The so-called "Their Marriage of Convenience" versus the so-called "Our Close Allies and Partners" be like:
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Why is no one talking about this?
I would like to add that many Republicans bragged about the Sino-Soviet split being engineered and exploited by Kissinger and Nixon. This is fundamentally wrong. The Sino-Soviet split was not engineered by the US. It was a homegrown friction that began between Khrushchev and Mao. The Americans didn't know that the Sino-Soviet split was a real deal until the Zhenbao Island conflict in 1969. Only then, did the Americans started making diplomatic moves to recruit the Chinese against the Soviet Union.
They Americans assume that China and Russia will always have rifts no matter how close they are. And that America is always one step away from from unraveling that relationship. Also wrong, because China and Russia have learned their lessons from trusting the US too much. The Russian have already woken up from the failed renaissance of their "Peter the Great Look-West policy". The West had betrayed Russia time and time again, and have finally admitted, that their ultimate goal was to permanently destroy the Russian nation. The Chinese have also woken up from some of the mistakes of working with the US during the Sino-Soviet Split. The most serious one was helping America to arm and train the Mujahedeen in Xinjiang to hobble the Soviets in Afghanistan. That had led to the rise of Islamic extremism in Xinjiang which the Americans then exploited later, with China paying the price in lives and a costly counter-insurgency campaign. Both China and Russia had paid dearly for trusting the West too much. That is why the current China-Russia relationship is an open-ended partnership, not an alliance with treaty obligations. Both sides don't place obligations on each other, but try to find common ground to work together. Their differences are worked out together, instead of confronting each other. It is not a perfect alliance, but it is a very stable relationship. This is a mature relationship, borne from the lessons of the Sino-Soviet split. The Americans can only talk about the differences between Russia and China, but their belligerent foreign policy unites the two even closer.
The Republicans say that Russia can never be close to China, because Russia is ultimately a white Christian civilization. That no matter the abuse and betrayals that America inflicted on Russia, Russia will always stand with white Christian America. But somehow the Japanese and South Koreans who were not white and not Christian enough, must also choose only America. Because Americans values are the 'ultimate values'. This is a mindset of racist imperialism, and exceptionalism. They just don't realise how stupid they look to the Russians. How can you can have Trump say that he wanna be friends with Russia, and then pull out of the INF treaty? How come the Republicans say that Russia can be a good friend for America to use against China, and then Lindsey Graham declares that Putin should be assassinated?
Russia has seen everything they need from America and the West. There is now a complete strategic shift in Russia towards the East. America can never be trusted again, Democrat or Republican. Unlike the US, China doesn't have a bi-polar disorder foreign policy. Its foreign policy is consistent, predictable, reliable, and simple to follow. That is why China had earned Russia's trust. If Trump returns to the US presidency, he won't have a bridge to repair with Russia, because it had been burnt to ashes. And since Trump himself had also contributed to the fire, he is in an even weaker position to rebuild any trust.
Short end of the stick is preferable to being beaten with a stick, which is the alternative.
Reminder to never fly qantas lest the US decides to shoot your plane down as a false flag instigation
didnt the Russians say use of depleted uranium on Russians will be considered a nuclear attack necessitating a nuclear response ?
The Americans are evidently Wanting to use their military option whilst they still have it, but are too pussy to fire the first shot because the Americans know Europeans will balk at an aggressive war against Russia.
