New Delhi: Today such a scene is emerging on the chessboard of geopolitics which the world is stunned to see. Till yesterday, America, which used to guarantee security to the world by becoming a global policeman, today the same superpower looks like a paper tiger. South Korea is terrified, Japan is looking for new ways to protect itself and in the eyes of Ukrainian President Zelensky, the helplessness that Washington’s use-and-discard policy has gifted is clearly visible. Trump’s stubbornness in the midst of the Iran war has forced him to leave his most trusted aides to fend for themselves.

The failure of America’s billion-dollar THAAD system in front of Iran’s cheap drones and Washington’s surrender to Russian oil are testimony to the fact that the sunset of American supremacy is now only a matter of time. Have we entered an era where Washington’s close friendships have become the world’s greatest risk? There will be smiles on the faces of Xi Jinping sitting in Beijing and Putin in Moscow today. Without even firing a single shot, his biggest rival is getting buried under his own ego and burden. Here, Trump, who has been pressurizing India to give up Russian oil, is now pleading with us that India should buy oil from Russia to keep crude oil prices under control.

Iran’s trap and the destruction of THAAD
America is currently embroiled in a very costly and loss-making war with Iran and its proxy organizations. Iran has broken the back of America’s military economy with its strategy.

· Expensive Missile vs Cheap Drone: America’s state-of-the-art and billion-dollar THAAD and Patriot missile defense systems are being wasted in shooting down Iran’s suicide drones costing a few thousand dollars.

· Deterioration of military balance: The cost of a THAAD interceptor is in crores, whereas the drone sent to destroy it comes at a price of ‘kopecks’. Engaging in this ‘economic warfare’, America is investing its valuable military hardware in the Middle East. The result is that it has to remove its heavy military equipment from strategic fronts like South Korea and Japan, paving the way for China in the Indo-Pacific.

use and discard policy

America’s double face on Ukraine war has been revealed to the whole world. Till yesterday, America, which was putting global pressure on India and China not to buy oil from Russia, today, in view of the rising crude oil prices and shortage of gas supply across the world, the same America is pleading with India to buy oil from Russia.

· U-turn on oil: Washington, which till yesterday was calling for sanctions on Moscow, is now saying in a hushed tone that it should buy oil from Russia so that the prices do not increase in the global market. This is the height of America’s moral decline.

· Zelensky’s helplessness: Ukrainian President Zelensky is now finding himself alone in the midst of a war with Russia. The priority of the Trump administration now is not to give arms to Ukraine but to save its lives at any cost.

Why is America weakening?

· Trust of colleagues broken: South Korea and Japan have now understood that America would prefer saving its ‘military hardware’ rather than standing with them in times of crisis.

· Surrender to Russia: The compulsion to lift the embargo on Russian oil shows that America’s ‘sanctions diplomacy’ has completely failed.

· Open field for China: When America is reducing military hardware from Taiwan and the South China Sea and using it to deal with Iran’s drones, then Xi Jinping has got a golden opportunity to expand in Asia-Pacific.

· Load of expensive weapons: America’s defense budget has now become a burden for it. The country, which is in debt of $35 trillion, is no longer in a position to fight a long and expensive war. But it will not be easy for him to get out of the current situation quietly.

America lost credibility
Today’s America is no longer the superpower it was during Vietnam or the Gulf War. It has become a country which is leaving its own people in the lurch. By engaging with Iran, it has weakened its military power and lost its credibility on the issue of Ukraine. Xi Jinping’s smile is justified, because the world is now moving from a ‘unipolar’ to a ‘multipolar’ system, where America’s leadership is now becoming a thing of the past.

question Answer

Why is America’s ‘THAAD’ system failing against Iran?

This is not a technical failure, but an economic failure. To shoot down Iran’s very cheap drones, America has to spend millions of dollars on its expensive interceptors, which is harmful for the American military treasury in the long run.

What major change has America made in its stance regarding Ukraine?

America, which was earlier pressurizing the world not to buy oil from Russia, has now become soft on buying oil from Russia in view of its energy needs and inflation and is reluctant to provide military assistance to Zelensky.

How is it beneficial for China to remove military hardware from Japan and South Korea?

Due to America reducing its military presence in these countries, a ‘power vacuum’ is being created in the region. China will directly benefit from this, which will be able to further strengthen its control over the South China Sea and Taiwan.