Saturday, June 22, 2024

Biden's Push For Ukraine In NATO Is About Dollars, Not Democracy

 The Biden administration recently signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement with Ukraine, plunging the United States and the West deeper into a proxy war with Russia.

In a statement released by the White House, President Joe Biden said that "Ukraine's future is in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization," reaffirming the administration's desire to "Expand their defense and security cooperation" and also their "Trade and investment ties."

Biden's insistence on Ukraine joining NATO is deeply troubling on multiple levels, not the least of which is that Russia views the loss of Ukraine to NATO as an existential threat that could lead to rounds of escalation that end with nuclear war.

While liberal critics point out that Ukraine is an independent nation and can voluntarily enter into any political or security arrangement it desires, this ignores reality and history - the threat of nuclear war arose during the Cuban Missile Crisis after the Soviet Union directly challenged America's sphere of influence.

Mike Benz, director of the Foundation For Freedom Online, recently spoke with political commentator Dan Bongino about the ties between the U.S. intelligence community, the oil and gas industry, and Hunter Biden's involvement with Burisma in Ukraine.

If you can simply rewire the gas so that it no longer comes from Russia, it no longer comes from Ukraine's East, but it comes from Ukraine's West, for example, by piping in U.S. LNG or British LNG up through Poland, through the Baltic Sea, and then connecting it directly to Ukraine, you have the same gas architecture.

U.S. energy assistance and eventual NATO admission could help Ukraine become a natural gas powerhouse while also helping it win membership in the European Union.

https://thefederalist.com/2024/06/21/bidens-push-for-ukraine-to-join-nato-is-more-about-dollars-than-democracy/

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