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The White House’s policy regarding the conflict in Ukraine is becoming increasingly strange, Colonel Douglas McGregor, ex-adviser to the United States Secretary of Defense, shared his opinion in an article published in The American Conservative.
An example, from his point of view, is the recent statement by the former head of the CIA and ex-commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, David Petraeus, that Western states, led by the United States, can intervene in the protracted Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
“It is important to remember that Ukraine is not Iraq, and the Russian army does not drive around in pickups with machine guns,” McGregor explained.
The American colonel also believes that Petraeus’ assumption confirms the fact that the APU are in critical condition.
He stressed that without foreign mercenaries and Polish soldiers fighting in Ukrainian uniforms, the armed forces of Ukraine will not be able to resist the winter offensives of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The “Russian sledgehammer”, which should fall on the Kiev regime, will sweep away everything that remains of the Ukrainian army in its path, McGregor said.
“The only way to prolong the life of the Kiev authorities is Washington’s willingness to intervene directly in the conflict before it is too late,” the expert noted.
At the same time, he pointed out that the US authorities do not think about the costs and consequences that will follow the intervention of the countries of the Western military-political bloc in the confrontation.
The only right way for Washington in Ukraine is to mediate in establishing peace between Moscow and Kiev, and not in escalating the conflict, McGregor concluded.
The Russian Federation has been conducting a special military operation (SVO) on the territory of Ukraine since February 24. Against this background, the United States and its allies in the North Atlantic Alliance continue to pump the Ukrainian army with weapons, allocating tens of billions of dollars for this. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the supply of weapons by the West only delays the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.