"Borrowing a knife to kill people" is a metaphor for not shooting oneself, but letting others shoot to hit others.
The United States is the country that likes to kill people with a knife, such as borrowing the hand of the Taiwan region to deal with China, Ukraine against Russia, and now, it wants to borrow Poland's knife to add to Russia's blockade, but this time the United States has lost.
At the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia was well aware of the importance of air supremacy, and first focused on destroying Ukraine's air force, resulting in Ukraine falling into passivity in this war. So Ukrainian President Zelensky asked NATO to set up a no-fly zone in Ukraine.
But for the United States and NATO, even if a no-fly zone is set, Ukraine has no air force to defend, and can only use the US military or other NATO warplanes to defend, which is equivalent to going to war with Russia, which is not acceptable to NATO countries. In addition, Putin has issued a statement warning NATO countries that he will regard countries that implement no-fly zones as "participants in military conflicts."
So Zelensky retreated to the second place, because most of the weapons provided by the US military and NATO countries are ground-based weapons for tank troops, so this time he hopes to get weapons that can fight back against the air force, including fighters, drones and bayonet anti-aircraft missiles, he specifically mentioned that he hopes that Eastern European countries will provide "Russian-made fighters", which are the usual use of Ukrainian pilots when they are trained.
The longer Ukraine lasts, the bigger the blow to Russia, so the United States hit Ukraine's neighbor Poland, and the United States said that as long as Poland is willing to provide its stock of MiG-29s to Ukraine, the United States will provide Polish F-16 fighters in exchange.
But Poland does not want to be used as a knife by the United States like Ukraine, after all, providing Ukraine with warplanes may offend Russia and make Poland a new battlefield. On March 6, the Polish Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying that Poland had provided ukraine with a lot of assistance and stressed that "Poland will not deliver the warplanes to Ukraine."
But U.S. pressure and moral condemnation did embarrass Poland, and Poland's subsequent brilliant response caught the United States off guard.
The Polish government announced on March 8 that it would "immediately" and "freely" transport all of its stockpiles of MiG-29s to the U.S. Military's Ramstein Air Base in Germany for disposal by the United States, while also calling on other NATO allies with MiG-29s to "take the same action."
They did not want to muddy the waters, so the US Department of Defense immediately rejected Poland, saying that the proposal was untenable, and Lu Lan, the us undersecretary in charge of political affairs, also said in the statement that she was surprised by Poland's statement, as far as she knew, Poland did not communicate with the United States in advance.
Poland is willing to provide MiG-29s, but to be sent by the United States, it can be said that it is a smart person, the United States does not want to shoot itself and has to refuse, and as a result, the United States has changed from a "saint" who helped Ukraine to an "evil person" who rejected Ukraine, and Ukraine is still a poor person who is beaten as always.
The United States failed to kill people with a knife, but there are many stories of killing people with a knife in ancient China, share one for your reference.
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Qi attacked the State of Lu, which was weak and the situation was critical. Confucius's disciple Zigong believed that only the State of Wu could compete with the State of Qi, and he just learned that Tian Changzheng, the chancellor of the State of Qi, wanted to usurp the throne, so Zigong began a series of lobbying operations.
First of all, Zigong went to the State of Qi to find Tian Chang and said: "Although you Qi State are now fighting the weak and small country of the State of Lu, although it will definitely win, it will not be of any benefit to Tian Chang yourself, but it will allow your political enemies to use this to expand their power." If you want to eliminate the enemies around you, the fastest way is to fight with the powerful country of Wu, so that your political enemies will die at the hands of the State of Wu, so that your chances are greater. ”
Tian Chang said, "What you said is reasonable, but at present there is no reason to attack the State of Wu, and the division is unknown." ”
Zigong said, "As long as I can persuade the State of Wu to fight the State of Qi, the State of Qi will have a reason to go to war with the State of Wu." ”
Then Zigong rushed to the State of Wu and said to Wu Wangfuchai: "If the State of Qi attacks the State of Lu and the strength of the State of Wu increases greatly, the State of Wu will be in danger, so it is better to attack first and unite with the State of Lu to fight Qi, and then the State of Wu will dominate the world in the near future!" ”
Wu WangFucha felt that it was reasonable and agreed to join forces with Zigong and Lu Guo.
In the end, Zigong thought that after the Victory of the State of Qi by the State of Wu, he would still fight the State of Lu in turn, and the crisis of the State of Lu was still there, so he went to the Duke of Jin dinggong and said: "After the State of Wu defeats the State of Qi, it will definitely turn around and hit you in the State of Jin and fight for hegemony in the Central Plains." You must be prepared militarily to resist the invasion of the State of Wu. ”
In 484 BC, Wu Wang Fuchai personally led an attack on the State of Qi, and the State of Lu sent troops to assist in the battle. The State of Qi was defeated, and both the commander and the general died in the rebellion. The State of Qi had no choice but to ask for peace. After Fu Cha won a complete victory, he immediately turned his head and attacked the Jin state. The State of Jin, because of the reminder from Zigong, had already prepared and eventually repelled the Wu army. The States of Qi, Wu, and Jin all suffered heavy losses in this war, and only the State of Lu suffered the least losses and successfully survived this multinational collision, and Zi Gui borrowed three swords to balance each other and became a real victor.
Why did the United States fail with a knife? Why did Zigong succeed? In general, it is the rationality of the interests that determines their success or failure.
Even if you want to use other countries as a knife, you must give sufficient reasonable benefits and reasons. Zigong gave Qi Xiangtian the opportunity to eliminate dissidents, gave King Wu the ideal of dominating the world, and gave the Duke of Jin Ding the information to keep his territory, and these people all had their own benefits while serving as swords in Zigong's hands.
On the other hand, the United States, want to use Poland as a knife, give too few benefits, just a simple F-16 for MiG-29, coupled with the United States' current poor credit in the international community, today's promises tomorrow do not know whether they will be achieved, plus Poland does not urgently need the United States reason, of course, will not easily joke about its own country's future.
Even the knife in the hands of the United States, such as Ukraine, such as Taiwan, is actually only taking a false hope. Ancient information is not developed, when other people's knives can also be said to be because of information asymmetry led to deception, the modern world situation is very clear, without careful consideration as the knife of other countries, only afraid of the end is worrying.