Pictured is U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
In this issue, the defense ministers of the United States and Russia telegraphed, Macron also wanted to talk to Putin, the Middle East is facing a full-scale war, and the Israeli defense minister visited the United States.
On June 25, the US and Russian defense ministers had their first phone call in more than a year, which was also the first phone call with Austin since Belousov became Russia's defense minister.
Relations between the United States and Russia have shown no signs of easing recently, and the fact that the defense ministers of the two countries are still able to talk on the phone against the backdrop of increasingly intense tensions between the two sides means that things are not simple.
Let's take a look at what the US and Russian defense ministers said in this phone call. According to Pentagon spokesman Ryder, this time it was the US side that initiated the call, during which Austin stressed the importance of keeping the communication channel open between the United States and Russia in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. However, Ryder did not say anything else and would not explain the reason for the call.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that during the call, the two sides exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine, and Belousov warned Austin that the United States continued to provide weapons to the Ukrainian army, which would increase the risk of escalation.
The picture shows Russian Defense Minister Belousov
According to normal logic, whoever is more active means who needs it more, obviously, this time Austin took the initiative to call Belousov, indicating that the United States is more urgent than Russia, why is it in a hurry? Because on June 23, the Ukrainian army used five tactical missiles with cluster warheads provided by the United States to attack Sevastopol in Crimea, causing more than 150 casualties. This annoyed Russia, and the Russian Ministry of Defense spoke out that it wanted to settle accounts with the United States and Ukraine, and at this time, of course, the Biden administration was in a hurry.
But will a phone call solve the problem? Not necessarily.
Austin told Belousov that Russia and the United States must remain unimpeded, and even if there are major contradictions, they must not sever ties. In fact, this is the logic of the United States, it can scold you and beat you, but you have to communicate with it, and the United States is also the same in the confrontation with other countries.
What the United States is most afraid of is a strategic miscalculation, once all high-level ties between the two countries are cut off, any action made by the White House may cause the other side to miscalculate, which will lead to the United States being drawn into the conflict, which is why the Biden administration took the initiative to talk to the Russian defense minister. What the United States is concerned about is not the Russia-Ukraine conflict itself, but whether Russia will escalate the war and whether there will be other big moves, which will affect its own security.
Dialogue and communication is a way for peace-loving people all over the world to resolve contradictions, but the United States has abused the mechanism of dialogue to keep peace in its mouth, but in fact it is constantly provoking conflicts. This approach runs counter to the original purpose of the dialogue mechanism and has no positive effect on the de-escalation of the situation.
Pictured is Macron
France, on the other hand, recently said that it also wants to talk to Russia. On June 25, Macron said in a program that he was willing to continue the dialogue with Putin, and said that he did not rule out the possibility of having a dialogue with Putin on "a certain topic". Unlike the United States, which talks to Russia for fear of being drawn into the conflict, Macron said he believes in the power of dialogue and sincerely believes that dialogue is always important.
Some time ago, Macron kept saying that he wanted to send troops to Ukraine and support the Ukrainian Mirage 2000, which caused an uproar, but now, he suddenly changed his words and said that he wanted to talk to Putin, what kind of medicine did Macron buy in his gourd? Is it the same as the United States, fearing that it will be drawn into a conflict, so it seeks dialogue with Russia?
In fact, it is not difficult to see from the recent events within the EU that Macron is facing unprecedented pressure. In the European Parliament election some time ago, Macron lost to Le Pen, the leader of the European far-right party National Alliance, and then he knew that the current ruling coalition was not as good as the right-wing parties in France, so he simply dissolved the National Assembly.
At present, the internal divisions in France have intensified, and Macron's ruling position has been shaken, and at this time he has changed his tone to show goodwill to Russia, probably to increase his support rating by easing the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, after all, most people in France and Europeans are tired and dissatisfied with the endless aid to Ukraine.
Pictured is Putin
France took the initiative to come to the door, which is not a bad thing for Putin either. On June 25, the Kremlin responded to Macron's idea, and spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has never refused to talk to France, and that dialogue can be held as long as the other side is ready. This is an opportunity for both Macron and Putin.
Let's take a look at the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the other side, which everyone is concerned about. Recently, in addition to Gaza, Israel has sought to open up a new battlefield in Lebanon. Against this background, Secretary of Defense Gallant arrived in Washington to discuss with a number of US government officials "the development of security incidents in the Middle East and its response."
Pictured is the defense of the long Gallant
What does Gallant's visit to the United States mean in the context of the current standstill in Gaza ceasefire negotiations and the Israeli government's threat of a massive attack on Allah?
I mentioned a logic earlier, whoever is more active means who has more needs, and this time Gallant's initiative to visit the United States shows that Israel has needs. Netanyahu wanted to launch a military operation against Lebanon, but the United States did not agree, and the Biden administration reduced arms aid to Israel, after the two sides got into a quarrel over arms delivery. On June 18, Netanyahu publicly accused the United States of "withholding" the weapons needed by the Israeli army, which affected the Israeli army's military operations in Gaza.
Now if Israel wants to attack Lebanon, it must have the support of the United States, so it is very likely that Gallant's visit to the United States is to get more weapons and equipment assistance from the United States and prepare for the expansion of the war.
Israel's demands are nothing more than two demands, one is that it hopes that the United States will continue to supply weapons to Israel, and the other is to assist Israel in military operations.
Pictured are Netanyahu and Biden
Israel and the United States are now at odds, but the relationship between the two countries will not change fundamentally in the near future. No matter how much the United States persuades Israel, it wants to continue to expand the flames of war.
As the saying goes: "big things are small with benevolence, small things are big with wisdom". If a big country is unkind, others can't do anything about it, and a small country is not wise, that is, it is self-defeating. Biden's decision to avoid war between the United States and Russia is a rational decision, and Israel's insistence that the United States will end up doing whatever it wants, although it is also an act in its own interests, will only bring crises to the Middle East.