The incursion is not unusual; China frequently tests the air defenses of Taiwan. But this minor aggression occurred against a bleak global backdrop: Russian tanks are rolling across Ukraine, and while the United States rallies world opinion against Moscow, China won’t even call it an invasion.
Tuesday, March 01, 2022
Commentary: Russian’s Invasion of Ukraine Has the Potential to Embolden China
With a reconnaissance plane in tow Thursday, a small fleet of eight fighters deliberately probed disputed airspace before scrambled jets scared them away, an air-to-air episode that may be part of the larger international epoch which President Biden frequently describes as one of “democracy versus autocracy.” But these weren’t Russian fighters. They were Chinese.
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No shit.....
ReplyDeleteNo, FJB's reaction to the Russian incursion is emboldening China.
ReplyDeleteNobody gets cause and effect right anymore.
China did call it an invasion. Once.
ReplyDeleteChina is backing away from Russia as it can't help Russia avoid the sanctions without getting sanction herself. Xi can't afford anything like that at the moment as he is having to deal with a massive crash in the real estate market as a result of developers going belly up.
I'm with Quartermaster on this one. If Russia rolled Ukraine and the world did an "meh", Taiwan would already be gone. But the sanctions and action from the rest of the world stopped that: China can't feed its own people, they can't afford a blockade.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt Putin acted because FJB is a fully owned meat puppet who funded this little incursion by pumping Russian oil revenues; the US reaction via purely symbolic sanctions is telling.
My concern right now, amplified as we have a son deployed with the USMC, is Biden pulling DNC tactic #1 from the hat and taking us to war during a polling crisis; nothing like dead servicemen (go fuck your gender bullshit) to unite a country around a president.
What if, call me crazy, China is thinking, "Those Ukrainians are giving the Russkies a hard time. Wonder if the Russians are able to defend Siberia still..."
ReplyDeleteYa know there are things we are not hearing. I've read several articles that claim Ukraine is incredible corrupt. All I've read places Ukraine as the second most corrupt country in Europe. Even more corrupt than Russia. No I don't support Russia invading the country but I have to wonder. Did Putin wake up one morning and decide hey, I think I'll invade Ukraine? Or have they been fucking around? Don't tug on Superman's cape comes to mind. All I know is I do not want one drop of American military blood dropped on their soil. Those Americans that chose too live there and chose to not get out, fuck em.
ReplyDeleteUkraine has been corrupt for a long time (Hunter Biden/Burisma, among many others), as have most of the former SSRs. Zelenskyy was elected as a "Throw the crooked bums out!" reform candidate and has been working mightily to do what he was elected to do.
DeleteAs if China wasn't already emboldened. They've been pushing things for more than a decade now.
ReplyDelete"Embolden" China? I'm expecting them to move on Taiwan by the middle of the March.
ReplyDeleteNemo