The popular view of the global audience about the Ukraine War is faulty at best. This war is being pinned on Putin as a source of all evil and the Western media is hyping the narrative against Russia, posing it as an expansionist, imperialist, and oppressive force that is killing innocent Ukrainians, but the truth is entirely different. It is as they always say, the majority is always wrong. What has happened is that the American war machine has ensured that there is conflict and opportunities to gain advantage from war. At this point in time, the Americans want the influence that they lost in Afghanistan and Iraq. And so, while Putin is being portrayed as the villain of the Ukraine War, it is actually the American Government that is responsible for fanning a war that clearly meets strategic objectives for Washington. It is a meticulous matter to dissect and decipher the underpinnings of this stratagem.
It is imperative to examine the Ukraine War from the perspective of the Russian side before we look at the war from the angle of mainstream media geo-political analysts. This war has in no way benefitted the Russians and there was no probable financial or political advantage that the Russians could have wanted from this war. Putin never declared nor did he claim that he has certain objectives to meet. The people of Russia and Ukraine have lived in harmony for centuries and before the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukrainians and Russians lived together for decades without any violence. Putin had no reason to invade Ukraine. On the contrary, attacking Ukraine has damaged the Russian image, lowered their economic growth and diverted the attention of the Russian Government from expanding its financial influence towards war. Already the Russian economy is in free-fall. The Russian currency has lost a considerable amount of value and this will become worse as time passes. Russia had no plan, no objective or motivation to occupy Ukraine, and even if it did, there was no benefit for Russia. Putin never claimed that he is going to expand the borders of Russia like an imperial force, rather, it is clear that this war was forced upon the Russians. It was NATO’s agenda, and ultimately NATO’s agenda are set by the Americans in their vast and long-term interest. The American War Machine had all the reasons to benefit from such a war. The Soviet Union was defeated in the Cold War but Russia still remains a country that is armed and capable of bouncing back. Russians have been making commendable progress in enhancing their economic co-operation with China. China is a power-hungry and expanding superpower and Russia is forming an alliance which will challenge all kinds of Western influence in Asia and in Europe in the long run. Xi Jinping and Putin have developed personal ties. Furthermore, Russia is diversifying its political influence. India is playing both sides, Russians and Americans. Both, India and Russia’s trade volumes are increasing every year and there is noticeable co-operation in defense, energy, and infrastructure sectors. On the other hand, Russia already possesses power in the Middle East and its presence in Syria has been a constant sore point for Western powers. And this is what triggered the American War Machine to instigate a war where Russian progress could be checked and engaged in an unending conflict which would drain its energy and resources.
The Americans kept pushing for the inclusion of Georgia and Ukraine in the NATO alliance. This was created as a flashpoint where the Russians would have no option but to attack and the main reason is that having NATO troops and guns in Ukraine would mean that a direct attack would be possible into Russian territory using American armaments. It was either the utilization of American weapons inside Ukraine under the umbrella of NATO or it was sending American weapons to the Ukraine army to fight Russia. The presence of NATO is an existential threat for Russia. And Putin had no option but to attack and secure the backwaters of Russian soil. Engaging in this war has destroyed the Russian economy, tarnished its image, opened a war front where there are now attacks by Ukrainian troops inside Russia and its defense expenditure has been more than doubled. The people of Ukraine have become victims of this war. Western support has been provided to them to fight the Russian army but at a huge cost. Their economy is destroyed. Their exports and the lack of grain harvest has sent shockwaves of supply chains across the world. A peaceful nation that was growing with the co-operation of European nations has been plunged into War and generations will be taken to re-establish themselves to where things were in 2022.
Europe has been subjected to a wicked war situation. The European nations were moving closer to China and showing disinterest in the American hegemony, especially after the disaster of Afghanistan by the Americans. All that has come to an end, on the eve of attack on Ukraine. Europe, just like before, is seeking the protection of American war machine, and totally under their influence, shielded from the Russian army. The European economy has raised its own defense budgets and a vast amount is being spent for readiness in case, European soil is attacked by Russia. American weapons and technology are in high-demand once again, and if the violence escalates, more American weapons will be needed for the war.
The American War Machine has pushed this conflict to achieve its objectives, to weaken Russia, to check the reduction of American influence in Europe, to have an excuse to sanction the Russian economy and its asset and businesses around the world. There is simply nothing to gain for Russia other than security of its borders from hostile NATO troops. This is the version that is being ignored and neglected by the Western and mainstream media and this is the doing of the American War Machine. The same American War Machine that has waged wars in the Middle East, Afghanistan and that support Israel against the innocent people of Palestine.
What the Americans don’t realize is that Russia is a still a former superpower with state-of-the-art weapons and a vast nuclear weapons arsenal. Putin views the inclusion of Ukraine in NATO as an existential threat and he will deal with it as an existential threat, and if we look at history, when a superpower with nuclear weapons is pushed into the corner, it will not hesitate to exercise its weapons of mass destruction, just as the Americans used the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Make no mistake, that if Russia is about to lose the war in Ukraine, it will use its nuclear capabilities to disarm Ukraine where millions of thousands might die, and even then, neither the European nations nor the Americans will be in a position to initiate an all-out nuclear war with Russia in defense of Ukraine, it will simply mean the destruction of Ukraine and millions of innocent deaths. And all of this will be the doing of the American War Machine, not realizing that the result of this war can be more devastating than anyone can ever imagine.
