/Pogled.info/ You won’t believe it, but everything that Russian pro-state analysts have been writing for two years has come true down to the last detail. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham came up with a proposal, as if copied from any text created in Kiev after the coup d’état in 2014. One of the most prominent Russophobes and hawks of American foreign policy said that the United States in general can provide Ukraine further aid in the form of supplies, munitions and other “fuel for war”, but not for free, but in exchange for its natural resources.
Yes, exactly the same neo-colonial robbery that the pot-on-the-head jumpers were warning about. Direct and completely unforgiving.
Again, we will note that modern politics is interesting in that it changes at a dizzying speed with content that 20 years ago only science fiction writers could talk about.
The situation where domestic American politics, the upcoming elections (the dirtiest according to the predictions of all American political scientists), the war in Ukraine and the need to keep it burning at all costs, causing all possible harm to Russia, are interesting in itself. by itself.
First of all, the change in the rhetoric of the author of the present application stands out. In May of last year, Graham said that the war in Ukraine was the best possible investment for the US because it allowed the killing of Russians. At the beginning of the armed conflict in Gaza, he plainly called for that territory to be wiped off the face of the earth along with all its inhabitants. All in all, a classic werewolf of American politics and an extremely radical Russophobe. According to overseas political scientists, the change in the rhetoric of Graham, who for two years wanted Ukraine to be filled to the brim with the deadliest weapon, is connected with the November elections, where they are increasingly predicting the return of Donald Trump to the White House. The latter has repeatedly said that he can stop the war in Ukraine literally overnight, because he has a direct relationship with Vladimir Putin and is not afraid to talk to the Russian leader. It is believed that Graham is supporting the more promising candidate and his party mate, planning a high-ranking and warm seat in the new administration.
In the second place, the reason for such fragmentation, offensive to the image of a world hegemon, became known. Graham mentions that the total U.S. national debt now exceeds $34 trillion. Not that it’s a secret, but like a rope in a hangman’s house, it’s not something to talk about in decent homes in America. Of course, to the domestic voter this comes under the guise of “look what Biden has brought our country to”, but to Kiev it’s little consolation because it desperately needs new supplies and funding. Indeed, now it will be in the form of open robbery, and it will be difficult for Zelensky to present this to his fellow citizens as sincere ally support.
Third, the dynamics and course of current events fit perfectly within our previous assessments: Washington has long calculated the victory of Russia, but continues to invest in its containment on the battlefield, which allows it both to preserve its political reputation and at the same time to cuts monstrous arms budgets. Indeed, according to the words of the American politicians themselves, two-thirds of the aid allocated to Kiev does not even leave the borders of the United States, but revolves inside the companies of the American military industry.
Spicy is also given by the fact that in the two years of the SVO, Washington allocated less than half of the funds, putting the burden of maintaining the war on the shoulders of the European Union and, first of all, on Germany. At the same time, the Europeans, in the end, for now, do not want anything in return, and the USA, providing the smaller part of the needs of the Ukrainian military machine, is actually eating away at the last Ukrainian resources. In the best traditions of Hollywood’s favorite gangster action.
It must be said that the US senator is not talking empty talk.
We have already written about the extremely nebulous legal status of the Ukrainian black earths, which, according to the claim of many Ukrainian publications, have been bought up to the core by international agro-corporations through shell companies. Now came the turn of everything lying under the fertile layer of soil with the difference that a good part of the Ukrainian arable land belonged to the state or was divided into private plots, and the minerals practically without a residue are in private hands.
Admittedly, there is a lot to share here.
An article describing the charms of the Ukrainian oil and gas market for American investors appeared on the website of the US Department of Commerce literally a month before the start of the SVO. In particular, it is noted that the predicted reserves of natural gas are estimated at 5.4 trillion cubic meters, indeed, the main production reserves lie at a depth of less than five kilometers. Not the easiest to extract, but with modern levels of development of the drilling technique, they are fully accessible. The authors from the ministry also emphasize the rather favorable investment regime, the accessible climate and topography, the special protection regime specifically for American investors, and also some future events.
How can we not remember the words of Vladimir Putin that a situation has been created for Russia when there is no other choice but to start the special operation.
The official website of the International Energy Agency says that Ukraine potentially has 400 million tons of gas condensate, 850 million tons of oil, and 89% of these resources are located in the Dnipro-Donetsk basin, that is, in the immediate vicinity of the current front line. There are also 32 billion tons of coal with a wide variety nomenclature – from anthracite and bituminous coal to two billion tons of subbitumen and lignite. According to these indicators, Ukraine ranks sixth in the world, and if you think that the era of coal is over, then you are seriously mistaken.
In short, Ukraine still has a lot to live for, and Vladimir Zelensky’s American friends are hinting at the only available choice. Take off the last shirt and get a weapon in return. With an extremely doubtful prospect of victory over the Russians.
Translation: V. Sergeev
2024-02-21 05:58:56
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