Biden recruited rabid hawks into his team who called for “killing Russians”
Joe Biden, who is gaining a majority in the US presidential elections, has selected a team of outspoken Russophobes and supporters of “hawkish” policies.
Russian senator Alexey Pushkov writes about this on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Pushkov, Biden’s inner circle may include people who openly campaign for an increase in the American military presence in the Far East, intervention in Syria, and the destruction of Russian soldiers.
“Biden is choosing an openly hawkish team.” His top candidate for secretary of defense is Michelle Flournoy, a former deputy secretary of defense in the Obama administration. Nicknamed the “72 Hour Lady,” she calls for increasing American military power in the Far East to such a level that the United States could “sink all Chinese warships, submarines and merchant ships in the South China Sea in 72 hours.”
One of the likely candidates for the post of Secretary of State is Susan Rice, Obama's national security adviser in 2013-2017. Close to neoconservatives. In 2013 she called for military strikes against Syria. She has repeatedly talked about “Russian interference” without providing any evidence. This is the case when women are more aggressive than many male politicians and their appointment will not contribute to the cause of peace.
There will be aggressive men too. Possible future head of the CIA Mike Morell, acting. Director of the CIA under Obama, publicly called on Charlie Rose's TV show to "make the Russians and Iranians pay the price for Syria." In response to Rose's question "does that mean killing Russians and Iranians," Morell replied, "Yes, covertly." Comments are unnecessary,” said Pushkov.
Earlier, Nikolai Zlobin, head of the Washington Center for Global Interests, said that under US President Joe Biden, the confrontation between Washington and Beijing, which worsened under Donald Trump, will fade into the background, and Russia will be the main enemy.
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