With
Ukraine rolling out a murderous ethnic cleansing campaign in its
Donbass region on the Russian border, the Russian government has
responded with restraint. The new provision of arms to Ukraine by the
U.S. will likely change that — and start a proxy war more dangerous
than Syria’.
by
Whitney Webb
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1
Just weeks
after announcing a plan to arm the Ukrainian government with lethal
weapons, the Pentagon announced on Friday that Secretary of Defense
James Mattis – who has endorsed the plan – will be traveling to
Ukraine this coming week in order to reassure the government in Kiev
that the U.S. is “firmly committed to the goal of restoring
Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Though the
Trump administration is still well less than a year old, it has
become clear that Mattis gets what he wants, especially given his
assumption of far-reaching war powers once reserved for the
President. This, of course, makes the likelihood of the U.S. arming
Ukraine increasingly likely.
While the
official reasons for the U.S.’ justification in arming Ukraine are
wrapped in the usual cloak of “humanitarianism” and fending off
“Russian aggression,” it is hardly a coincidence that the plan to
send lethal weapons to the government in Kiev coincides with the
U.S.’ reluctant winding-down of involvement in the six-year-long
conflict in Syria — a conflict often treated as a U.S.-Russia proxy
war.
This begs
the question: Is the U.S. government, led by Mattis, seeking to
ignite a new proxy war against Russia, this time on their doorstep?
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