Conflict in Ukraine could lead to a missile crisis between the US and Russia - Die Welt
The well-known German publicist Michael Stammer, in his article “The conflict in Ukraine could grow to the scale of the Cuban Missile Crisis,” argues that Ukraine in 2015 has every chance of becoming the Cuba of 1962, reports The World.
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Stammer is confident that Russia has brought the war “to NATO’s eastern borders.” He writes: “The war there is essentially a laboratory of military and political technologies. But this dispute is much more dangerous than both the parties to the conflict and those involved in it imagine. Time works against everyone and creates a dangerous situation of getting used to the state of war, in which it is very easy to slip and which can easily become uncontrollable.”
“The accumulation of American weapons and American instructors, mercenaries from all over the world in Ukraine, the author believes, suddenly “could become the gates of hell for the whole world.” “Strategic mistakes in the fog of war will certainly lead to tactical mistakes,” the German journalist is sure.
“Western sanctions do more harm than good,” writes Stammer, “especially for Germany, and not only in the economic aspect, but also in the political one. By pushing Russia into a marriage of convenience with China, sanctions are turning this country into a very unpleasant neighbor.”
The conflict in Ukraine is not a guerrilla war on the edge of the world, but a drama with global consequences, the author is sure. The parties refuse diplomatic ways to resolve the conflict, which fills the process with unpredictable power. “Meanwhile, the situation may also affect the world order, which no longer exists,” writes the German publication. – Russia and Putin in this situation are similar to America and Kennedy in 1962. Then for 12 days the world was on the edge of the abyss. What lessons can be learned from the past? It is necessary to save not only your own face, but also to spare the other side. Ukraine today is on the verge of political and economic collapse. It’s better not to imagine an alternative to diplomacy..."
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