For decades, China and Russia have had a tense relationship. This was a function of their very long border with one another, particularly during the Soviet era, and the US efforts to cultivate an alliance with China.
But things change. The US has been treating both China and Russia as strategic rivals in recent years, and that hostility is driving both nations to rethink their relationships across the world, including with one another. This has brought the two rivals close together.
This is demonstrated by an upcoming Russian military drill, which has tended to be a source of tension with China. This year, China has been invited to participate, something which once would’ve been unthinkable.
Now, they’re not competitors in Asia, or rivals vying for superpower status. Instead, they see the huge US military and the increasingly surly US policy toward both of them as aligning their interests, and bringing them together to face a common enemy.
US officials see growing closeness between Russia and China as intended as a “message” for them. In reality, it’s the inevitable product of US policy, which has treated both Russia and China as enemies to be dominated.
Amerikastan is quite adept at creating enemies. That’s all right because, having been beaten by illiterate farmers in Afghanistan and slum teenagers in Iraq, it’s not as though Amerikastan will actually go to war against Russia and China anyway.
Possibly not, but Amerikastan is just dumb enough to do that.
Russia and China will stick together long after our NATO allies will have left our side .
The American people have no power over their Judas Goat leaders.
That’s right, the USA is not a democracy unless one considers the freedom to vote for one schmuck or another every four years to be “democracy.”
The agressive posture of US and its NATO allies did not start 2014. It was clearly signalled with Georgia misadventure 2008. And Putin’s speech of 2005 was designed as a clear warning to Western domination paradigm — designed to bring out into open the agenda. Nothing has changed since, only when any country acts to protect its own i terests — the wholesale condemnation pours out from collective West. Iranian nuclear deal was no different. US would cancek it, Eurkpe doth protested too much — while Iran loomsd at deeds not words. And Europe is named — again. Just as it was naked when it made Yanukovic sign new election order, just to insure that police is pulled back and ghugs with guns occupy the Parliament. All laws were passed under gun — no protests from the “values” conscious Europe. Handwriting was in the wall since the end of cold war. Then the series of massive lies, from Malasian plane, to Olympic athlete cheating, to bizarre poisoning story, from “agressiom” on Ukraine to Russian responsibility for Syrian chenical weapons, list goes on.
The problem with zealotism and zealots is — they are too much in live with their own
smarminess to notice that nobody is buying. And too sure of themselves to pay attention to the dynamic they unleashed. Today, they — and most wrifers and analysts todate — live in a denial. They are failing to see, and failing to appreciate the magnitude of Nemesis their Hubris produced. Rusdia and China collaborate in everything — from military research and production -/ to solhisticated icon based language for operational interoperability that does not depend on vagafjes of any language. Both leaders stood in front of cameras yesrs ago and declared their intent to collaborate in military technological development in a way that avoids duplication. Thus, advancements in Chinese aviation, is very likely product of collaboration. I am sure that all four of new gen weaponry wnnkunced by Putin March 1, was product of collaboration. Moreover, China’s factory floors may be already producing a number if those weapons, in components, snd easily shipped by standard containers by ships, train or trucks. It makes zero sense to speculate about Rusxia-China collaboration on many fronts. What is with the obsession of the two having to SIGN a piece of paper to be “cormal” allies. Thiis is East. Things are do e a bit more subtly.
You and I agree on this . China and Russia are collaborating for their own independent survival . can’t blame them for that .If I remember right you where writing about Yugoslavia too . Trump is right if the United States wants to fight with Russia He must prepare for space war . Nuclear bombs coming from outer space maybe a lot more difficult to stop than airplanes or sinking aircraft carriers . I believe Russia and China are right now ahead of NATO in space war . Russia has little money but they have spent their national defense money very wisely
Trump’s whole approach to foreign policy is actually more coherent than any other presented by any president post WWII thus far. It is all in a short paper titled Foreign Policy Strategy, April 2016. The objective of policy is not war, but preventing erosion of US economy and trade, with the resultant weakness in US security. Getting economy on the right track, and adressing weaknesses in military, was a two track approach to making a U-turn. Trump does not want to fight Russia or anybody in space or elsewhere, but recognizes that US has fallen behind — and having weaknesses at the same time while practicing uber agressive foreign policy in every corner of the globe — is not a good prescription for national recovery. He needs to wrestle back some money now flowing to Elon Musk and others pretenders in space technology, to even have a chance to get space back on track. He needs space agency just to get back into the space technology. All the greats of space travel argued against Obama’s gutying of NASA and privatizing parts of it. Musk is doing satelite launches on the same principle scam artists once employed to destroy competition — undercut their prices by deliberately losing money until others are out of business. And how does he do that? He makes up the money by charging US military three times the price. And nobody has managed to develop heavy space rocket engine. Musk brilliantly strapped three of his lighter ones, and declared thar a win. With only one test, and much lighter load then required, he fought for — and received — Airforce certification. If this is not corruption, I do not know what is.
Trump has been prevented from doing anything with the enourmous military budget, unless he complies with the Middke East forever war neocon demand. And this implies challenging Russia. In this challenge, US will have only UK support, as the same neocon brotherhood rules there as well. But while the rest of allies may give luke warm suppirt, they will not be there for US. At present, it is very unclear if Trump can curcumvent the controls put around him. He successfully navigated North Korea, but the process of undermining js under way. He almost managed Syria, but he was brutally put in his place by the “steady state”. So, now we are sailing into confrontation, with a flurry of false flags all over the place, and agressive military posture. The only hope is that there are some adults left in military — hopefully they did not retired them all in order to promote nerdy fools in their place.
How to negotiate with others from the position of strength? By being strong — by ditching expensive global expansionism, wars, stulid trade deals meant to bribe allies, and by increasing domestic production thus alleviating dependence on foreign products. The status quo “steady state”. is not budging. And putting our military deliberately on the confrontation path with Russia. Hoping for casualties, in order to rev up “patriotism”, our willingness to suffer economically for the sake of warprofiteering. All seen before.
you think China and Russia are problems for DC, just wait until the EU gets its shit together
The pope and Obama will probably lead the E.U. and stabilize Europe for another great world power . Both of these guys have a socialist agenda and often worked well together in the past .
the Pope??!?! the only reason he isn’t up on racketeering charges is that the US authorities are terrified that they will not be able to contain sexual abuse to just the Church. apparently abuse in some thing like public schools is miles worse.
Ill Clinton united Russia and China in 1999 We fired a missile into the Chinese Embassy accidently on purpose At the same time general Wesely Clark issued orders to shoot the Russian soldiers Both China and Russia were humiliated when Yugoslavia was destroyed . Neither China or Russia wish for this same thing to happened to them . They have been sharing military secrets ever since 1999