[larrytown]

don’t realize they have managed to get the Russians and Chinese who were played off against one another quite well in the Cold War, to unite as allies against the US and Europe.

Marriage of convenience at best, illusory. China is the tarbaby of diplomacy, and the Russians know it as well as anyone.

[sarge83]

And they are watching their two biggest rivals destroy one another and they don’t have to lift a finger and we are stupid enough to fall right in line with it.