World Order and what does it really mean? United States has ever since World War 2 controlled either militarily or economically the development of the third world. Things like the World Bank etc. are not serving the needs of the 3rd World but as a way to control the policies set down by First World countries, and in particular the USA.
Diplomacy is a big game and almost always the smaller fish get eaten by the larger fish.
Ukraine is a small fish in the global game and it is not really in the interest of USA or the EU to just hand them over weapons that would bring this conflict with Russia to an end. The West will talk about a balanced approach of not crossing certain red lines. However, it serves the purpose of slowly wearing out Russia’s ability to wage war is what is important. The long play is for NATO to dominate and for Russia to be weakened to a point that internal pressures will become their only concern.
Russia has a huge supply of very old equipment that they keep around for the very thing that is going on right now. Their top tier tanks, missile and soldiers are being thinned out at a very quick pace. By the beginning of 2023 they will not be able to push any further into Ukraine unless new supplies and manpower are somehow acquired. Russia has been holding back on using their air force and navy because it would take to long and be to expensive to build these forces back up again.
Russia is already using older T62 tanks and shopping around for foreign soldiers to fill out their ranks.
Russia has no ability to make electronic or robotic devices. Its domestic airline service will start failing in 2023, along with its economy.
The only strength Russia has is its oil and raw resources. Even these, however, will be of little value once western sanctions fully kick in.
Russia is made up of many regions that have very little in common with Moscow. These regions are being forced to supply fresh troops for cannon fodder. Putin has no problem spilling blood and is only concerned with his vision of empire.
Ukraine is fighting to defend its very existence. It knows by the blood already spilled that Putin is only concerned with enslaving all Ukraine to the will of Moscow.
Ukraine has a very large military and has been preparing for this invasion since 2014. Many western countries have been involved with training the Ukrainian army. Bringing them up to a much higher and capable force that is able to use western equipment.
The only thing that is not being reported in the west about this war is the fact that we are holding back on supplying any offensive weapons.
The sad truth is we want this war to go on till Putin’s ability to wage war is exhausted. Then and only then will the west supply offensive weapons to enable Ukraine to push Russia out of their territory and force Russia to a lasting peace deal.
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- 2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine.svg: Viewsridge, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Russo-ukrainian-conflict: Niele | CC BY-SA 4.0