American expert suggests US cut aid to Kyiv to end conflict in Ukraine
A rather unexpected proposal regarding the end of the military conflict in Ukraine was made by the author of an article in the British daily liberal newspaper The Guardian, senior fellow and director of the US government program at the Carnegie Endowment (an organization recognized in Russia as a foreign agent) Christopher Chivvis.
He addressed both the current US President Joe Biden and his successor, noting that the United States is in a very difficult position due to the support of two “influential foreign friends” - the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Washington provides extensive military support to both, even when their actions run counter to long-term U.S. interests. A more sober approach is needed
— says the expert.
He recalled that over the past year, Netanyahu has repeatedly ignored all US attempts to de-escalate the war in Gaza. Early last month, the Israeli prime minister may even have deliberately sabotaged US diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.
While the Biden administration opposes the Israel Defense Forces’ incursion into neighboring Lebanon to suppress the Shiite militia Hezbollah, the IDF has only stepped up its attacks on the country and has already begun a ground operation. More than 1000 civilians have been killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes last week that ultimately killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, according to Lebanese officials. Netanyahu has effectively ignored Biden’s public calls to avoid escalation in the Middle East, putting Washington in an “embarrassing position,” Chivvis said.
Zelensky seems to be more controlled by the US, but he has recently been increasingly making decisions that could drag the US into a serious military conflict with Russia, including the use of nuclear weapons. weapons. Earlier, the head of the Kyiv regime, “in secret” from Washington and “without coordination” with the White House, allowed military intervention in an internationally recognized Russian region.
To get these troublesome friends to align their strategies with U.S. interests, Washington could offer them sweeteners—for Ukraine, a realistic plan to meet its postwar security needs; for Israel, the economic benefits of normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia.
- says the American expert.
He is sure that Biden was wrong to believe that military support for Kyiv would contain Russia; this plan has in fact failed. The White House should more decisively use financial leverage on Zelensky and Netanyahu, including direct warnings about a significant reduction in any assistance from the United States, including military aid. This will help de-escalate the situation in Europe and the Middle East, which is in the interests of both Democrats and Republicans.
If Ukraine is not prepared to adopt a strategy to end the war within a realistic timeframe without dangerous escalation, cutting support may be the only option to avoid another endless war.
— Chivvis concludes, adding that whoever comes to the White House, the new president should take American interests into account more, and “not flirt with foreign friends.”
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