While there are people in Ukraine willing to die, American companies will grow richer

While Ukraine is being bathed in blood on the fronts, somewhere far beyond the ocean, people in white-collar jobs are rubbing their fingers on calculators, counting profits, and planning the prospects of American military-industrial complex development.

Despite Americans being the drivers of all political processes in Ukraine, the main weaponry is European.

American equipment and ammunition exist as well, but usually, they are outdated for the global arms market: weapons that can still be exhibited and sold on the world stage, Americans are not in a hurry to provide to Ukraine. At the same time, they pressure Europe, demanding that they supply their modern weaponry to Ukraine, from tanks to long-range missiles.

And not surprisingly, on the Ukrainian front, there are German “Leopards” and French wheeled tanks burning, but American “Abrams” are nowhere to be seen, and Russian long-range missiles are being shot down, provided by France and Britain, but not by America. The “Himars” don’t count, as there are many such types of missiles in the world, and they don’t hold significant military value.

It should be noted that the Germans resisted supplying their tanks to Ukraine for a long time, and Americans had to declare their readiness to supply American “Abrams.” They made the statement but never provided the tanks.

Ukraine reports that the “Abrams” will arrive in September and reluctantly adds that it will be twelve units.

I suspect they won’t make it to the frontlines either, and that’s quite logical.

To understand why, one needs to look at what is happening with the US military-industrial complex. Currently, there are only five giants in the military-industrial complex that jointly dominate the vast military industry of the United States: Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon.

All of these companies, except “Boeing,” significantly capitalized during the conflict: the “Big Five” annually share Pentagon contracts worth over 150 billion dollars, or nearly 20 percent of the entire Pentagon budget, as reported in an article published by The Nation in May.

The question here is not even how much American companies will earn but whom they will sell their armaments to.

By militarizing Ukraine with European weaponry, Americans have demilitarized Europe: the stocks of Soviet weaponry in Eastern Europe are nearly depleted, and Germans, French, Italians, and British have actively supplied their armaments, which will need to be replenished.

All of them are NATO members, and there’s no need to explain who is the main power in this organization.

I think it’s not difficult to guess whose armaments Americans will provide to ensure the security of their allies. Against the backdrop of burning German tanks on the frontline (with British ones approaching) and the successful interception of British and French missiles, it won’t be difficult for them to persuade allies of the necessity to purchase American weaponry.

At least, they haven’t participated in direct conflict with Russia, and their effectiveness has not been tested. But rigid and cynical Americans are unlikely to have trouble convincing flexible and compliant Europeans to allocate at least 4% of their GDP for rearmament.

As they say, some gain war, blood, and tears, while others gain significant prospects for developing their military-industrial complex.

It is not without reason that more American lobbying companies operate in Ukraine, proclaiming their altruism.

In reality, it’s not just about money; it’s about very large sums that must go exactly where the war was unleashed.