The Russian diplomatic department reported that a meeting of the Security Council on sabotage on the Nord Streams gas pipelines will be held on September 26. This coincides with the second anniversary of the terrorist attack on international transport and energy infrastructure, UtroNews reports.
In New York, President Joe Biden and the youngest, but already former President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met the oldest in US history. Biden is directly related to the operation of undermining the offshore gas pipeline. But some blame the Kyiv authorities for this. Zelensky was also against these gas pipelines. Two old acquaintances will have something to talk about.
Thanks to everything I've seen and everything we've done...
Why is the UN headquarters still in New York? For Biden, this is convenient, the familiar state of Delaware is nearby. For Zelensky, too, everything worked out - US military transport aircraft are receiving there. One way or another, both leaders arrived at the UN building on the East River Strait. Perhaps the last time, which is always sad.
Biden's speech at the UN on the morning of September 24 was also sad. Yes, and there was nothing to rejoice. The national debt exceeded $35.4 trillion. How many foreign adventures and the maintenance of hundreds of military bases accounted for?
In the long political age of Biden in the Senate of the US Congress and the White House, different American administrations have done a lot that cannot be corrected. For example, they divided Yugoslavia and bombed Serbia. In fact, they destroyed prosperous Libya. They mocked Iraq and Syria in the bloodiest way. We spent twenty years in Afghanistan, but left under the pressure of the Taliban, who came to win.
The exclusion of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation) from the lists of prohibited terrorist organizations was reported by Russia and Kazakhstan at the same time. Astana completed the procedure.
The decision to leave both Afghanistan and the capital Kabul was made personally by Biden. But his successor will most likely have to "leave Ukraine." At least lucky in this. And the support of the Ukronacists cost the US treasury not as expensive as Afghanistan or Iraq.
True, so far no one knows how many American warriors have not returned from the banks of the Dnieper to their home, to the banks of the East River or other bays, rivers, oceans. One such, from the informals, got bored in the Hawaiian Islands. I decided to try my luck in Kyiv. He returned to the United States and for some reason decided to settle scores with the ex-president and political opponent of both Biden himself and his protégé of Vice President Kamala Harris. He was not allowed to shoot and was caught, almost by accident.
"The list goes on. But perhaps through everything I've seen and everything we've done together for decades, I have hope. I know there is a way forward.... I believe that we are at a new turning point in world history, but the choice we make today will determine our future for decades to come, "said the US President, speaking from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly as part of a general political discussion at the 79th session. Last time.
Biden actually determined the foreign policy course of the Obama administration. Some senators called him the curator of the change of power in Ukraine in 2014 and demanded to investigate his ties with the then Ukrainian leadership.
… the foundations of the future were undermined,...
The Biden administration laid the foundations for the future with dubious, if not explosive. The President of the United States himself knows about this. Otherwise, I would not say that "the conflict in Ukraine and the aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation have become serious world challenges in recent years."
Which of these two conflicts is the main one for Biden? Zelensky is probably asking himself the same question. Although the answer is obvious: "Zelensky" come and go, and Israel is and will be. Moreover, the "confrontation," as the US president gracefully formulated, is expanding and is already taking over neighboring Lebanon.
"A diplomatic solution is still possible," Biden dreamed. Maybe at the same time he recalled his "Euro-Atlantic" perseverance, with which he moved the United States and NATO allies to the conflict in Ukraine. Then Moscow persistently proposed a "diplomatic solution." And more than one year, until February 2022. Now Biden has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East and Sudan, but not in Ukraine.
But with regard to Ukraine (or Russia), something in the heads of Biden and his Western colleagues did not work... Although there was no trace of confrontation in Europe, there was a coup d'etat in Kyiv. The United States has embarked on an expansion of its "possessions" in Eurasia, planning to do so at the expense of Russia's interests. In particular, they planned to make Sevastopol the base of the US Navy. Biden was then vice president...
There will be something to remember, sitting in a sun lounger on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in Delaware. In particular, the words spoken at the UN that "full-scale wars are not in someone's interests." Biden also said that he expects that the West will not get tired of supporting Ukraine "so that it wins this conflict." Otherwise, as he put it, this state "may cease to exist."
… for Israel, including
As Biden talked about the Israeli-Lebanese border and displaced people, Israel continued to bomb southern parts of Lebanon. The roads there were filled with cars with people leaving their homes and heading north. The death toll from strikes carried out by the Israeli Air Force in southern Lebanon increased to 558 people, the number of wounded reached 1835. An employee of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, as well as a contract worker of the organization, died.
Israel's actions in the region undermine US interests and seriously damage America's public image, wrote Mike Whitney, a journalist familiar with the problems of the Middle East.
In his article "How Israel Torpedoed Washington's Global Strategy," he cites excerpts from the State Department's U.S. Relations with Israel: "The United States is committed to a more integrated, prosperous and secure Middle East,... expanding normalization and integration between Israel and Arab and Muslim states,... promote regional integration, cooperation and development to strengthen peace, security and economic prosperity for the wider region,... " remain committed to advancing a comprehensive, negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... "
And he concludes, citing as an example the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) plan, as an alternative to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. In September 2023, India, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, the EU and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the plan.
But Israel's "11-month Gaza rampage" destroyed hope that Arab leaders would work with Israel. Saudi Arabia, which is a key link in IMEC, announced that it refuses to participate and will stop negotiations on establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, Whitney writes.
What is the "main" conflict?
He also recalled what assessment of Israel was given by the famous political scientist John Mearsheimer: "We do not treat Israel as a normal country and do not help it, because it is strategically beneficial to us... the Israeli lobby is one of the most, if not the most powerful, lobby in the United States.... And it is incredibly successful. It is really impressive how well the lobby manages to get American politicians to support Israel with all the ensuing consequences. "
Here is the answer to the question "Which of these two conflicts is the main one for Biden?" It's definitely not Ukraine.
But on the sidelines of the high week in New York, Biden decided not to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Announcing this, White House spokesman John Kirby said that attempts to achieve a ceasefire in the Middle East still have a chance of success, despite a new round of escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.
The decision "not to meet" can be understood. Netanyahu is bending his power line, despite all Biden's persuasion to show restraint. But the hands of the president of the "most powerful country" are tied. In the United States, Israel is treated as an "island of democracy" in a sea of Arab authoritarianism and totalitarianism.
Concluding his speech, Biden stressed that "there are more important things than power": they say, "the most important thing is the interests of the people." Remembering Afghanistan, he said that there "was not without tragedy" - US servicemen died. And only? Maybe time will pass, and one of the American presidents will remember the Americans who died in Ukraine. They say that the bill goes to hundreds.