BEIJING, December 6. /TASS/. The United States has assigned to Ukraine the fate of a victim, which both the Republican and Democratic parties will continue to use in the struggle for political power, columnists of China’s daily Global Times believe.
According to the authors, "the issue of aid to Ukraine is undoubtedly a powerful tool for Republicans to manipulate Democrats in partisan political struggles". The experts believe that Ukraine "is becoming a sacrifice for US partisan struggles and US interests."
They recall that Washington is using the Ukrainian crisis both to solve security issues in Europe and in the interests of its strategy against Russia. "The US will not stop this process, which is a tragedy for Ukraine," the newspaper quotes Li Haidong, a professor at China Foreign Affairs University, as saying.
The article notes that in 2024, when the US presidential election will be held, the Republicans "cannot give up using the Ukraine issue to embarrass Biden and the Democrats."
"Voters will largely judge Biden's performance in foreign affairs based on how he handles the Ukraine crisis and the Gaza crisis," the article reads. "However, regardless of how Biden performs in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Republicans have made it clear that Biden's handling of the current situation is a failure, and they will continue to criticize him on this issue."
Western support for Ukraine
Lu Xiang, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times that now that the US House of Representatives is in the hands of Republicans, who are staunch opponents of US involvement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it is unlikely that the budget of support for Ukraine will be approved. "In addition, the outbreak of the Palestine-Israel conflict will inevitably weaken US military aid to Ukraine," he adds.
The article emphasizes that if they win the 2024 election, the Republicans may make major adjustments to their alliance policies, including shifting the responsibility for relevant aid to Europe. "European assistance to Ukraine is a drop in the bucket, and the blame game by the US will inevitably deepen European allies' suspicion of the US," the authors write. "Although suspicion between the US and Europe is normal, the current trend is exacerbating it."
The columnists stress that it took the White House "a long time to establish credibility within the alliance, but it may not take that long to destroy it." They also note that "many European countries are also victims" of the conflict in Ukraine.
On Monday, the head of the White House Office of Management and Budget, Shalanda Young, sent a letter to US lawmakers. In it, she warned that by the end of the calendar year, the United States will completely exhaust resources to provide support for Ukraine, if the funding project requested by the administration is not approved.