A War With Many Faces
Reidar Kaarboe
Hva Mener Partiene
In this opinion piece, we will take a look at the roles of the four actors: the US, the coup regime, Russia, and Europe. — The war in Ukraine is not the result of one man's madness, but of a deliberate process in which Ukraine was sacrificed on the altar of hegemony. Already in 1993, the US strategy was clear, and NATO began its "courtship" of Ukraine, with Western support.
The United States: Mainly Responsible for Creating the Conditions for War | The United States, through NATO, has pursued an expansionist policy that deliberately ignores the principle of the "indivisibility of security" (that the security of one state should not come at the expense of another).
It was a matter of course for the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis to demand that the Soviet Union turn its back; it would be crossing a red line, posing an existential threat to the United States, and there would be war. The United States gained support in Europe. But when the Russians used the same words about NATO's expansion eastward, they were met with the statement that "Ukraine has the right to decide who it wants to be allied with".
By pushing military infrastructure right up to Russia's borders and ignoring diplomatic warnings for 30 years, Ukraine was turned into an existential battlefield. This was not a coincidence but a calculated strategy to weaken Russia. Manipulating Russia into war was the means.