Is The U.S. Rushing Into A War With Russia?

A Ukrainian soldier is pictured on Sunday holding a NLAW - Next generation Light Anti-tank Weapon - while manning a checkpoint on the outskirts of Kyiv. NATO has so far sent 17,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine

Daily Mail: 'Tell me how we don't get sucked into conflict': Biden White House fears being drawn into open warfare with Russia as it carries out a 'warp-speed' mission to arm Ukraine with 17,000 anti-tank missiles

* Antony Blinken on Sunday morning said that Poland had been given the 'green light' to send MIG fighter jets to Ukraine

* Poland replied that they had no intention in sending the planes, fearing that it would give Russia an excuse to attack them

* Russia has warned that enforcing a no-fly zone or sending planes from NATO territory into combat in Ukraine would be a declaration of war

* NATO countries are instead sending massive quantities of weapons to Ukraine, with 17,000 anti-tank missiles crossing the border in seven days

* General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was on Sunday in Lithuania inspecting the U.S. troops stationed there

* Joe Biden on Sunday night returned to the White House from his weekend in Delaware, with White House officials reportedly discussing how to avoid war

The White House was struggling on Sunday night with how best to support Ukraine without drawing U.S. and NATO forces into direct conflict with Russia.

The day began with Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying the White House had given the 'green light' for Poland to send fighter jets to Ukraine - a declaration that Moscow forcibly rejected. It then concluded with Poland describing reports of their sending jets to Ukraine as 'fake news.'

A senior American official told The New York Times that the question being asked in the White House is: 'Tell me how we don't get sucked in to a superpower conflict.'

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WNU Editor: This is a time when the US should be actively positioning itself to provide diplomatic solutions to end the Russia - Ukraine war, and to defuse nuclear tensions.

Instead .... the U.S. is not only providing massive military support to Ukraine, but are now doing everything in their power to destroy the Russian economy and state.

And the U.S. is not even hiding it.

That is not an act by a government to avoid war. That is a government rushing to expand one.

Update: Hmmmm .... I am not the only one who is thinking like this .... The US Is Not Trying High-Level Diplomacy to End the Fighting in Ukraine (Antiwar.com).