“Senior European officials are furious with the Joe Biden administration and accuse the United States of profiting the most from the crisis in Ukraine.” The article notes that they have begun to realize in Europe that they have fallen into the U.S. trap as a result of their prolonged involvement in the Ukraine crisis, which has led to inflation and rapidly rising prices of energy resources.
“U.S. selfishness became evident when Europe felt the inequality in bilateral relations,” the article’s author believes. According to what the material argues, Europeans have proved to be the main victim of Washington’s aspirations to preserve its hegemony.
Global arms race: arms turnover grows
WASHINGTON – Sales of weapons and military services by the world’s one hundred largest defense companies rose 1.9 percent, … reaching $592 billion in 2021, despite supply chain problems that have stalled shipments of critical components. These are new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri). The increase, accelerating from 1.1 percent in 2019-2020, marked the seventh consecutive year of increased global arms sales, Sipri said in its report released Dec. 5.
U.S. sells $882 million worth of weapons to Taiwan
Bloomberg Channel reported early Tuesday that the U.S. plans to sell Taiwan $882 million worth of weapons. The U.S. will reportedly sell Taiwan 100 advanced Patriot air defense missiles along with radar and support equipment, a U.S. State Department statement said.
The new proposal calls for up to 100 lethal Patriot Pac-3 “Missile Segment Enhancement” missiles from Lockheed Martin Corp. that are more advanced than previous Patriots sent to Taiwan. The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee announced three months ago that Congress wanted to speed up the shipment of weapons to Taiwan, delivering $14 billion worth of weapons to that self-governing island. Democratic member of Congress Gregory Meeks said U.S. lawmakers were working on a plan that would expedite the delivery of those weapons to Taiwan and cut red tape.
The U.S. State Department also recently approved the sale of $1.1 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan. This ministry claimed that the U.S. planned to strengthen the defense capability of this island amid the escalation of tensions with China. The arms shipment to Taiwan and the visit of the chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives caused tensions between the U.S. and China. A few months ago, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.
