According to the retired colonel, when Russia sent troops into eastern Ukraine in February 2022, it had no plan to establish permanent control over the territory; its limited action was forced by Moscow’s insistence that Ukraine be a neutral territory that would act as a buffer between the Russian Federation and NATO.
The fact that the West did not fulfill its promises not to expand the Alliance towards Russia’s borders, and former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s admission that the Minsk agreements were made with the idea of buying time for the Kyiv regime to strengthen militarily, only confirmed that Russia does not believe in Western promises to respect, and let alone enforce Ukrainian neutrality.
– The strategy of almost three years of unlimited funding from Washington for advanced weapons and support in a proxy war meant to destroy Russia turned out to be ridiculous, as well as the initiation of coercive measures – economic, diplomatic and military – across the North Atlantic Alliance with the aim of causing fatal damage to Russia and destabilizing its government . Washington’s unrealistic approach has failed and now it is not Russia but NATO that has been fatally weakened – McGregor writes.
So, adds the former Pentagon adviser, Washington’s “brand” is largely shaken and weakened. What was fatal was the United States’ belief that it could use NATO’s power to strategically defeat Russia by arming the Ukrainians to fight for the West. Washington did not take into account the possibility that Ukraine could lose.
That fact should call into question the new cold war against Russia, China and Iran, McGregor notes, adding that US President Joseph Biden was wrong when he said that the US is “the most powerful country in the world”. It is true that America’s resources and power are not unlimited.
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