, disagreements, and dissensions in the ranks in the medium to long term
Indo Pacific is the new mantra that the US is very keen on pushing because that is where the new threat is likely to emanate from. This includes a nuke powered core of the AUKAS with service providers like India and japan
The US, with little role to play in europe, is looking to be THE hegemon power in the Indo Pacific region and hence the urgent efforts to strong arm India into submission, defang her of russki weapons, and make her a docile, easily controlled, and well behaved follower.
The cheenis may be in very much more trouble than they are letting on and the US may be resolutely pushing its way into the region after seeing xi diverted in his own big troubles. BTW, xi has not stepped out of his country for over two years now
xi's internal detractors are already after him for the fiascos in the CPEC and OBOR, covid shutdowns of entire cities badly affecting global supply chains where others have already started to muscle in.
A debt trap parasite, especially a cunning chinese debt trap parasite, is only successful, if it doesn't end up killing the host.
The dumb cheenis have already killed off the pakis and the SLs, financially and economically speaking, of course.
The US can never be trusted because there is no continuity of foreign policies from president to president. Each caped crusader in the white house is a self imagined global steam roller keen on dominating the world all by him/her self.
Bare back bronco riding congressmen/senators, making "pressler" like amendments against India, is a huge risk that India simply can not take and in every arms deal, this will always hang like the sword of Damocles over India
The US is not looking for multi polarity but aspires to be the sole and single superpower like it was in the past after WWII and with no challenger in sight.
Despite what the US thinktankis may say publicly, everyone knows for sure that the vital path to superpower leadership, and sole domination, now runs firmly through the Indo Pacific, where India sits like a permanently anchored and unsinkable aircraft carrier, dominating major sea lanes and choke points.
So, it's really no wonder that some geriatric amerikis are soiling their adult diapers.
france will find her way into the QUAD, sooner, rather than later, and that can only help India