So, the anti-war President, morphing into the Biden 2.0 war President, is planning to supply long-range Tomahawk missiles to the dictator of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Supposedly, the decision is still pending, but our anti-war President is wagging his finger in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying “if you don’t stop now, we will send the Tomahawks.”
Of course, this raises the questions… if Ukraine is winning the war, why does Russia need to declare a ceasefire? And since Russia is supposedly losing… why does Ukraine need Tomahawks? Of course, the answer to these questions is clear: Ukraine, and NATO, is losing the war. And a number of sources have already noted that these missiles will not be a game changer in the NATO-Russo War that is currently being fought out by NATO on the Steppes of Ukraine.
Some have expressed concern that supplying such a nuclear-capable system to Ukraine would be flirting with nuclear war. Additionally, there’s apprehension that the only way these systems could be used is by American military technicians, thus bringing the United States into direct conflict with Russia.
As for the direct nuclear threat, this fear is far overblown, as the Tomahawks that will be supplied will most certainly be those designed to carry only a conventional warhead. Even having American technicians operating them is really a minor issue, for there is a far greater risk that to my knowledge nobody has yet addressed.
The Tomahawk is the last, significant conventional long-range bombardment weapon system that the West can supply to Ukraine. Usually armed with a 1,000 lb warhead, the Tomahawk does not have much of a punch, even by World War II standards. In its conventional form, it is designed to be fired in salvos, rather that individually, so as to destroy a target. Currently, the Tomahawk is mounted on U.S. Navy submarines, the ground version having been scrapped in the early 1990s. Therefore, it will take a little time to get these into position to use them.
Missiles are bombardment systems, essentially glorified artillery. And beyond the Tomahawk, the only other weapon system in the West with any long-range punch would be a nuclear-armed missile, which is the ultimate in bombardment artillery.
So, what is the real risk? That the Tomahawks will be demonstrably shown for all to see that they are incapable of doing anything significant in a peer-to-peer combat match, with many being shot down by the Russian air defense systems. Those that get through will do minimal damage, but not change the direction of the war.
In the past, Tomahawks have always been fired in highly permissive environments. Indeed, the entire arsenal of Western weapons over the last 50 years have been used in permissive environments, where the enemy encountered was not much more than a shadow.
And now, our anti-war President, who promised to stop the forever wars and Make America Great Again, is going to show to the entire world that it’s not Russia who is a paper tiger… but the United States.
The coming failure of the Tomahawks in the NATO-Russo War will demonstrate to all that the United States is no longer to be feared. It will be a clarion call that the world hegemon based in Washington, DC is no longer great. And as Tomahawks are strategic systems, this will represent a strategic defeat for the United States, and NATO as well, leaving us with only two viable options: admit defeat… or go to nuclear weapons.
All from the hands of our “Make America Great Again” no more wars President.
Russ Rodgers has several books published on Amazon.
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Yes, this is a HUGE mistake. We have denuded our weapons stockpiles — stockpiles we will need to fight China — to help Ukraine, a country that is not the good guys in this conflict (there aren’t any). We need to stop building our foreign policty on the lesser of two evils.