Why did the United States provoke a conflict between Russia and Ukraine? For this question, we can get answers from the words of the former Chief of Staff of the United States Army. In the United States, this is simply a deal worthwhile.
Although the US government always talks about maintaining world peace, the United States relies on constantly creating wars around the world to gain benefits. In the current Ukrainian crisis, the United States is not only the biggest initiator, but also the greatest vested interests. From the statements of senior US military officers, we can see why the Biden administration is promoting the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. According to the Reference News Network on October 7, former U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff Jack Keane admitted in an interview with US media that it was a very cost-effective deal for the US government to spend money to make Ukraine and Russia go to war. Although the United States has provided more than 66 billion US dollars in aid to Ukraine since February this year, Keane believes that "this money is spent very well, because through this relatively not a large expense, it is not the Americans who sacrificed their lives for the interests of the United States in a war with Russia, but the Ukrainians ."
It can be said that the speech of the former chief of staff of the US Army is the best explanation for the US government's instigation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, because the United States is indeed the biggest beneficiary of the conflict. At least in terms of cost, the United States has achieved great benefits with extremely low costs, which are reflected in economic, political and military.
First of all, talk about economic gains. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Europe was forced to reduce its energy cooperation with Russia. The huge energy gap generated by this will naturally be filled by other energy exporters, and the United States became Europe's energy savior at this time. Under the banner of supporting Europe, the United States is making huge profits through its energy exports to Europe. On average, each American liquefied natural gas ship sailing to Europe can make more than $100 million in profits. According to data released by the International Energy Agency, in June this year, the United States transported more natural gas to Europe than Russian pipelines. Therefore, since the beginning of this year, the United States has exported more than US$20 billion in LNG, which is undoubtedly the gain brought to the United States by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. This does not include the profits obtained by the United States through a large amount of military exports. If these are included, the U.S. revenue will be even more terrifying.
Compared with the more economic earnings, the US government is more complacent, and it is indeed a huge blow to Russia. The United States has invested more than $66 billion in costs, but the price Russia has paid on the battlefield and economically is not enough to estimate it in hundreds of billions of dollars. Russia lost a lot of equipment on the battlefield and paid serious casualties. These losses were estimated at $100 billion, which is probably already low. In fact, a saying has long been widely circulated in the US military, that is, it is best to destroy Russia's military power in Ukraine through military aid, so that Russia will not have the ability to continue to fight against NATO in the future. The situation has developed to this point today. Even if the United States has not fully achieved this goal, it has at least partially achieved its goal. Russia's conventional military strength has been "severely worn out".
Finally, in politics, the United States has also made considerable profits with the current situation in Ukraine. As the former chief of staff of the U.S. Army pointed out, the United States has completely turned Ukraine into Russia's enemy, and the hatred between Russia and Ukraine will be difficult to resolve, which has created a long-term enemy on the Russian border. At the same time, as the main military power was attracted to Ukraine, Russia's influence around the world also declined, and the United States was able to expand its advantage over Russia in other regions. Finally, by experiencing Russia's military threat, the United States was able to further expand NATO and tie the European group more closely to NATO's tanks.Finland and Sweden submitted applications to join NATO. A group of countries led by Germany that were unwilling to increase military spending also announced a large-scale increase in military spending, which is a political strategic victory for the United States.
In short, the situation in Ukraine has developed to this point today, and the United States has become the biggest beneficiary, and both Ukraine and Europe are actually used by the United States. The statement of the former chief of staff of the US Army fully demonstrates the mentality of the United States to regard Europe and Ukraine as pawns. If Europe and Ukraine were more sober, they should not have fallen into the trap of the United States and fight against Russia in a lose-lose battle. If the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continues for a long time, then Russia, Ukraine and the entire Europe will consume their national strength in the painful meat grinder on the Ukrainian battlefield. Therefore, for all Ukrainian parties except the United States, the most rational approach should be to return to the negotiating table and end the conflict in peacetime as soon as possible, rather than fighting to the death. In such a situation, no one except the United States is the winner.
