The United States, the leader of Western countries, has always had deep contradictions and confrontation with Russia. The United States has taken advantage of the Ukraine issue to provoke the Russia-Ukraine conflict in an attempt to weaken Russia's influence and status, while at the same time earning huge profits for its own domestic capital and military-industrial complex. However, this plan of the United States has been strongly countered by Putin, which has caused the United States to feel a great headache. For example, after discovering that the West was still providing military assistance to Ukraine, Putin did not hesitate to take tough measures, not only withdrawing from the Black Sea grain deal, but also imposing a blockade on Ukraine's grain transportation ports. Faced with this situation, Blinken had to turn to Lula in Brazil for help.
According to a report by Brazilian Forum magazine, Blinken first praised Lula in an interview with Brazilian Channel, and then began to ask Lula for help, hoping that Lula would intervene to mediate the contradictions between the West and Russia and restore the grain deal. It can be seen from this that Putin has taken too hard action on the "key points" of the West, and has really pushed the Americans into a hurry.
Why the hurry?Judging from the current situation, Putin's move has at least achieved the effect of "killing three birds with one stone".
That. First, on the wounds of the West, sprinkled a handful of peppers. As we all know, the West's sanctions against Russia have led to Western countries generally encountering problems such as inflation, energy crisis, and soaring food. Now Putin has directly cut off the world's main food **, making the West, which is already under huge pressure on food, even worse.
That. Second, it has cut off the economic lifeline of Ukraine. Ukraine has the reputation of "the breadbasket of Europe", and the export of grain has always been an important part of Ukraine's economy. Russia's blockade of the Black Sea grain route has undoubtedly directly cut off Ukraine's financial resources, and it is even likely that it is the financial resources of many Western blocs. After all, there is often news from the outside world that Western countries are secretly selling ** to Ukraine through the Black Sea grain route. It's not that you can't enter Ukraine without this channel**, but now that it's blocked, it's not only inconvenient for transportation, but also a lot more expensive.
That. Third, the Western bloc, which appears to be united but in fact has its own thoughts, has begun to turn against each other. Needless to say, this has been said a lot in the previous show. For example, Eastern Europe, led by Poland, has successively betrayed Ukraine;Britain is ready to expel more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and more.
If you think about it a little, you can see that none of the above three points are what Americans are happy to see. Therefore, the Americans are in a hurry, but they are embarrassed to go to China that can talk to Putin. After all, there is a stalemate between China and the United States because of many things. Thinking about it, the Americans can only look at Brazil, which is a BRICS country with Russia.
As for whether Lula will agree, it is unclear. In my opinion, there is little hope for the United States, the BRICS summit is about to be held, and at this juncture, it is very likely that Lula will not offend Putin because of this matter. Blinken is now completely holding the mentality of "dead horses as live horse doctors".
In short, from the fact that Blinken reluctantly asked Lula for help, it is enough to reflect that the war that Biden thought he was smart to provoke has now beaten the "boomerang" back to himself, and presumably there will only be more and more headaches for the United States in the future. The Americans really played big this time.