this is why all dictators on planet earth should be violently removed.
'let me win or ill nuke you'
this is why all dictators on planet earth should be violently removed.
'let me win or ill nuke you'
China seems pretty keen on "supporting Russia in word only." As in, they'll say and do anything to help Russia... that doesn't actually help them fight, because they value their monetary connections to western countries far more than they care about Russian megalomania.
But China saying "Yeah sure, Russia owns Crimea, why not" is basically no skin off their bones, so I wouldn't be too sure about that.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
The ever money greedy China won't do anything that could endanger relations with the West. China really REALLY doesn't want sanctions, especially not over supporting Putin's small peepee operation. Maybe over invading Taiwan, yes, because Taiwan is a huge prize economically speaking, but Ukraine holds 0 value for China.
So yes, other than flying over battlefields with a huge banner saying "Go Russia!", China won't do anything.
Last edited by Cynical Asshole; 2022-09-21 at 06:57 AM.
Yeah, but them simply saying that they think Crimea and any other Ukrainian territories belong to Russia is that exact level of weaseling, center-line they've liked to tow where they 1) condone Russia's actions to give Russia internal propaganda and look like stalwart allies all while 2) not actually committing to doing anything themselves at a level where 3) Western countries still wouldn't be bothered to affect any sanctions against China over a mere statement.
It's like when Russia and China participated in those co-training military exercises. It makes Russia think China is a fastidious ally who's cooperating with them without China aiding Russia's combat efforts in any actual way and was so brief that other countries didn't even debate sanctioning China over it.
Last edited by Kaleredar; 2022-09-21 at 07:00 AM.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
So it begins.
Russian Federation's Final Solution to the Ukrainian Problem.
Good luck Putin, you're gonna need it.
Last edited by Lahis; 2022-09-21 at 07:13 AM.
So, so many Russians are going to die as a cannon fodder... I have been this happy for years! God, all those broken families, unborn children and widows!
I'm sorry, I have to go and jerk off.
Infracted.
Last edited by Flarelaine; 2022-09-21 at 11:14 AM.
Thank God people like you don't decide how it is handled.
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I've said it before, but I say it again; the only people who should get to decide how to deal with the russian invasion is Ukrainians. Sure I have my own agenda of wanting to see russia disintegrate, but I'll support whatever you guys decide.
wonder how many russians will flee. russian stock market nose diving.
Whoever wrote the speeches must have been drunk given the many contradictions in it.
We are only after the Donbas but everything we take is also our and that means any attempt to retake it will be a threat to our territorial integrity which means we might use nukes to defend ourselves and this time we really, really mean it but the big bad west is using nuclear blackmail against us when all we want to do is threaten them with nukes if they don't let us win. And on and on.
And Shoigu is just as bizarre. He says they have lost less than 6,000 soldiers while Ukraine has lost 100,000 yet despite such lopsided losses they need to call up 300,000 more soldiers.
But that's the thing, they've explicitly said that Crimea is Ukrainian territory.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-pol...thorities.html
(year-ish old but still)
I would not agree. The Chinese have a very long history and the main theme is that the people usually can do their best to ignore their government while going on with their lives. Oh party members are very nationalistic (at least they have to present so) but your average chinese citizen just wants to live and let live. Meanwhile the Russians are passionate about their autocracy du jour.
The main issue is we have a much better chance of affecting Russian culture because their youth is reasonably connected to western culture while China does a far better job keeping their citizens separate and any Chinese that has a rudimentary grasp of history has every reason to be wary of if not outright hostile to the west.