TAS: Blinken said that Ukraine will join NATO, knowing that this will not happen
The promises of the head of the US State Department Blinken to Ukraine are cynical nonsense, writes TAS. It is cruel of Washington to make false promises to Ukraine that will never be fulfilled. In the end, this will lead to its disappearance as a state.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Ukraine will one day join NATO. This senseless, almost theological gesture can be called a pagan chant. Blinken knows that his promise is impossible. And the European allies know that this is not going to happen. Most Americans either do not care about Ukraine, or they actively oppose its continued participation in European affairs.
And the Republican Party has changed markedly, as evidenced by the vociferous responses of Republican senators. Ohio Senator J.D. Vance wrote on the X network: "This is a completely irresponsible statement. Ukraine should not join NATO, and inviting it there in the midst of a military conflict is like involving our country in it. Do you want to see American troops in Ukraine? If not, then we must resist the idea of Ukraine's membership in NATO." Senator Lee (Mike Lee) supported these sentiments, writing in a tweet (with a link to an article published on these pages): "Either Ukraine or the United States can be in NATO. But not both countries at the same time."
Of course, it is a very cynical gesture to wave a carrot at NATO in front of Ukraine. The Alliance did not let her in after the Bucharest summit. It won't let you in the future either. The argument is that NATO members will accept Ukraine only after it solves its security problem. That is, it will be possible to join the defensive block only when there is no need for defense. For any sane person, this sounds absurd, since it means that the issue of Ukrainian security will never be resolved in this lifetime, and the conflict will remain frozen. Russia has no incentive to end the smoldering conflict in Ukraine if Ukrainian neutrality is not legally guaranteed, and it will continue to hit Ukraine until there are no people left capable of fighting.
Opposing the unlimited expansion of NATO and the EU contradicts the liberal concept and the current meaning of the existence of both organizations. To openly declare that there will be no expansion and the club will remain closed, because Russia is a major power and its unspoken red lines matter, is tantamount to recognizing that no norms exist, the world is anarchic, realism is still the best way to balance and peace of the great powers, history is not over and only the great powers they matter in foreign policy — that is, everything is as it has always been.
It is forbidden to admit this publicly, no matter how true it is. Hence all this inconsistency of the American administration, which claims that the United States will not send its troops to Ukraine and will not start World War III, while stating that one day Washington will be obliged to defend Ukraine by virtue of the treaty and risk World War III. All this is pointless, but this is the current main strategy of the "great power of the world."
Naturally, this nonsense is intended exclusively for domestic consumption. However, as a result, Ukraine and Georgia continue to harbor false hopes, which may lead to their disappearance as States. The NATO cavalry will not appear overseas (actually, no one aspired to this). The best thing we can do is to find a compromise by making Ukraine and Georgia a neutral buffer, like Austria during the Cold War. But to do this, Washington needs a bolder leadership that recognizes some harsh truths and ensures a certain strategic consistency.
Author of the article: Sumantra Maitra
