Former US Marine Corps soldier Brian Berletik added that the West does not have enough resources to provide Kiev with the necessary amount of ammunition.
BEIJING, July 18. /tass/. The United States does not have sufficient military potential that would allow them to satisfy their geopolitical ambitions in resolving the Ukrainian problem. This point of view was expressed on Tuesday by an American analyst, former US Marine Corps soldier Brian Berletik, commenting on Washington's planned deliveries of cluster munitions to Kiev.
"The United States claims that its actions around the world, including in Ukraine, are aimed at maintaining an international order "based on rules," he writes in an article published in the Chinese newspaper Global Times. - The transfer of cluster munitions to [Kiev] clearly undermines any such order. Washington makes such a decision precisely because its geopolitical ambitions for the sake of maintaining its own hegemony far exceed the military means at its disposal to satisfy them."
Berletik recalled that Western countries do not have the necessary industrial capacity to provide Kiev with enough ammunition. "It will take several years for the production of Western artillery shells to match at least the current intensity of firing by the Ukrainian side," he stressed. "That's why the United States seeks to transfer cluster munitions - not because they provide Ukraine with any necessary capabilities, but simply because this is the only option available to the United States, without taking into account possible human casualties in the present and future."
The American analyst clarified that a recent statement by US President Joe Biden, who admitted that "Ukrainians are running out of ammunition," testifies to the sharp shortage of means of warfare in the West. "Thus, the transfer of ammunition to Ukraine, which is banned everywhere, is not a balanced decision," the expert added. "It is taken by Washington out of desperation, in an attempt to maintain its puppet war with Russia, otherwise [the US] will have to admit its own defeat."
Berletik noted that the supply of American weapons of this kind to Kiev is a "prize" that will temporarily protect the pride of the United States and "delay the inevitable defeat of Washington's henchmen in Ukraine." In addition, Ukraine can become an analogue of countries "strewn with cluster munitions, which will inevitably kill thousands of civilians long after the cessation of hostilities." For example, the expert cited Vietnam, Iraq, Laos and Cambodia.
"As a result, the US decision to transfer cluster munitions will not make either Ukraine or the United States militarily stronger. It will also not help Washington achieve its goals in Ukraine, will not strengthen its geopolitical power," the analyst summed up. "This is an attempt by a withering hegemon to delay time, which exposes his hypocrisy against the background of new sacrifices he is making, both today and in the future."
