The Biden administration is deluded enough to think that the U.S. can take on Russia and China simultaneously. However, it wasn’t banking on the Israel-Palestinian war. From Lucas Leiroz at strategic-culture.su:
The American strategy of waging war against Russia and China at the same time was thwarted by the emergence of a new front in the Middle East.
In 2023, all American war plans were thwarted. Washington was preparing for a conflict scenario against the powers that lead the geopolitical transition towards multipolarity – Russia and China. But the worsening security crisis in the Middle East prevented the American strategy from being implemented successfully.
First, it is necessary to remember that the central guideline of American military policy has been, since at least the end of Cold War, the ability to “win two wars at the same time“. After the dismantling of the USSR, Washington became the hegemonic power, undoubtedly stronger than any other country in the world. At the time, there was no state with enough strength to win a direct conflict against American forces, which is why the U.S. believed it could fight and win two conflicts simultaneously.
Over time, this scenario changed. Countries like Russia and China developed militarily and economically and began a process of reformulation of the global geopolitics. Thus, tensions began between the U.S.-led West and the multipolar powers, which reached their highest point in the Ukrainian crisis.
In 2022, Russia made it clear to the West that it is not willing to tolerate military interventionism in its strategic environment. By starting the special military operation in Ukraine, Moscow took the most important step ever taken towards multipolarity. In reaction, the U.S. turned the conflict into a proxy war, preventing Kiev from signing a peace agreement, and beginning a campaign of systematic military support, with the entire NATO sending weapons and money to the neo-Nazi regime to fight Russia.
It would be naive, however, to believe that the U.S. really wanted to “win” a war with Russia using Ukraine. Kiev would never be able to defeat Moscow because it doesn’t even have enough troops for a prolonged conflict. The American objective, as confessed by Ukrainian officials, was merely “to kill Russians.” In other words, unable to win the war, the U.S. only wanted to wear down Russia, generating chaos and instability in Moscow’s strategic environment.
