On February 4, leaders from many countries around the world attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before the start of the Winter Olympics, many Western media were hyping about the "Five-Day War" between Russia and Georgia during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, implying that Russia might go to war against Ukraine during the Winter Olympics.
Now that the Winter Olympics have been going on for several days, Russia has no intention of going to war against Ukraine, but the United States has done something unusual and unfriendly.
For example, Biden approved the deployment of 3,000 additional troops to Eastern Europe, as well as the mobilization of "three aircraft carriers" combat forces in the Mediterranean, and the main warships of the Russian Navy to "clash hard", including joint military exercises with allies in the Asia-Pacific region and other places.
After all, it has not been a day or two since Russia and the United States have been in conflict over this matter, and the situation was indeed a little tense before. It is very rude to conduct military exercises in the waters around the mainland, and because of this, a top-level fighter jet was crashed, and "had to" stay in military forces for a long time.
The reason is very simple, let alone a country, even if it is between ordinary people, the neighbor's house is holding a celebration, and you put two cannons in front of people's homes to provoke, which is obviously an extremely rude act.
Although we cannot directly send warships to drive people away because of the strength of the United States and its various high-sounding reasons, such as the "salvage" of aircraft by the US military in the South China Sea, this kind of rude behavior is bound to further promote Sino-Russian relations toward closer togetherness, which is very unfavorable to the US global strategy.
Now the US think tanks, as long as they are a little rational, know a problem, that is, the United States wants to suppress China and Russia at the same time, and it is unlikely that the United States will win on both fronts. On the other hand, if China and Russia are really forced to the point of "alliance," the situation of the United States will be even worse.
If this is the case, then why is it that at such a sensitive time as the Winter Olympics, Putin is a guest on the mainland, but the United States is sending more troops to Eastern Europe while still provoking trouble at China's "doorstep"? Even the direction of the Middle East is pulling Israel, Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries to hold joint military exercises, which has offended Iran again.
In a word, the United States, which should have been strategically contracted, adopted a strategic offensive, just as Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on the 11 Western powers at the same time at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Of course not, because the timing chosen by the United States is very clever. First of all, from Russia's point of view, if the Biden administration dares to show such a toughness before the Winter Olympics, then Putin does not mind a small punishment of Ukraine and really scares Europe, and then the situation will not be able to clean up.
At present, on the one hand, the tension in Ukraine has lasted for so long, and Russia is also a bit strong and wants to close. On the other hand, after all, China is holding the Winter Olympics, and russia is not ready to act directly before the Ukrainian side has made an obvious act of war.
Therefore, at this time to increase troops to Eastern Europe, it can show the "toughness" of the United States, but also not to make the situation unmanageable, which is exactly what Biden hopes to see.
Second, let's talk about China. It is no longer a day or two for the United States to hold military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region in conjunction with Japan and other countries. The very existence of this military exercise is to create an "illusion" that the mainland's periphery is not so stable, so that other small countries can see that the United States has the "ability" to disturb the security situation around the mainland.
During the Winter Olympics, many leaders of various countries came to the mainland to attend the opening ceremony, and many of them "did not deal with" the United States. At this time, in the name of "salvaging" fighters, the deployment of US military forces in the waters around the mainland is a "warning" to these countries.
To put it bluntly, the Americans send warships every day to wander around our surroundings, and they certainly don't dare to really fight, but their purpose is to let other countries see that they "dare" to wander around China, and usually everyone does not care about this.
Not to mention the bad thing that the F35C fell into the sea, even if not, they would send warships in and out of the South China Sea during the Winter Olympics. From the perspective of the mainland, everything has priorities, and in order to run the Winter Olympics well at present, it is naturally not good to deal with a few "salvage ships" of the US military.
Needless to say, the military exercises in the Middle East, pulling Israel and Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, such "sworn enemies" to hold military exercises together, the significance of its sense of existence is obviously greater than the actual significance. If anything really happens, the parties to this so-called "joint" military exercise will burn incense without fighting, let alone deter Iran.
All in all, whether it is to increase troops to Eastern Europe or to exercise in the Middle East and Yugoslavia, the recent move of the United States can be said to be a rebound of "holding back" in the past six months, and at the same time, it has also made the "iron triangle" between China, Russia and Iran more solid. In the past, the Americans were accustomed to running amok and overbearing, and now it is inevitable that they will be "angry" in the international arena if they want to shrink strategically, but the current domestic situation in the United States does not allow them to "go crazy," so they can only endure.
At present, the time window for the mainland to host the Winter Olympics has made the opponents and enemies of the United States less "sharp" for the time being, and will not cause a crisis because of the temporary provocation of the United States.