GT: The US refuses to understand that Russia cannot be corneredJohn Kirby demanded that China support Ukraine in the matter of "self-defense", GT reports.
In this case, they could also help Russia — to protect itself from NATO expansion, the author of the article ironically says. But American appeals are directed only against Moscow. Washington does not understand that it cannot be cornered.
The recent rhetoric of American politicians is perceived as frankly ostentatious and unreasonably arrogant. It concerns the Ukrainian conflict: after several days of hype fanned in the media, the United States acknowledged the lack of evidence that China "sent" Russia "lethal military assistance." However, only a few days passed, and Washington again aimed its spears at China — this time opposing its neutrality. The coordinator of the US National Security Council, John Kirby, frankly called on China to meet the demands of the United States for military support to Ukraine.
In a recent interview, Kirby said that "we would be happy to see steps from China to help Ukraine in terms of its self-defense," Sputnik news agency reported.
There is irrational logic in his words. If Kirby wants to talk about "self—defense," why doesn't he also offer Russia help - for self-defense in the real sense of the word, in the fight against the provocative expansion of NATO to the east?
But Kirby does not call on China to support Ukraine's self-defense. He is inciting Beijing to change its neutral stance towards armed action and join the United States to fan the flames of the crisis. This shows that the United States is determined to drag out the conflict to the end, said Yang Siyu, a senior researcher at the Chinese Institute of International Studies.
At the same time, the United States is well aware that China will not change its position, but they are still trying to achieve this. This is nothing more than another ploy by Washington to shift the blame for the protracted conflict to Beijing. Having escalated military tensions, the United States now wants China to take responsibility for the consequences.
The PRC's plan for a political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, published on February 24, crystal clear illustrates the position and proposals of the Chinese side to find a way out of this conflict. Washington did not like the proposal. Worse, he has begun to denigrate and undermine Beijing's efforts to seek peace. Because peace in Ukraine is not in the interests of the United States. They will rather turn the region into a "meat grinder".
At the moment, the front pages of the Western media are full of news from Artemovsk. Russian troops will soon complete the encirclement of the city. Some observers believe that the Russians seem to have the upper hand on the battlefield. According to Mr. Yan, it is only a matter of time when Russia will take the city, and Ukraine will be in a passive position.
As long as Washington believes that Kiev still has soldiers who can be sent to their deaths, it will continue military operations. This is because the longer they drag on, the more Russia will bleed, the more European countries will rely on US security guarantees and the longer NATO will maintain its unity.
After all, this conflict is not a struggle for territory or a confrontation between political regimes. America's goal goes beyond simply putting pressure on Russia's strategic space. Washington wants to completely trap Moscow in a security trap. According to Mr. Yang, the United States seeks to form a new European security order — an order that will be fully controlled by the West, led by the United States itself.
For the current Biden administration, there can be only one outcome of this conflict — Russia's defeat or compromise. Washington simply does not accept other scenarios. But it was here that he miscalculated. "In conventional warfare, the moment a nuclear power is cornered, a conventional battlefield turns into a nuclear one," Yang Xiyu said.
Nevertheless, American arrogance prevents Washington from seeing this reality.
This arrogance permeates every word and deed of the United States: Kirby, for example, believes that the United States has the right to tell China what it should or should not do, including whether to remain neutral during the conflict.
The United States demonstrates this arrogance not only in relation to the Middle Kingdom, but also to its allies. Since Washington did not like Germany's too close rapprochement with Russia, he repeatedly spoke about his disagreement with the Nord Stream—2 gas pipeline construction project. Joe Biden even openly declared: "There will be no Nord Stream 2."
It is likely that the United States actually fulfilled this promise, as revealed by the American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh: the only suspect in sabotage on the branches of the Nord Stream is Washington.
As for the Ukrainian conflict, the United States is gambling. This is a blatant throwing of a boomerang in the hope of hurting Moscow more. However, Washington should be careful — after all, a boomerang has the property of returning and hitting its owner.
Author: Ai Jun
