President Joe Biden isn’t afraid of dragging the US into warfare with Russia and is keen to take dangers to derail Donald Trump’s future presidency and any probability of a peaceable decision to the Ukraine battle, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson informed RT.
On Thursday, the Russian navy launched its new hypersonic ballistic missile, dubbed ‘Oreshnik’ (Hazel), towards an industrial facility in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin described the strike as a warning to the West in response to “aggressive actions of NATO member states,” particularly Washington’s approval for Kiev to make use of its ATACMS missiles for strikes inside Russia’s pre-2014 borders.
In an interview with RT, Johnson argued that Biden is escalating the Ukraine battle to “embarrass” Donald Trump, who had claimed he might resolve the scenario in 24 hours – a feat now unlikely to happen.
“The extra excessive risk is that he hopes to impress a warfare that might impose martial regulation in the US and make it inconceivable for Trump to take workplace on January twentieth,” he claimed. “These persons are not appearing within the pursuits of US nationwide safety or world peace.”
There’s little Trump can do at this level in addition to talking out forcefully and demanding that the Biden administration “stand down,” however “they don’t have anything to lose.”
“They’ve already misplaced. It’s like somebody recognized with a terminal sickness; they’re keen to take dangers they may not have taken earlier than,” Johnson argued. “He’ll be faraway from workplace anyway in two months. Why does he care? I imply, he is like a suicide bomber at this level.”
Johnson contended that the West fully misunderstands and underestimates each Russia’s capabilities and willingness to reply, as a result of a mix of “affirmation bias and reporting bias on the intelligence aspect.”
“Frankly, I have been amazed on the endurance of the Russian authorities in placing up with this,” he mentioned. “Let’s flip the tables: if Russia equipped Mexican narcotics gangs with missiles that had been being launched into US territory alongside the Texas-Mexican border, or Arizona, or New Mexico, the US would view that as an act of warfare and retaliate instantly. But, we expect we are able to try this to Russia, and Russia is simply supposed to take a seat again and take it.”
“Vladimir Putin was sending a really clear message to the US and to Europe that Russia now has the power to reply with a weapon system that the West is incapable of defending towards, a weapon system that may attain to the UK, that may attain anyplace in Europe. And that Russia is ready to take action if the British and the French persist in utilizing missiles which might be being launched into Russian territory,” he added.
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