There's a reason I'm not a diplomat. If I had been presented with what Mr. Wang was presented with by our chief amateur in the SoS office, I would have told him to shove it up his ass. Mr. Wang, on the other hand, politely and circumspectly told him we're going to do whatever the hell we want and whatever the hell you want is of little or no import to us.
I think you misread the whole thing with the "canceling" of Blinkin's trip to China. The US had proposed a trip to China and I'm sure that they felt that China would have to support such a trip. They opposed it and, as of the cancellation, had not accepted this trip. I think that Blinkin's relief was from the potentially really awkward situation of showing up when/where you're not wanted.
I maintain my assessment that Russia will retake all of the territory that voted to rejoin the RF and then they'll stop. The regime in Kiev doesn't seem to realize that if you've pissed a population off, they aren't going to go along with you esp. if they've got a big brother who's saying you don't have to.
I don't thing that the NATO pukes will have any clue how to deal with that eventuality.
Ah but there is some method to the Balloon madness. We in Murica don't get "news" anymore. it's laughable. We are as blacked out of information as N. Koreans.
The real news behind the balloon story is: Apparently, China and Russia are solidifying their trade bond to include munitions! they are linking up more and more. US didn't know how to bring their "base" population into this development while "saving face". They did it via the usual acting method: tantrum and bravado. They introduced the balloon saga (prolly going on for years by all countries), into the nashunal dialog for the yokel publicks.
Given the limited dynamic range and acting constraints of the US rulerz, and that they don't do "adult dialog drama", (and they surely don't do "tragedy" ie ...bad news.), they thought Wang Yi would cower. Dint happen. They thought only they could monetize munitions factories running full tilt to drain Russia. Dint happen.
A big ivy league "fail". It's heart warming to know we are led by the best.
Of course everything the Kiev regime and its western masters do is performative, more rehearsed amd staged than a Hollywood production and more transparently fake than any hooker.
Wang Yi is a gentleman and a real diplomat, not a foolish thug like Blinken and the plethora of so-called State Department diplomats the US sends abroad to do our bidding, dictating to the world what they can or should do or not do or else they'll incur the violent wrath of the "world's only super-bully!"
The Chinese are patient people, as are the Russians, believe it or not, and think things out before taking action on particular issues. As a co-founding member of the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), I hope the Chinese government backs the Russian Federation with whatever it needs to counter the decadent West. The flunky nations (NATO) Uncle Sam uses for world conquest.
Okay, the Chinese are business oriented rather than warlike, like the United States, but sometimes a hard choice has to be made. Do they have the moral courage and moral strength to back the Russian Federation?
The problem is the stage actors are turning into sociopaths.
Government, as executive and regulatory function, is the nervous system, while money and banking are blood and the circulation system.
With public government and private banking, the banks rule, since they are subject to less oversight and control the finances of anyone daring to run for public office.
Consequently it has reached the point the only jobs the flunkies allowed in office have, is running up the debt the banks need to back their assets.
The military industrial complex is the trophy wife of the banks. An undebatable burn pit for the debt, so more can be borrowed.
The stage actors have devolved into sociopaths, because they might wield enormous power, but have no real moral responsibility and authority. Basically delinquent children with matches and gasoline to play with.
As the government is the decision making function, neutering it and leaving the appetites of the rich as the deciding factor, the dynamic has all the strategic aptitude of bacteria racing across a petri dish.
Unfortunately Dr. Frankenstein's Monster has escaped.
When the medium enabling markets is privately held, we are all just tenant farmers to the banks. It's like the heart telling the hands and feet they don't need so much blood and should go suck dirt.
So we will either move onto banking as public utility, or we will have to go back to government as a privately managed service, to rope in the oligarchs, much as China and Russia have done, with Xi and Putin as respective CEO's.
There's a reason I'm not a diplomat. If I had been presented with what Mr. Wang was presented with by our chief amateur in the SoS office, I would have told him to shove it up his ass. Mr. Wang, on the other hand, politely and circumspectly told him we're going to do whatever the hell we want and whatever the hell you want is of little or no import to us.
I think you misread the whole thing with the "canceling" of Blinkin's trip to China. The US had proposed a trip to China and I'm sure that they felt that China would have to support such a trip. They opposed it and, as of the cancellation, had not accepted this trip. I think that Blinkin's relief was from the potentially really awkward situation of showing up when/where you're not wanted.
I maintain my assessment that Russia will retake all of the territory that voted to rejoin the RF and then they'll stop. The regime in Kiev doesn't seem to realize that if you've pissed a population off, they aren't going to go along with you esp. if they've got a big brother who's saying you don't have to.
I don't thing that the NATO pukes will have any clue how to deal with that eventuality.
Ah but there is some method to the Balloon madness. We in Murica don't get "news" anymore. it's laughable. We are as blacked out of information as N. Koreans.
The real news behind the balloon story is: Apparently, China and Russia are solidifying their trade bond to include munitions! they are linking up more and more. US didn't know how to bring their "base" population into this development while "saving face". They did it via the usual acting method: tantrum and bravado. They introduced the balloon saga (prolly going on for years by all countries), into the nashunal dialog for the yokel publicks.
Given the limited dynamic range and acting constraints of the US rulerz, and that they don't do "adult dialog drama", (and they surely don't do "tragedy" ie ...bad news.), they thought Wang Yi would cower. Dint happen. They thought only they could monetize munitions factories running full tilt to drain Russia. Dint happen.
A big ivy league "fail". It's heart warming to know we are led by the best.
FYI an earlier piece by PL re Ukraine coverage is cited below:
https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/facts-are-subversive-how-canadas-mainstream-media-spreads-disinformation-about-the-conflict-in-ukraine
Of course everything the Kiev regime and its western masters do is performative, more rehearsed amd staged than a Hollywood production and more transparently fake than any hooker.
What is Russia going to do about it?
Good comments by all.
Wang Yi is a gentleman and a real diplomat, not a foolish thug like Blinken and the plethora of so-called State Department diplomats the US sends abroad to do our bidding, dictating to the world what they can or should do or not do or else they'll incur the violent wrath of the "world's only super-bully!"
The Chinese are patient people, as are the Russians, believe it or not, and think things out before taking action on particular issues. As a co-founding member of the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization), I hope the Chinese government backs the Russian Federation with whatever it needs to counter the decadent West. The flunky nations (NATO) Uncle Sam uses for world conquest.
Okay, the Chinese are business oriented rather than warlike, like the United States, but sometimes a hard choice has to be made. Do they have the moral courage and moral strength to back the Russian Federation?
The problem is the stage actors are turning into sociopaths.
Government, as executive and regulatory function, is the nervous system, while money and banking are blood and the circulation system.
With public government and private banking, the banks rule, since they are subject to less oversight and control the finances of anyone daring to run for public office.
Consequently it has reached the point the only jobs the flunkies allowed in office have, is running up the debt the banks need to back their assets.
The military industrial complex is the trophy wife of the banks. An undebatable burn pit for the debt, so more can be borrowed.
The stage actors have devolved into sociopaths, because they might wield enormous power, but have no real moral responsibility and authority. Basically delinquent children with matches and gasoline to play with.
As the government is the decision making function, neutering it and leaving the appetites of the rich as the deciding factor, the dynamic has all the strategic aptitude of bacteria racing across a petri dish.
Unfortunately Dr. Frankenstein's Monster has escaped.
When the medium enabling markets is privately held, we are all just tenant farmers to the banks. It's like the heart telling the hands and feet they don't need so much blood and should go suck dirt.
So we will either move onto banking as public utility, or we will have to go back to government as a privately managed service, to rope in the oligarchs, much as China and Russia have done, with Xi and Putin as respective CEO's.
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