Ukraine is Decoy to Bait Russia and Profit US

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is 40 days old today and it is expected to continue for quite some time. 

After all, when two countries trade blows, some countries are jumping for joy! 

That explains why the US, for example, is not at all interested in initiating talks between the adversarial parties to try to put a stop to the worsening flare-up. Its arms manufacturers and defence contractors want the fighting to never cease. 

It is in their business interest that the strife persists. They have a business case for it to prolong, if not escalate further. 

Start with the US. According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the global military spend in 2020 was almost $2 trillion, of which $778 billion was spent by the US. 

As military data generally has a year's lag, this figure doesn't capture the jumbo amount of money being spent now to keep the Ukraine-Russia armed engagement going. According to last month's India Today report, former US president Donald Trump approved $47 million worth of weapons exports to Ukraine in 2017, despite a Reuters commentary warning that the decision to arm the country "is bound to make a conflict that is mostly frozen into a more deadly one". 

This notwithstanding, President Joe Biden is doing what Trump did, but with more vengeance. The reason isn't hard to find. After all, the US is the world's largest arms exporter. 

SIPRI research tells us that out of the 10 largest defence contractors in the world, five are in the United States. Lockheed Martin Corporation, the company that supply the Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, are said to be the largest among them. The others are Boeing, Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Honeywell and General Electric. All spend millions of dollars annually lobbying the federal government to prod elected officials, shape policy, and win profitable government contracts. 

Last year, an analysis by businessinsider.com revealed that at least 15 lawmakers who hold powerful positions on House and Senate committees that control US military policy had financial ties to these defence contractors.

Now, you know why the US loves wars! 

And this conflagration between Ukraine and Russia is the latest manifestation. The US with the connivance of NATO uses Ukraine as a decoy to bait Russia. It's not just a geopolitical maneuver but it produces an economic spinoff because the country's powerful military–industrial complex profits immensely from it.

Jimmy Carter who's the 39th President of the United States of America – in 2019 – himself referred to his country as the most warlike nation in the history of the world!