© José María SertAmerica. Winter. From the Four Seasons series.
Adoption by the NATO Assembly of a resolution recognizing Russia as a "s
ponsor of terrorism" would
allow the US to throw some of its NATO obligations onto the shoulders of Europeans. While everybody laughed at the marasmus of sleepy Grandpa Biden, America under his "
restless leadership" was able to take advantage of the Ukrainian crisis and achieved stunning results in nine months of the SMO. The Biden administration managed to accomplish what Donald Trump had previously unsuccessfully pursued. Namely:
- Increasing European NATO allies' defense spending up to 2 percent, as required by the alliance's charter;
- Strengthening the national economy, including through the repatriation of industrial production;
- Revitalizing the US oil and gas industry.
It is unfair, Trump cried out loudly, that the US bears the lion's share of the security costs within NATO, while the Europeans cut costs to protect themselves by spending on other urgent needs. For example, supporting a faltering economy amid anti-covid measures.
Raise defense spending by at least 0.5%, the US leader said, addressing Germany in the first place. But the practical Germans and the stingy French did not agree to spend money on anything, making promises that meant nothing. Moreover, there was no good reason to increase expenditures. It is worth recalling that military spending is not only the budget expenditures, but also the profits of the military-industrial sector. Obviously,
by demanding that his allies increase military spending, Trump hoped to channel these funds into the US military-industrial complex, which, like the oil industry, is controlled by the Republicans. So the benefit to the US and Trump personally was twofold: political and economical.And then came Russia's special operation in Ukraine. In nine months, the Russian army, according to reports from the Russian Defense Ministry, had grinded a huge amount of Soviet-era military equipment used by the Ukrainian army. From tanks and aircraft to hand grenade launchers and anti-tank missiles.
The United States quickly realized that it could make a good and fast profit on this. They began sending to the Ukrainian army all the Soviet weapons available in the countries of the former Warsaw Pact.
Comment: The plan: Intentional 'human disruption and replacement'. Objective: Global turnover. Europe has the same issues.