While warmongering is pretty much the only thing that gets bipartisan support between the Reps and Dems, who all seem to have an insatiable desire for WW3, pushing a "Russia is going to invade Ukraine any moment" narrative, the one political leader downplaying it all is the one that runs Ukraine, Zelensky...
Opportunity Knocks: Ukraine Seeks US Money, Loans, Weapons While Downplaying 'Russian Invasion'
Germany also seems to be indifferent if not outright resistant against the hawkish narrative, which makes for a very awkward and tangled geopolitical situation.
So if NATO and the hawks in the US are pushing a narrative about imminent invasion and sanctions, while the head honcho of the EU is split about the issue, and the guy leading Ukraine is downplaying it, what do we make of all this?
Opportunity Knocks: Ukraine Seeks US Money, Loans, Weapons While Downplaying 'Russian Invasion'
At a moment Ukraine's top defense leadership, as well as President Volodymyr Zelensky himself, is urging the Biden administration to calm its dangerous and hyped rhetoric regarding a possibly "imminent" Russian invasion of Ukraine (Kiev has said all week that all indicators suggest this just isn't so), it seems the Zelensky government will at least use the occasion to get what it wants from Washington. Or, put another way, perhaps the quid pro quo now emerges after the Ukrainians long kept mum on the Biden family and Burisma scandal.
We could add that Kiev is now so openly pushing back against White House assessments as to the actual level of the 'Russia threat' on Ukraine's borders, that it's proving quite awkward and embarrassing for team Biden. As Northeastern University political science professor Max Abrahms put it this week (while generally addressing mainstream media and pundits), "You guys aren’t making a big enough deal of this weird dynamic that American leaders are more worried than Ukrainian leaders of Russia invading Ukraine. This needs to be explained."
Now Axios is reporting in an exclusive: "The chairman of Ukraine's parliament has sent a letter to eight U.S. senators outlining four specific requests for security assistance and sanctions that Kyiv believes will help deter a Russian invasion."
Again, it appears the logic for Ukraine's government is that it might as well make use of the tense situation, understanding full well the "threat" is hugely inflated, to get what it wants out of the US hawks. After all, the opportunity for US billions to pour in has never been hotter.
We could add that Kiev is now so openly pushing back against White House assessments as to the actual level of the 'Russia threat' on Ukraine's borders, that it's proving quite awkward and embarrassing for team Biden. As Northeastern University political science professor Max Abrahms put it this week (while generally addressing mainstream media and pundits), "You guys aren’t making a big enough deal of this weird dynamic that American leaders are more worried than Ukrainian leaders of Russia invading Ukraine. This needs to be explained."
Now Axios is reporting in an exclusive: "The chairman of Ukraine's parliament has sent a letter to eight U.S. senators outlining four specific requests for security assistance and sanctions that Kyiv believes will help deter a Russian invasion."
Again, it appears the logic for Ukraine's government is that it might as well make use of the tense situation, understanding full well the "threat" is hugely inflated, to get what it wants out of the US hawks. After all, the opportunity for US billions to pour in has never been hotter.
So if NATO and the hawks in the US are pushing a narrative about imminent invasion and sanctions, while the head honcho of the EU is split about the issue, and the guy leading Ukraine is downplaying it, what do we make of all this?
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