Somewhere last weekend a few dozen former Cabinet members, senior military officers, academics and think tank analysts met to evaluate the world military
Maybe they just want Ukraine to collapse so Russia looks even worse. Of course, Russia’s reputation on the international stage is doing pretty well (especially in the eyes of the global south) and I can’t see a total Ukraine defeat shattering their image, but I don’t know if the west really knows that. Maybe if they can paint Russia as this truly evil and dominating force (look how they pummelled poor baby Ukraine) it will encourage mainly European and western citizens (US, Canada, Australia) to take up arms or something. Does any of what I’m saying make sense? It’s complete speculation on my end, a complete opinion and borderline conspiracy. That’s just where my head is at right now as I don’t understand the motivation in continuing this battle.
The only thing that makes sense to me is that US wants to ensure there’s as big a rift as possible between Russia and the west. This will force western countries to become US entirely dependent on US both economically and militarily. The longer the war goes on, the more depleted Europe leaving them with very few options. Incidentally, this article seems to indicate that EU elites are very much on board with this plan https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-europe-sacrificed-ukraine/
My expectation is that this will work in the short terms, but as economic situation in Europe continues to unravel, I expect that countries will start rebelling against this.
Maybe they just want Ukraine to collapse so Russia looks even worse. Of course, Russia’s reputation on the international stage is doing pretty well (especially in the eyes of the global south) and I can’t see a total Ukraine defeat shattering their image, but I don’t know if the west really knows that. Maybe if they can paint Russia as this truly evil and dominating force (look how they pummelled poor baby Ukraine) it will encourage mainly European and western citizens (US, Canada, Australia) to take up arms or something. Does any of what I’m saying make sense? It’s complete speculation on my end, a complete opinion and borderline conspiracy. That’s just where my head is at right now as I don’t understand the motivation in continuing this battle.
The only thing that makes sense to me is that US wants to ensure there’s as big a rift as possible between Russia and the west. This will force western countries to become US entirely dependent on US both economically and militarily. The longer the war goes on, the more depleted Europe leaving them with very few options. Incidentally, this article seems to indicate that EU elites are very much on board with this plan https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-europe-sacrificed-ukraine/
My expectation is that this will work in the short terms, but as economic situation in Europe continues to unravel, I expect that countries will start rebelling against this.