MOSCOW, Feb. 14 The policy of intervention in other countries cost the United States the status of world hegemon, wrote in an article for the American Conservative magazine by columnist Rod Dreher. In his opinion, the United States has exhausted itself in «senseless» military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. «Now we must live with the consequences of the wrong choices we then made, and no bragging, and wishful thinking cannot change the situation,” Dreher believes. The author of the article noted that no one gave Washington the right to “be the sole arbiter in international relations.”
" the old enemy of the Cold War, Russia, is essentially pushing us around, but deep down nobody wants war", the columnist writes.
Dreher also emphasized that Russia is protecting its geopolitical interests on its own border, and the US cannot risk starting World War III over Ukraine.Zakharova called US actions in Ukraine war propaganda «Now is not 1992. Russia is stronger than it was then, and America is weaker, mainly because of its own stupidity. <…> What kind of world order is this that allows the United States to determine, what other countries can and cannot do? the publicist concluded. In recent months, the West has been accusing Moscow of preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine and is strengthening its presence in Eastern Europe. In Russia, they reject all claims, emphasizing that they are moving troops within their territories, and also remind that they do not participate in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and do not violate any agreements, unlike Kiev, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements. As Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier , Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Moscow does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at «covering Kiev's line of sabotage» of the Minsk agreements on Donbass. As noted in the Kremlin, the information hysteria of the US and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. «Russian special operation USA