** 12-May-2022 World View: Lend-Lease aid to Ukraine
utahbob wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:04 pm
> Two quick notes:
> 1. John you are correct that Putin is trying to dehumanize the
> Ukrainians. Seach his “Victory” Day speech and he does not mention
> “Ukraine.” Not once. They do not exsist in his world, they are
> just bad “Russians” to be brought back in to the fold.
> 2. No mention of the American aid to the Soviet Union.
The American aid to the Soviet Union refers to the "Lend-Lease Act" of
1940, where America provided military aid to the UK, the Soviet Union,
and China, to defeat the Nazis and Imperial Japanese.
The new "Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022," which just
became law, provides American military aid to Ukraine to defeat
Russia. The name "Lend-Lease" was chosen as a signal to Russia that
they're the new Nazis.
-- Biden signs US Lend-Lease Act for Ukraine: What does this mean?
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-706384
(Jerusalem Post, 11-May-2022)
In my book on China, I wrote a little bit about the WW II Lend-Lease
program:
> "When war broke out in Europe in September 1939,
> President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that while the United
> States would remain neutral in law, he could "not ask that every
> American remain neutral in thought as well." Because the American
> public was strongly against entering the war, Roosevelt began
> supplying weapons to Britain in exchange for leases on territory,
> and later on deferred payment terms known as "The Lend-Lease
> program," which would not require payment until after the war.
> Over the course of the war, the United States contracted
> Lend-Lease agreements with more than 30 countries, dispensing some
> $50 billion in assistance. Although British Prime Minister Winston
> Churchill later referred to the initiative as "the most unsordid
> act" one nation had ever done for another, Roosevelt's primary
> motivation was not altruism or disinterested generosity.
> The Lend-Lease program didn't originally apply to China, but in
> 1940-41, Roosevelt formalized U.S. aid to China. The U.S. extended
> credits to the Chinese Government for the purchase of war
> supplies, as it slowly began to tighten restrictions on Japan.
> The United States had been the main supplier of the oil, steel,
> iron, and other commodities needed by the Japanese military in
> China. But in January, 1940, Japan abrogated the existing treaty
> of commerce with the United States. This abrogation gave
> Roosevelt the ability to cut off or restrict the flow of military
> supplies into Japan. After January 1940, the United States
> combined a strategy of increasing aid to China through larger
> credits and the Lend-Lease program with a gradual move towards an
> embargo on the trade of all militarily useful items with Japan.
> In 1940, Japan announced the intention to drive the Western
> imperialist nations from Asia. On September 27, 1940, Japan
> signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, making China an
> ally of the West. Then in mid-1941, Japan signed a Neutrality
> Pact with the Soviet Union, freeing Japan's military to move into
> Southeast Asia. A third agreement with Vichy France enabled
> Japanese forces to move into French Indochina and begin their
> Southern Advance. Although negotiations restarted after the
> United States increasingly enforced an embargo against Japan, they
> made little headway. Diplomats in Washington came close to
> agreements on a couple of occasions, but pro-Chinese sentiments in
> the United States made it difficult to reach any resolution that
> would not involve a Japanese withdrawal from China, and such a
> condition was unacceptable to Japan's military leaders. Faced with
> serious shortages as a result of the embargo, unable to retreat,
> and convinced that the U.S. officials opposed further
> negotiations, Japan's leaders came to the conclusion that they had
> to act swiftly. For their part, U.S. leaders had not given up on a
> negotiated settlement, and also doubted that Japan had the
> military strength to attack the U.S. territory. Therefore they
> were stunned when the unthinkable happened and Japanese planes
> bombed the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The
> following day, the United States declared war on Japan, and it
> soon entered into a military alliance with China. When Germany
> stood by its ally and declared war on the United States, the
> Roosevelt Administration faced war in both Europe and
> Asia."
John Xenakis is author of: "World View: War Between China and Japan:
Why America Must Be Prepared" (Generational Theory Book Series, Book
2), June 2019 Paperback: 331 pages, over 200 source references, $13.99
http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... s.scbk.htm
https://www.amazon.com/World-View-Betwe ... 732738637/
As a separate subject, I've heard two military analysts make the same
recommendation. Since one was on MS-NBC and the other was on Fox
News, it would seem that it's getting serious consideration.
The problem is that Russia is blocking Odessa and other Black Sea
ports, leaving Ukraine as a land-locked nation. This will be
devastating for Ukraine's economy, but it will also be devastating for
a lot of other countries because they depend on Ukraine's wheat
exports, and Ukraine normally produces about 25% of all the world's
wheat exports.
So the recommendation is that American warships should enter the Black
Sea, and begin to escort Ukrainian ships to port. This will not be a
military confrontation with Russia, unless Russia attacks first, which
presumably they'll be reluctant to do.
We'll have to wait and see if this recommendation is pursued.
