The Obama administration might try to trigger a confrontation with Russia in Ukraine to provide an advantage for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton before the presidential elections in November, says a political commentator.
Scott Bennett, a former US Army psychological warfare officer, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Saturday while commenting on statements by Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the commander of the US Army in Europe, who called on Russia to allow observation of its military exercises in the Black Sea.
“That would do a lot, frankly, to lower anxiety,” Hodges said, adding that, “There’s nothing wrong with an exercise. It’s … the lack of transparency.”
Bennett, however, argued that despite Hodges’ claims, “the real reason is simply to try and gain an advantage over military forces in the future war that they are going to try and trigger with Russia.”
He said that it is “very obvious to Russia and…