This Is Insane

May 31, 2024 (Posted by) Don Pelton

Biden continues to flirt with disaster. At least — as Tom Lehrer said — “we’ll all go together when we go.” Not the sort of togetherness Biden supporters hope for, I suspect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs

I heard Professor Jeffrey Sachs, in an interview yesterday, point out that Ukrainians, with U.S. help, are shelling parts of Russia’s nuclear early warning system. What could go wrong?

The following is the first couple of paragraphs of an article by investigative journalist Aaron Maté, explaining Biden’s latest folly. Biden’s foreign policy consists of endless escalation, rather than diplomacy, in Ukraine, Gaza and Taiwan, which largely explains why his foreign policy is a failure everywhere.

Allowing strikes on Russia with US weapons, Biden hits new step in Ukraine escalation

The White House has given Ukraine approval to hit inside Russia with American weapons.

AARON MATÉ

MAY 30, 202

In more than two years of proxy warfare against Russia in Ukraine, the Biden administration has repeatedly provided Kyiv with weapons systems that it had earlier ruled out as too confrontational towards Moscow. That list includes MLRS-HIMARS rocket systems, cluster munitions, and most recently, the long-range missiles known as ATACMS. The White House’s decision to cross self-imposed red lines is the inevitable result of its commitment to “weakening” Russia above all else.

As Ukraine loses territory to a new Russian offensive in Kharkiv, the White House has reached a new step on the escalation ladder.

For the first time, President Biden has given Ukraine permission to use American weapons for strikes inside Russia. US officials tell Politico that the attacks will be limited to Russian military positions across the border from Kharkiv, and will not hit civilian infrastructure.

According to the New York Times, Secretary of State Antony Blinken led the push inside the White House to lift the restriction on Ukraine’s use of US arms. As a leaked German military conversation recently confirmed, the US already helps Ukraine use American weapons systems and select targets. Therefore, this new step will take the US role as a co-belligerent to an unprecedented level: not just providing Ukraine with advanced US weapons, but helping Ukraine use them to strike Russian territory.

On Wednesday, Blinken explained that the US is willing to “adapt and adjust” to changing conditions on the Ukrainian battlefield. “We’re always making determinations about what’s necessary to make sure that Ukraine can effectively continue to defend itself,” Blinken said. Given this latest “adjustment,” it is perfectly plausible that Biden’s permission for Ukrainian strikes inside Russian will not end across the border from Kharkiv, but ultimately extend to far deeper inside Russian territory.

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE:
https://www.aaronmate.net/p/allowing-strikes-on-russia-with-us