Posted on 12/28/2021 6:29:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I still believe Russia could have been brought into the fold if it wasn’t for Bush and Clinton dancing on the grave of Russia after the Soviet Union fell with our arrogant foreign policy.
The only Sino Soviet pact you’ll see is one divvying the American carcass after three more years of our new regime.
Gorbachev said that exact same thing the other day. Is that you Goby?
Well in this case he happened to be right. Especially that nonsense in the Balkans.
Sorry to disappoint you, but they have an alliance and are open about it. All thanks to the NeocCons & NeoLibs.
Still could. The Ruskies ate pragmatists. They will seek to triangulate, but they have a 2,600 mile long border with China, mostly resource rich, and thinly populated Siberia.
When, not if, the CCP starts eyeing that territory, Russia will be looking for strategic partners. Russia and the EU and the US have a common competitor in the CCP, if not yet a common enemy.
Still could. The Ruskies ate pragmatists. They will seek to triangulate, but they have a 2,600 mile long border with China, mostly resource rich, and thinly populated Siberia.
When, not if, the CCP starts eyeing that territory, Russia will be looking for strategic partners. Russia and the EU and the US have a common competitor in the CCP, if not yet a common enemy.
Reagan supported a Marshall Plan to basically build up Russia post-Soviet, I think it would have been a good idea.
Maybe. For sure, Clinton’s humiliating Russia in the Balkans earned the US a lasting grudge from Russian nationalists like Putin. More to the point, what Russia has to offer China is an abundance of coal and natural gas which they can redirect from Europe to energy starved China, thus both feeding China and starving Europe.
Anyone ignoring such issues in international calculus does not deserve to be taken seriously.
Russia has to keep China out. Russia does not have the population to defend itself from China. China could easily take over the eastern part of Russia and Moscow could do nothing but watch.
WRONG!!! China will use Russia to gauge how far the West can be pushed; safely. It started with Russia taking Crimea... and nothing happened. So China took Hong Kong... and nothing has happened; well other than passing the security laws amd removing Tianaman statue. Russia is currently saber-rattling all along the Ukraine border; and the Biden admin has agreed to “talks” on 1/10/22. Where Paw-Paw will give away the store and commit to start operation for NordStreamII. Oh, and Lukantschenko remains in Belarus. Russia is settlijg in just fine as the lil evil brother while China prepares to take Taiwan.
Hmm...is this article rope-a-dope propaganda paid for by Beijing?
Yes, Russia is not a major high-tech weapons supplier to China, nor an economic powerhouse, nor a big trading partner. Does this mean that Russia and China have nothing of value to each other? Energy? Raw materials? Development and population opportunities in the Russian Far East?
The strategic assistance they can give each other is dividing the US’s attention and resources. When China decides to attack Taiwan, a clear sign will be Russia intensifying its threats, or actually attacking, Ukraine and/or in the Middle East. Alternatively, if China attacks Taiwan, and the US get involved, it will present Russia with an opportunity to act (though they will have to assess who is going to win and how quickly). But the events have to be considered as a pair by US defense planners. We’d be hard pressed to cope with both simultaneously; our adversaries know it, and our allies do too. If they expect us to fail, will the EU and NATO sit it out? How about Southeast Asian allies? With the pathetic condition of American leadership, placing faith in us would hang less on analysis than nostalgia.
i think more of a non-aggression pact
This article is highly naive. Both Russia and China have contingency plans to invade each other, and it won’t be surprising when and if that day comes, but, in the meantime, there are a lot of reasons for an alliance. They have a lot of common enemies that standing together will work against.
Just like Hitler-Stalin 1939.
This guy is crazy. For example, Russia has a lot of oil and resiurces China could use. Russia is also a geographic bridge to Europe.
Just so.
Both Russia and China have nukes. Neither side will invade each other. If they want a war they will do so by other means, such as creating a virus to steal elections to get their puppet into power
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