As you will no doubt be aware by this point in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, it is a proxy war conducted by the western powers using Ukraine as a tool with which they aim to significantly weaken Russia.
Some may doubt this and ask what evidence there is for this assertion.
If all the opportunities to resolve the differences between the Russians and Ukrainians are examined I would suggest that the above assertion becomes patently obvious.
There were innumerable moments when those powers could have accepted the offers that Russia made leading up to February 24th 2022 to avoid the horrendous loss of life and destruction we have seen and continue to see in Ukraine and now in Russia. Russia tried again and again to avoid the circumstances we see now. First with the Minsk Accords from 2014 onwards, then the offer to negotiate a new security architecture for Europe that included all stakeholders there. Then, in the second month of the conflict Russia agreed to negotiations in Istanbul which almost reached a settlement where Ukraine would refrain from joining NATO and all other issues would then be discussed by the national leaders of the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
Despite all the above points where a path to peace and reconciliation could have been progressed rather than the road to war, Russia found its every effort rejected and the way forward to a peaceful outcome blocked. To stop Ukraine from joining NATO (a long term red line for Russia) and to protect the majority Russian-speaking population of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, Russia was left with no good choices but to mount its special military operation to attain these goals.
As at least one U.S. official has admitted, the goal of the Ukraine operation was to weaken Russia. This was preceded in the year 2014 with a US-supported insurrection and coup in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev. Can anyone be in any doubt which side is the aggressor in all this? There is no need to take the Ukrainian example in exclusion of course, the USA has more than a century of form regarding regime change operations through both the CIA and the U.S. military, at times including allied forces such as the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ in Iraq. Looking back over all the various areas of interference in the sovereign territories and affairs of other nations we can easily see what U.S. “influence” has wrought in both Latin America and the Middle East, and now in Eastern Europe.
The USA with its 'manifest destiny’ to transform the world into its ‘exceptional’ self, along with the British elite concept of its own superiority we can easily detect where the urge to interfere in other cultures and systems of governance has its genesis. In no other no nations do we see the almost religious fervour to interfere and transform others that we see in these two. You can even look further back in time for even more proof of the way North American and British elites conceive of themselves as above all others with an almost divine right to do as they please. The genocide of the native population of North America, the slave trade and the British Empire are clear evidence of the attitudes at play.
Ukraine is just the latest example of the kind of cynicism and complete lack of conscience it takes to create the kind of mayhem necessary for undermining others and forcing them to do as you say. The Ukrainians are merely the latest dispensable tool the USA and its proxies have decided to use to further their own self-interested goals. These goals can be seen being forwarded throughout history as related above though currently they have been transformed from long-term ambitions to those which are extremely short term. What has brought about this speeding of the interference objectives of the elites of these nations? They are twofold.
The Decline of the West and Rise of the Rest
For centuries the western nations have ruled both land and sea in one way or another. Their elites established dominion and empires and were at all times determined to hold onto what they had taken and that which they now controlled. This was always at the point of a gun or through an aspect of ‘battleship diplomacy’. There was no way that the underclass (as they saw them) of other nations would be allowed to affect their ‘national interests’. Their word was law and woe betide any individual or group that attempted to change the status quo or stand in their way. Both were utterly ruthless in maintaining their power, influence, domination and control.
The domination of the West has continued for centuries, enriching every western nation and impoverishing those they exploited. However, in the late 20th century things began to change and the changes involved were increasingly evident. The main change on the geopolitical and economic horizon was China. Its growth became a talking point for the entire world. Along with neighbouring nations China began to present growing economic rivalry to the West. As western elites saw things this situation was a threat to their ‘national interests’ and this was seen as tantamount to waging war against the West. Of course it was and is not seen as a war from the view of those seeking only to bring economic well being to their populations.
The economic analysts reporting to western political elites were without question warning them that it was only a matter of time before their power, influence, domination and control over the world that they had enjoyed for centuries was about to wane and ultimately be lost altogether. So this is one of the factors that can account for the speeded urgency with which the West as a whole has determined to take immediate action to fight, weaken and reverse this process.
Nine Eleven and the Need to Attain Full Spectrum Dominance
The atrocious events of nine eleven added immensely to the factor above. It put rocket boosters under the process already underway to fight back against nations rising to take away the power, influence, domination and control exercised by the West. Immediately after nine eleven it is clear that a decision was made to eliminate all forces and systems of governance that did not recognise the USA and its allies as the rightful ‘exceptional’ and ‘superior’ power worldwide. Nothing less was acceptable. No nations were to be left who were in the least antagonistic or even neutral regarding western domination. All who remained incalcitrant and unwilling to bow before western power after nine eleven were to be eliminated and transformed with all individuals in power replaced. Thus the regime change operation, beginning with the ‘War on Terror’ began. This operation continues to this day and its current progress (or lack of it) can be seen across eastern Ukraine.
The ultimate end of the goal to push back, eliminate and replace all rival powers will result in a virtual prison planet with the USA and its allies having the status of perpetual wardens. The entire planet will then be monitored for disaffection with western rule. Punishments will be swift and severe. There will be nothing left to chance, under no circumstances will the elites of these nations allow any percentage of resistance to occur. Any percentage for them would be counted as a risk. Such resistance might grow. Ultimately growing into a level of resistance and organisation where another nine eleven-type event might possibly occur. Therefore we would all be in surveillance lockdown from the attainment of ‘full spectrum dominance’ onward, in perpetuity.
As long as the USA and its allies determine there is a chance to fully regain their status as top dogs who have the ability to manipulate the world there will be war. And as long as there is any resistance to complete western dominance there will also be war. These are the two factors that ensure war will be a constant as long as the USA and its allies have enough power to continue to fuel their wars. Currently things hang in the balance. The multipolar world where western power has been put into a status of balance with all others is just now being born through the BRICS group and related developments such as de-dollarization, but the power of the USA and its allies still remains very strong at this point. All hangs on the developments that will take place as nations unite in the face of increasing western aggression designed to weaken and ultimately transform them into western vassals.
All is to play for. Those who find our world at war positive and believe the sacrifices to bring about ‘liberal hegemony’ (Professor John J. Mearsheimer’s term) are ‘worth it’ will be rooting for the West in this latest and last world war. Those who desire peace, with nations being allowed to have the systems of governance that suits them rather than having western “diplomacy” thrust upon them will root for all others. This is the time we live in, the watershed era when either tolerance for difference or demand for conformity will prevail. Each of us will make our choice and act as we can to promote our favoured outcome. Remaining silent and hoping for the best is of course also an option. Which side and outcome do YOU favour? And… will you act to realise it?
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