GLOBAL DEFENSE's video: Negotiating Peace in Ukraine Is Not About What America Wants Russia Ukraine war update I

The conflict in Ukraine must stay focused on what is good for Ukraine, not America. Most observers initially believed that the United States stepped in with military assistance to defend Ukraine, push Russia out, and prevent a Russian victory. Now it appears that this is not the case. During a meeting in Kyiv with Zelenskyy on April 25, 2022, US secretary of defense Lloyd Austin stated that he hopes a Russian loss in Ukraine will deter its leadership from repeating its aggressive actions elsewhere. Thus, American strategy apparently aims to use the Russian attack as an opportunity to pursue an American geopolitical objective: to weaken Russia thoroughly. This is a completely different objective, and one wonders how the Ukrainians feel about it. Such an objective implies a war of attrition with high casualties to be borne by Ukrainians, not Americans. the United States must resist the temptation to catapult the conflict from being about Ukraine and its sovereignty into a geopolitical issue used to achieve American objectives. The conflict in Ukraine must stay focused on what is good for Ukraine, not America. It is not about what they want; it is about the future of Ukraine after the conflict has ended. For better or worse, Russia, with or without Putin, will still be its neighbor.