“That’s quite a conclusion. India did not join on sanctions because they are too dependent on Russia for their energy. If they shut off Russian oil, their people would starve.”
Seems they could replace it with Middle Eastern oil, like most of the Western countries have to do. And given their refining capability, if they had gone with the sanctions, the sanctions would have been far more effective in getting Russia out of Ukraine. Seems to me that we didn’t make a very strong case to them.
“China has always been a quasi-ally of Russia.”
That’s a stretch, and I suspect you know it. In any case, they are now FULL-UP partners thanks to the Neocon policies of starting the Ukraine War and provoking China over Taiwan.
Regardless, how about the other 98+ countries.
“But, you know Xi is watching the Russian military and eyeing Eastern Russia at the same time. I would suggest that Siberia is at risk for invasion as much as Taiwan.”
China doesn’t have an expansionist history, and no one has made a case for China wanting to take Siberia. In fact, it seems to me that as long as Russia is willing to provide China with resources at decent prices, China would be good with that. Remember, China isn’t run by suicidal Neocons.
“China doesn’t have an expansionist history, and no one has made a case for China wanting to take Siberia.”
You may want to talk with China about that: China has long claimed that Siberia is Asiatic and a part of historical China.