Biden Wants to Go at the Peak: Will the US Give Permission to Strike Russia After the Elections

Biden wants to go at the peak: will the US give permission to strike Russia after the elections Angela Figin

In a week, the United States of America will hold presidential elections. However, Joe Biden will still have time to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range Western weapons, regardless of who wins, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.

This opinion was expressed to Channel 24 by the head of the Center for Analysis and Strategy, political scientist Igor Chalenko, noting that a certain window of opportunity may open for Ukraine in the period after November 5 and before the inauguration of the new president.

When will it be a good time for Biden to make a decision

First of all, the window of opportunity is connected with the fact that Harris's headquarters will relieve Biden of certain responsibilities. In addition, if Trump wins, then a new round of confrontation between Democrats and Republicans will begin on November 5, and it will be necessary to show maximum activity.

Biden still needs to finish his political career on a high, so I think that in fact such decisions have a better chance of being made than Biden going into memoirs again and saying that he has allegedly already defeated Vladimir Putin, Chalenko said.

A victory for the Republican candidate will give Biden the opportunity to make the necessary decisions before the inauguration of the new president. If Harris wins, she can say that this was her predecessor's decision and that she had nothing to do with it.

There is potential in this situation, but the question is whether it will be used. It is obvious that the United States and Germany are under pressure from other partners to grant permission for strikes with Western long-range weapons on Russian territory. The UK is the most active here, the political scientist noted.

Recall that British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that a decision on long-range weapons should be made before winter.

Please note! According to Ivan Us, chief consultant at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, Joseph Biden may give Ukraine permission to strike deep into Russia immediately after November 5, when the US presidential elections will take place.

There may be different scenarios

The United States uses different tactics when cooperating with Ukraine. One tactic is when a political decision is first made, then it takes two to three months to implement it.

And there is an inversely proportional situation, for example, as was the case with the ATACMS cluster and high-explosive missiles. Only a month after Ukraine first used high-explosive ATACMS, they said they had granted permission.

It is possible that some preparations are already underway, but we do not know this, so we cannot appeal to this possibility either. But we would like to receive positive signals in November, Chalenko added.

By the way, former CIA Director David Petraeus believes that the United States should grant permission to strike Russia as soon as possible. In his opinion, this situation is similar to the decision to provide Ukraine with F-16 aircraft, Abrams and Leopard tanks, and ATACMS missiles.