That gave me a laugh.
It's US claims for now. To be fair, the US claims during the war have been quite accurate. I think China were really taken aback by the west's response. They, like Putin, expected a weaker response with a fragmented EU not being able to all agree on how to proceed. China has been embarrassed by association, especially how they assumed it would be a 48 hour invasion and the news cycle would move on a week later. I also think it's probably put their plans for Taiwan on hold for now.
if china starts arming russia we are another inch towards world war .. the west would need to sanction the absolute f#ck out of china and a downward spiral we go...
looks like serbia needs to be reined in serious loop hole for russians avoiding sanctions now too..
Yes, the whole world are taking part in a vast pyramid scheme. It is well known that there is a massive crash coming but no one knows what to do about it. That is why crazy things are being done to prolong it which is making the coming crash bigger.
Yea the Americans have been pretty much spot on with their intelligence so far.
Its hard to see what China would gain by getting involved with this conflict, they really have Russia by the balls as it is anyway.
China will do what they do best and not do anything.
They see weakness in Russia in regard to pretty much everything. They see weakness in the EU with inflation, energy, food supply, refugee crisis, everything. They see weakness in the Americans over pretty much everything and anything.
They'll just sit tight and continue doing what they are doing, whilst everyone else is beating each other up.
Big difference between Russia asking for aid and actually getting it. Serves China well to leave them high and dry and pick the carcass when this is all done and dusted.
The A-Team are still sitting in the base waiting to be called upon.
Well I suppose if no-one else can help...
I can't see any possible benefit to China arming the Russians. What would be in it for them? Russia is a much smaller country and coming in as an ally of the Russians in a war / illegal invasion would only cause grief for themselves.
It kind of is though, isn't it? Obviously you expect wealth flow to be weighted upwards to those with the capital but it's drastically one sided now. We're lucky in Ireland as well, the inequality way more evident in the States.
China is the nastier and much more brutal and cold version of Russia.
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A can bé seen by the troops in Irpin.
Maybe find a different website away from boards
Certainly looks like it.
Must be the case. I say going forward governments and armies will look back on this invasion and see how not to do it.
The Same news site claimed 180 foreign fighters were killed in last nights airstrikes ..
Pure nonsense from a claimed news source in the ME
@Bayonet
I mean on CNN after war broke out, one of Christiane Amanpour's first questions to some guest she had on, was about Israel's position on this. A country the size of Wales in the M.E. is headline news during a war in Europe. It's a bit odd.
Is that the piece you where referring to?
a proxy war between China and the US on the border of the EU. That’s a worst case scenario that no one had considered in the discussions of worst case scenarios up to now
I'm not sure China would help.
1. Kind of goes against their long held belief about national borders.
2. Putin is a leper. Do you want to be associated with a leper or risk contracting what he has.
3. Suits China better to watch all its rivals batter each other.
4. They dont want to face sanctions either. A lot of Chinese citizens have become very accustomed to western lifestyle, technology, etc minus the democracy, free speech etc
Sure according to the Jerusalem times Russia were very close to making an agreement last week ,
The only reason Israel is getting mentioned is because Zelenskyy is Jewish
Yes, 'peace' talks are a total sham. Putin is a brutal tyrant and is not going to agree to some peace deal where he shakes hands smiling with Zelensky in front of flashing cameras.
Other than boosting their arms industry, I can't see what China gains by wedding itself to a sinking ship. Russia has already lost, even if they manage to overthrow Ukraine in the end. It's now a sanctioned pariah country. If China sends in major hardware like tanks and jets, you can't hide that sort of stuff and I'm sure the west would slap some sanctions on China for that. The Chinese could send in ammunition and artillery shells on the quiet, but I really can't see them putting their eggs in the Russian basket case.
Whatever about food inflation in Europe, people here have some capacity to absorb rising costs. And Europe can produce enough food to feed itself. China, and its population, are not in the same position really there. They do have plenty of food stored, but not an unlimited amount. The average Irish person can cope with the price of bread doubling. That might not be as easy for the average Chinese person
By the balls? They are sitting now analyzing what is going on before they move on Taiwan. It does look like they will not be waiting much longer.
There are China-US talks scheduled for tomorrow, so I guess the US is putting this story out beforehand in order to force the Chinese into commenting on the topic.
Do you remember what caused the Arab spring when all those countries overthrew the governments. You know what caused it to happen so quickly ?
It was that Russia had a really low crop of wheat due to bad weather. Now add into that Nuclear energy to supply reactors, gas, oil, 80% of the components to make microchips, fertilizer and God knows what else. You get the picture now ?
It's a huge chess move isn't it? Testing how far China is willing to go.
If they agree it changes everything. There is a massive alliance there.
If not, he has moved too soon and will not get the chance again.
Yeah but they've still got
They have the whole world by the balls. Between covid, the fractured Western economies and now this turmoil in Europe, they are fast evolving into the only dominant superpower.
But thankfully we can trust them because they are a great bunch of lads.
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