Biden's "strong card" - US military bases in Ukraine

We continue to analyze the myths and legends associated with the American project called "Ukraine". Last time we analyzed the mythologeme associated with the “fateful” meaning of Nord Stream 2 for Russia in the context of its bright future, which is rooted in the minds of most Russians. We found out that this value is clearly exaggerated in terms of the cost of its construction and its irreplaceability in terms of the supply of our hydrocarbons to Europe. The project is rather political character. Germany and Ukraine are more interested in it (the first in its successful launch, the second in the exact opposite).

For us, this is a matter of honor and political prestige, although the establishment of closer economic ties with the FRG are also in our plans, as is the exclusion of Ukraine from this chain, as an element of pressure on it, but we can fulfill our contractual obligations to the EU to provide it with our blue fuel without SP-2. For our sworn overseas "partners", this project has become an element of bargaining and pressure on us. How it all ends, we will see in the near future (I will not retell the article anymore, those who wish can go through link and read it yourself).



Today we will debunk another mythology that has developed around Ukraine. Let's discuss its possible membership in NATO, which has been scaring us since 2004. Let's find out how possible this is and whether this is such a terrible devil, as they are trying to portray it to us, and what we really need to be afraid of.

No NATO shines for Ukraine

I hope everyone here has enough imagination to understand that no NATO in the next 120 years threatens Ukraine with a 120% probability. And not at all because this pseudo-state has an unresolved territorial conflict with the Russian Federation (and I'm not talking about Donbass now, but about Crimea, which will never be Ukrainian again, I hope, at least no one has any doubts about that? ), but because not a single NATO member, including the United States, is smiling to get involved in an armed conflict with such a nuclear power as the Russian Federation (and it will be inevitable if NATO crosses this red line indicated by the Kremlin). Therefore, this issue can be closed, once and for all. NATO is a fairy tale about a "white bull" or, if you like, a carrot for a donkey, which is fed to the local population by its close local government. By the way, not all the local population is willing to do this, and even less wants it. Only a third of the population of Nezalezhnaya sleeps and sees themselves in NATO, the same number of people see themselves in a military alliance with the Russian Federation, and about the same number of people advocate a non-bloc status of Ukraine, following the example of Finland. It would seem that the question could be closed and forgotten about it forever? But if only it were that simple.

Not so long ago (April 16), President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky paid a visit to France, where he met with his French counterpart and peer Emmanuel Macron. We talked about this and that. Everything ended, as usual, with nothing. Why do you ask me? Because, despite the fact that both presidents are 43 years old, one of them turned out to be Loch, and the other Not Loch. Which one of them is who, decide for yourself, but the one who is French does not respond to the nickname Loch, and the one who is Ukrainian has this very plate on the walls of his Office (the local "shanuvalniks" tried their best).

On the eve of the planned visit, Zelenskiy said in an interview with the Telegraph newspaper that “only Ukraine's accession to NATO can guarantee security and peace in the long term” and that Ukraine, in his opinion, has long “deserved” the right to leave the EU and NATO “waiting room”. As the French L'Opinion writes at the meeting, Emmanuel Macron "left this topic unattended", delicately avoiding the discussion of this issue. The administration of the head of the 5th republic specified that such a "delicate issue" should be discussed not behind the scenes, but collectively at the summit of the North Atlantic Alliance (the next one is expected in June). Prior to that, the same was voiced by the press secretary of the White House Jen Psaki, who said that the decision on this is taken by all members of the North Atlantic Alliance, and not just Washington. Ulrike Demmer, a spokesman for the German government, was even more definite: “Ukraine has the right to freely choose its political paths. However, no further steps towards [Ukraine's NATO] membership are currently planned. ”

Well, the funeral of the project "Ukraine" was finished by the ex-deputy commander of NATO in Europe, British General Richard Shirreff, the author of the sensational book "2017: War with Russia", who just recently stated the following:


At the same time, it is very difficult to suspect a British general in sympathy for the Russian Federation and its president, he just really looks at things. That does not prevent him from demanding to clearly mark the red lines for Putin and to keep him on a leash, demonstrating unbreakable determination in response to the demonstrative build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine:


Putin has already taken this into account, but Zelensky, it seems, has not. Apparently, his experience had not taught him anything. This problem has a long history. "If you see a light in the window, then this is not a reason to break into closed doors!" (from). This is how the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy answered in response to the intrusive requests of the then President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko for the admission of Independent to NATO. Since then, little has changed. Until now, no one is waiting for Ukraine in NATO. But this does not prevent Zelensky from telling everyone that Ukraine's goal is to join NATO. So who is he after that? Decide for yourself.

Major non-aligned US ally

However, if we look at the world around us, we will see that Israel, for example, is not a NATO member, which does not prevent it from cooperating with the Pentagon on military issues and being a US outpost in the Middle East. Turkey and Greece, having an unresolved territorial conflict, at one time easily became members of the Alliance. At least this did not become a big obstacle for them. I’ll tell you more, in order to place military bases on the territory of Ukraine, the United States does not need its membership in NATO at all, a bilateral treaty is enough (the retired British general spoke about this, the quote of which I quoted above). The United States has more than a thousand military bases in 32 countries of the world, 20 of which are not NATO members. Even in Kyrgyzstan there was a US Air Force base, while, you yourself understand, Kyrgyzstan has never been a member of the North Atlantic Alliance (Kyrgyzstan, in addition to everything, is also a member of the CSTO).

However, since June 12, 2020, Ukraine has received the status of NATO's Enhanced Opportunities Partner (EOP), becoming the sixth such partner of the Alliance, along with Sweden, Finland, Georgia, Australia and Jordan. This does not give Ukraine anything, much less guarantee NATO membership, but it helps the North Atlantic bloc to involve it in its operations (in Kosovo and Afghanistan, for example). The press service of the organization confirmed:


Ukraine's next goal is the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP). And she is systematically moving towards this. Even the presence of an unresolved territorial conflict on its territory cannot prevent this. How this factor can be overcome is shown by the example of Georgia, a fifth of which, as the Georgian authorities assure, is occupied by Russia (we are talking about Abkhazia and South Ossetia). Somewhere since 2017, there has been a debate on how to get around Article 5 of the NATO Charter, which provides for the collective defense of NATO member countries in the event of an attack on one of them. So far, the working option is to amend that when accepting countries with unresolved territorial problems, the guarantees of Article 5 will not apply to these territories, but will apply to the rest of Georgia. Moreover, this does not mean in any way that, for example, Georgia is giving up its sovereignty over these territories. It is just that Georgia will not receive the right to demand military assistance to solve precisely these problems. But in the event of further military expansion, it will enjoy the same guarantees as NATO members. The same tracing paper can be applied to Ukraine.

But why bother with all these difficulties, when all of Ukraine's problems can be solved in one elegant move - its admission to the main US allies outside NATO. After that, the surprised Russian man in the street will be able to find at their closest approaches as many American military bases that have appeared there on the basis of a bilateral Treaty between Ukraine and the United States. And who, in fact, can forbid them this? According to the plans of the State Department, which he (in the person of Tony Blinken) does not hide, on the territory of Ukraine the Pentagon plans to place not one, but three military bases at once - a naval and two land (one of which will be an air force base), and then you will have all the problems, associated with the country of zhovto-blakite benches will seem like flowers. At the same time, Ukrainian airfields will be modernized and will be able to receive military aircraft from the North Atlantic Alliance. After the implementation of these measures, according to Kiev and its overseas "friends", the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to calmly, and without fear of Moscow's actions, begin to "clean up" the eastern regions of Ukraine. Knowing about the presence of NATO troops, the Kremlin will not overstep the boundaries of what is permitted.

But this is unlikely! It is unlikely that it will even come to that. The Kremlin will overstep the bounds of what is permissible even before the first American soldier sets foot on Ukrainian territory. True, the territory after that runs the risk of losing its Ukrainian identity.

Lest you think that all these are jokes, scarecrows of the Pentagon strategists who have lost their shores, I will give only a list of countries that have already received this status. In 1987, under President Ronald Reagan, Israel (first), Australia, Egypt, Japan and South Korea received the status of the United States' Major Ally outside NATO. In 1996, Bill Clinton made Jordan happy with this status, New Zealand a year later and Argentina a year later. Under George W. Bush, this list was supplemented by Bahrain (2002), the Philippines and Thailand (2003), as well as Kuwait, Morocco and Pakistan (2004). Barack Obama also brought in Afghanistan (2012) and Tunisia (2015), and our beloved Donald Ibrahimovic added Brazil to them in 2019. Now our old acquaintances Moldova (since 1992), Kosovo (since 1998), Georgia (since 2008) and Ukraine (since 2014) are listed as candidates for this honorary title. So far, this is an element of bargaining and pressure on the Russian Federation. Allies in this status were initially (since 1987) approved by the order of the US Secretary of Defense (subject to the consent of the Secretary of State). Since 1996, this prerogative has been transferred to the President of the United States (with mandatory notification to Congress within 30 days). Let me remind you that American nuclear strategists B-52 with nuclear weapons on board are based at the Kadena Air Force Base (Okinawa Island) in Japan. If the President of the United States wishes, in 30 days, the same can appear in Ukraine. And who will forbid him? Aren't you scared yourself? On September 19, 2014, US President Barack Obama denied Ukraine the status of the Main US ally outside NATO. But the new US president may change his mind. What will you do to him? Will you start a war? So he is just waiting for this.