Having pushed Ukraine into war, the US does not know how to save
it. Having started it, Russia does not know where to end it. Having been pushed
into the war, Ukraine does not know how to come out of it. It accuses its
adversary Russia saying it is an invader and charges that its friends are
betrayers. The UN Security Council keeps on meeting without any result. The
global TV network for which the war is a reality show, a boon, keeps demonizing
Russia and glorifying Ukraine. What the desperate Ukraine needs is a ceasefire.
It is running from pillar to post — from India to Turkey to France, to Israel,
to Japan — pleading with them to talk to Putin for a ceasefire. Everyone is
talking to everyone else.
But Biden is not talking to Putin and Putin is not talking to
Zelenskyy. This is the sad state of the efforts to stop the war. Poor Zelenskyy.
What he is now saying to end the war — that we will not apply to join NATO, we
will remain neutral — had he said that before, the war would not have started.
Russia has staked everything – its goodwill, its economy and its last atom bomb
– like a jihadi, making the West shudder to think of taking it head on. But the
war is bound to end. When is the only question. When it does end, Russia would
have got all that it wanted and Ukraine would have given all that it had denied.
And the West would have realized and the world would have known how needless the
war was. But, what kind of world will the pointless war leave behind?
A world of distrust
The worst outcome of the Ukraine war is that it has shown that
anything and everything can be politicized and weaponized — from financial
transaction systems like SWIFT, to banks, private companies like Google to
civilian airspace. SWIFT is a high security neutral financial network created by
an NGO and used by 11,000 financial institutions in 200 countries. By jamming
this critical network, the Ukraine war has destroyed the most basic of mutual
trust among nations. Take India. The share of Google in Indian email accounts is
62 per cent. Were India to fall foul of the West, the entire country can be
brought to a halt by Google. Each nation or group of nations will now look for
alternatives.
Another message is that even Switzerland, which remained neutral
in the two world wars, can’t remain neutral in a West vs others scenario. A
telling message of the Ukraine war is that no country can trust even the global
commons. It leaves behind a world of distrust. It will increasingly force each
nation to be on its own — Nationalism is the very
antithesis of globalization. An alternative to SWIFT is already underway with
some 63 central banks collaborating on a new payments system.
US leadership dented
The Ukraine war seems to have dented the US global leadership in
more than one sense. First, it has delivered the most telling message that the
US can’t protect its own protégé. Next, that it had to solicit a virtual meeting
between Biden and Xi Jinping (XJP) to get China to the US side or to end the war
itself, exposed its weakness. Donald Trump would perhaps have handled Russia and
Ukraine differently, not allowed China to be the proverbial monkey between two
tigers, the US and Russia.
Anyway the two-hour talk Biden had with XJP did not go well for
him. XJP reportedly snubbed Biden saying “those who tied the bell to the tiger
must untie it,” clearly blaming NATO for the war. XJP used the talk to advance
China’s claim to be equal to the US, saying they should jointly shoulder
“international responsibilities” for world peace and tranquility. According to a
Chinese report, XJP seems to have said that one hand cannot clap, suggesting
that NATO should have a dialogue with Putin and address his security concerns,
implying NATO expansion as the issue. XJP, of course, has also spoken in support
of the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states. He
seems to have insisted on bringing the China-US ties under turmoil over a host
of issues, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet, on “right track” —
something completely beyond the agenda of Biden on that day.
The US media had reported that Biden threatened XJP. On the
contrary, he seems to have got snubbed. Biden’s effort to wean China away from
Russia has failed at the minimum. If this is what the US got from China, The
Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia and the UAE declined calls from
Biden to ease oil prices unless the US supported them in Yemen and elsewhere.
Arab allies of the US have refused to toe its line. Israel did criticise the
Russian attack but its stand was so nuanced as not to take the side of the West.
Turkey’s position is identical to Israel’s.
Al-Jazeera even sees a strong alliance between Russia and UAE.
Another collateral setback to the US is Syrian president Assad’s visit (after 11
years) to UAE about which the US could only lament that it was “disappointed and
troubled”. Syria and Russia are close. On top of it all, Saudi Arabia, whose oil
has been priced in US dollars for five decades, is considering pricing it in
Yuan for sales to China. One more important development. The Chinese foreign
minister was invited for the first time to the meeting of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation. These are not ordinary developments. The Ukraine war has
undoubtedly eroded US influence over even its allies.
China’s Taiwan angle
China seems to have gained far more than it has invested in
Ukraine. By subtly encouraging the US vs Russia scenario in Ukraine, China had
ensured that the focus of the Biden regime was more on Russia and Ukraine and
less on containing China. Being surreptitiously privy to and supporting Russia
on Ukraine action, Beijing has gained an IOU from Russia if in future it has to
move on Taiwan. XJP’s firm and equal dealing with Biden has dented the US
capacity to confront China on Taiwan. If Biden had secretly conceded more to XJP
on Taiwan as some reports say, China would have hit a jackpot.
Despite that, if the US had drawn a blank with XJP, it would have
been a disaster for Biden. China’s Ukraine strategy seems intended to advance
its efforts to grab Taiwan – its greatest ambition and top most priority of XJP.
The Ukraine war has exposed the limitations of the US and the West to step in to
save its non-formal ally. The Taiwan Relations Act only ensures defence supplies
by the US to Taiwan and nothing further. In comparison to Ukraine, which the US
recognises as an independent nation, Taiwan’s status is much inferior. If China
makes a decisive move against Taiwan, the US could do very little given its show
in Ukraine — to say nothing of the Afghanistan debacle.
The Fact is like I said when Trump was denied his legitimate victory by a fraudulent election coordinated by The Chinese and the Marxists Socialist Left and the Brown/Black Anti Conservative America phalanx, it was a open season for world Globalists and New World Order fanatics who have been chomping at the bit to resume their march towards global Oligarchies and the decimating of the global middle class! When there is no middle class the power is controlled by the Oligarchs, their political lackeys and their enforcer Military and Police Forces who will be well paid to do the overlords dirty work.
Its coming folks. All you yellow bellied Conservatives and Republicans yammering about beating them in the "Next Elections" are the ones who ultimately destroy America by surrendering their Unalienable rights and will exchange the right to Free Speech and the Right to bear arms for the right to safe passage!
ITS COMING FOLKS! ONLY YOU CAN STOP IT! FIGHT BACK.
