US Threatens Missiles, Jets, and now Crimea, US Sees (Seeks) War with China by 2025 (TheNewAtlas)

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for February 1, 2023 + US and its potential war with China by 2025.

- Western media begins preparing public for the fall of Bakhmut;

- Recent Ukrainian losses is being used to call for more weapon shipments to Ukraine including calls for missiles and jets;

- Arms shipments are being accompanied by calls for arming Ukraine for taking Crimea;

- A 2013 US government-funded poll found that most people in Crimea identify as Russian or Crimean (not Ukrainian) and a majority leaned in favor of associating with Russia, not the EU;

- Announced arms shipments and threats toward Crimea represents the West's attempt to find leverage over Russia as Ukraine suffers growing setbacks on the battlefield;

- At the same time, the US appears to be preparing for war with China over Taiwan;

- The US is out of time in terms of encircling and containing both Russia and China, forcing it to commit to increasingly reckless policies to achieve its objectives;



One point of contention with China in the Asia Pacific region ... China has been acting heavy handedly and is not popular, or trusted, by its regional neighbours who also do not trust the US - countries such as Malaysia or Vietnam. Not everything that China does is good, just as US influence is not necessarily a good thing.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, February 2, 2023.]