Washington [US]: The Biden administration\u2019s attempt to secure more than $30 billion in additional defense and economic aid for Ukraine will further enrich the stockholders of major US defense contractors while having a negligible effect on the battlefield, analysts told Sputnik.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, President Joe Biden asked US Congress for $33 billion in emergency supplemental funding to support Ukraine, including $20 billion for military assistance.<\/p>\n
So far, the package appears to have won broad bipartisan support among US lawmakers. The request comes on top of about $4 billion in military aid the Biden administration has already committed to Ukraine, $3.4 billion of which came after Russia launched its military operation in late February.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most immediate impact will be to further enrich shareholders in US defense industries and the politicians who represent their interests in Washington, DC,\u201d retired US Army colonel, historian, and tactician Douglas Macgregor told Sputnik.<\/p>\n
With very few exceptions, the former Trump administration Pentagon adviser added, the vast majority of the equipment and weapons on their way to Ukraine will have \u201cat most\u201d a modest effect on the fighting in Eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Russians know where the material will be stored and how it will be shipped eastward,\u201d Macgregor said. \u201cAs a result, much of it will be destroyed or end up sitting in isolated warehouses hundreds of miles from the scene of the action.\u201d<\/p>\n
Historian and political commentator Dan Lazare sees the $33 billion allocations as a sign that the war is morphing from a regional to an international conflict involving both NATO and the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more fuel Biden throws on the fire, the greater the likelihood of the war spreading beyond its original boundaries,\u201d Lazare told Sputnik. \u201cIf Moldova is somehow dragged in due to those mysterious explosions in Transnistria, then all bets are off as to what will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lazare said there is also a chance the rest of the NATO alliance will plunge into the conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf so, it\u2019s 1914 all over again \u2013 only this time with nukes. This is madness, needless to say,\u201d Lazare said.<\/p>\n
Lazare thinks 95 percent of the blame lies with US Democrats who have been on an anti-Russia crusade for a decade.<\/p>\n
\u201cWords have consequences,\u201d he said. \u201cYears of Kremlin-bashing have finally led to a real-life European war that is raging out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Lazare added, the more Biden tries to outrun his problems at home, the more acute they grow. And now, the expert said, Biden appears to be pinning his hopes on some sort of \u201cepic victory in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s obviously not going happen since Russia will either take all of the southern and eastern parts of the country or the war will turn into a long and bloody stalemate,\u201d Lazare said. \u201cIf so, the effect will be to heighten the contradictions to the breaking point.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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