US uses Russia-Ukraine conflict to gain the upper hand over Europe：German MP

In which a member of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (a vaguely left German party which seems at least like a somewhat better alternative to the AFD fascists) says everything many people here have been saying for a while, still worth a read.

February 24 marks the anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which has been ongoing for two years with no end in sight. Why can't the conflict be resolved? As it continues, has the West's mentality of "defeating Russia" evolved? How does the conflict impact global geopolitical patterns? As the two-year anniversary approaches, the Global Times (GT) collected views within the US and Europe.

In the second interview of the series, Sevim Dagdelen (Dagdelen), a member of the German Bundestag since 2005 and a member of Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht, shared her insights. As a long-serving member in the Foreign Affairs Committee and prominent critic of US imperialism and NATO, she is committed to peace and diplomacy and advocates for an independent and sovereign civilian European foreign policy.

GT: The Russia-Ukraine conflict is entering its third year. Why do you think it cannot be ended?

Dagdelen: The US administration clearly continues to show no interest in a ceasefire or in a diplomatic solution. The torpedoing of the Istanbul peace agreement of spring 2022 by the then UK prime minister Boris Johnson on behalf of the US is continuing to make itself felt. What is new is that the German government is pushing ever more strongly to substitute the massive US military and financial assistance for Ukraine as the House of Representatives is currently blocked in the US. At the beginning of the war, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that the objective was to "ruin Russia" through economic and proxy warfare. That appears to be truer than ever. The German government's dangerous overconfidence seems to be contributing to the fact that there is no promising approach to putting an end to the war.

Rest of the article can be found at the link. Fairly short article.