by Claudiu Secara
Is the 61 billion dollars aid to Ukraine a desperate attempt to salvage what’s left of Ukraine? No, it is rather a desperate attempt to intimidate Russia and to force Russia to support Israel’s genocidal massacre in Gaza and the West Bank.
On March 28, for the first time, Russia raised the issue of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and declared it unacceptable, including saying “Israel’s targeting of civilians and the Western acceptance of it is incredible hypocrisy!”
On April 13, Russian FM Lavrov had a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. During the conversation, Lavrov again condemned the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate, noting that any encroachments on diplomatic missions and consulates are unacceptable.
On April 15, Russian UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya said: Iran’s attack on Israel did not happen in a vacuum – it was a response to the shameful inaction of the UN Security Council and added:
▪️ Iran said it has exercised its right to self-defense
▪️ Iranian media has revealed what kind of weapons were used in the attack on Israel
▪️ ‘Just a slap in the face’: Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel merely a preview of its full capabilities
Then, on April 19, following Israel’s bombing of Iran’s consulate in Syria, he said: “Israel’s desire and goal is to shift the attention of the world community from what is happening in Gaza to Iran as a nuclear threat. — Iran does not have nuclear weapons, this is confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency”.
Finally, Russia warned Israel not to escalate the conflict with Iran and forced Israel not to attack Iran, following Iran’s devastating show of force against Israel.
On April 19, the US Congress approved $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel, etc.
Any connection here? Yes, I think there is a connection — but not between Russia winning the war in Ukraine, and the aid package to save Ukraine. No. The connection is between Israel losing the war in Gaza and the war against Iran, and the desperate attempt to stop Russia from antagonizing Israel.
Was that the role played by the ultra-zionist evangelical Mike Johnson? He couldn’t care less about Ukraine, but his constituency requires his full-throated support for Israel.
The escalating threat against Russia is not in support of Ukraine but it is in support of Israel who has miscalculated its attempt at ethnic cleansing and is more and more isolated by the world. This world-wide condemnation is in no small part due to Russia’s anti-Western, anti-Anglozionist stand.
