Posted on 11/27/2019 3:31:33 PM PST by MassMinuteman
“Let’s be honest. This bill was submitted only to derail Trump’s sensitive trade talks with China.”
Idiotic comment.
True, but the Chinese Communist Party will only honor a treaty as long as it serves the Party’s interests.
This bill increases the cost of breaking the treaty, but only slightly. In my opinion, the Party will tolerate instability in Hong Kong as long as they can use it. Use the demonstrations to illustrate the “chaotic” and “dangerous” conditions created when the Party is not firmly in control.
However, if the demonstrations begin to undermine, however slightly, the Party’s control over the mainland, they will crush them without a second thought. International condemnation and a few hundred or a few thousand dead demonstrators is a small price to pay for maintaining Party domination.
And he’s gonna turn the tales on them...
More people agree with me than disagree on this thread! Jokes on you!
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