Posted on 07/25/2022 6:53:29 AM PDT by JonPreston
Washington should assist in promoting a Russian-Ukrainian dialogue for peace instead of working towards including Russia in its list of state sponsors of terrorism, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Monday.
"The US should create favorable conditions to advance Russian-Ukrainian peace talks. Washington should take steps to facilitate a political settlement to the crisis in Ukraine," he said at a briefing replying to a question by TASS as to how officials in Beijing view the US government’s intention of labeling Russia as a sponsor of terrorism.
The Chinese diplomat said Beijing sees a peace deal as the only effective way to de-escalate in Ukraine.
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If you know the history, the French invaded South Vietnam to save their “Rubber” Plantations because the NV were taking them over. When they couldn’t stop them, the French persuaded JFK that the US needed to send advisors to help them train the South Vietnam Army to protect their plantations and “STOP” the encroaching Soviet expansion. LBJ picked up the mantle and got the US fully involved. I have personal knowledge of what happened as I was stationed in the Navy during that time and I also had a brother who was a tank commander. They were told that they could not fire on the NVA when they were hidden in the rubber groves because if they did, the US had agreed to pay the French $ million for each rubber tree that they destroyed. It was very frustrating for our troops, naturally, because we all knew that it was a BS conflict from nearly the beginning and was really for commercial reasons. So, next time you see a car with Michelin tires, give them a good salute and thank LBJ and our Congresscritters for our involvement. But, hey, we stopped the spread of communism, didn’t we? //sarc intended// I fully expect to see American jets flying over Ukraine very soon. Biden (and many others) has major investments there that need to be protected.
Actually that was Ike, not JFK, and it was in 1955.
And we were so desperate to have France in NATO, that we looked the other way when she demanded to keep her colonies in Indo-China.
Agree with you 100%.
Was going to make that point myself
If the Russians left the Ukraine today - by your birthrate logic - the moslems
would still take over the Russian nukes in 10 years.
The US libtards clearly abhor peace and don’t even reference the word
China, the beacon of truth and peace...Thats precious!
And so many on here agree completely with that. Hmmm?
That window is closed. I get that you don't want to hear it, but that's the way it is. They blew it. Had Russia demilitarized in the late 80s, early 90s, they could have taken advantage of global trends and built up a value added manufacturing economy in partnership with the West. There are now not enough young ethnic Russians left to bring the place back to population stability. Russia is past the demographic point of no return.
Terrorist state looking for crime to pay in Taiwan say, “let crime pay in Ukraine. C’mon, guys. What could go wrong.”
I might mention that the French and de Gaulle had a really bad ego and arrogance problem, and Eisenhower coddled 'em way more than he should have, even sending the first "Advisors" to listen to their complaints and offer 'em the US Dollars you describe.
I was there too, in the mid Sixties, and I saw the same bullcrap, however we ignored it a lot at sea, funny thing, there were no witnesses (or Rubber Plantations).
That certainly justifies Supporting, Arming and Paying Uke Nazi Terrorists and Murderers to punish Russians for failing to throw out the Commies and Islamofascists like YOU have done right here in the US.
Those Russians certainly can't measure up to YOU.
I gotta admit , you've been accurate on all your comments on this thread.
There are now not enough young ethnic Russians left to bring the place back to population stability. Russia is past the demographic point of no return.
In large part this why Putin is trying to steal Ukraine. He needs those 40 million Ukrainians to become “Russians’ to avert the impending demographic suicide of European Russia.
What I couldn’t ignore is seeing our pilots come back in really bad shape. Air Navy saw what it did to our folks, not necessarily what it did to the enemy. So it was different kind of stress than the boots on the ground.
Anytime we could extract any pilot of a disabled aircraft that managed to ditch in salt water was a really big day for us.
(Not that I was a fan of John McCain.)
Watching Russia hide behind China’s skirt...
LMAO
Your definition of anti-American is vague, especially for a handle like yours.
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