Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell: “These are not dual-use capabilities” told reporters On September 10, in Brussels, he briefed China on aid to Russia for use against Ukraine. “These are components of a very substantial effort on the part of China to help maintain, build and diversify various elements of Russia’s war machine.”
Campbell insisted that cooperation between China and Moscow is “not a tactical alliance.” Rather, it is a “basic adjustment.” He said the ties between China and Russia were “orchestrated at the highest level” in both capitals. (Related: Shoshana Brien: Israel Wisely Didn’t Listen to Biden or Harris)
Campbell’s words are the first for the Biden administration. accused China is providing Moscow with direct support for the war. At the same time, U.S. officials detailed Russian technical support for China’s submarine and missile programs.
The world’s two most dangerous nations, Xi Jinping’s People’s Republic of China and Vladimir Putin’s Russian Federation, are moving closer together because they see no cost in ignoring the Biden administration’s warnings. is.
President Joe Biden drew a red line during the presidential campaign on March 18, 2022. video call He met with President Xi Jinping and warned China against providing “material support” to Russia’s war effort.
The Chinese state supported Russia’s war effort even before President Putin’s invasion on February 24, 2022. Beijing clearly approved the attack, as evidenced by a 5,300-word joint statement issued when the Russian leader met with Xi in Beijing just 20 days before the hostilities began. At that time, the two states their An “unlimited” partnership.
In fact, “unrestricted” means that China’s support for Russia is extensive, including providing location data for targeting purposes and selling attack drones and ammunition. Russia’s latest tank have chinese circuit board.
In late April, Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted that Mr. Xi was not listening to the United States. He claimed that China is Russia’s main supplier.
“What Mr. Biden chooses next will be critical to global security and stability,” said Matthew Pottinger, Trump’s deputy national security adviser. I wrote Wall Street Journal in late April.
“Mr. Biden can enforce his red lines through sanctions and other means, or he can signal a breakdown in American resolve by simply imposing symbolic penalties.” Pottinger pointed out. “Beijing and its strategic partners Moscow, Tehran, Pyongyang and Caracas will interpret any half-hearted enforcement as a green light to further deepen global turmoil. I think there is a historic opportunity to do so.”
Since then, the Biden administration has done nothing but impose. meaningless sanctions Concerning Chinese parties, including those announced on October 17th regarding two companies.
“Biden’s warning to the People’s Republic of China to provide ‘lethal aid’ to Russia for use in Ukraine got lost in the noise, largely because it was soft and ineffective,” International Strategy said. Research Association President Gregory Copley concluded by speaking to Gatestone. week. “They’re like the bells on the ice cream trucks driving around the outskirts of American cities. They only excite the kids, but they don’t sell a ton of ice cream.”
America’s inaction today is reminiscent of President Barack Obama’s infamous actions. red line failure Not surprisingly, then-Vice President Biden was Obama’s foreign policy advisor.
During the Biden administration and his predecessors, the U.S. government has taught the Chinese, Russians, Iranians, and North Koreans to ignore warnings. The late 1930s in Europe is instructive as to the consequences of Biden’s empty words.
Britain and France then issued a series of threatening words against Berlin. German leaders ignored them from the remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936 until the eve of the invasion of Poland in late summer 1939. “Warnings are designed to be unenforceable and are understood as not intended to be enforceable,” Arthur Waldron, a former Lauder professor of international relations at the University of Pennsylvania, told the site.
The German leadership did not pay particular attention to their threats regarding Poland, as London and Paris had the opportunity to act and did not.
Who could blame Berlin for failing to understand the significance of British and French statements regarding their intention to declare war? “If you don’t act when action is considered, how can you gain trust when action is nearly impossible?” Waldron asks. ”
“The British and French governments simply did not worry enough, prepare enough, or deter their ultimate enemy,” said Copley, who is also editor-in-chief of defense and foreign strategic policy. “This is largely because today’s US and Western governments, like the French and German governments at the time, have not yet woken up to the nature of the dilemma and choose to believe that everything will always work out. is.”
All is not well now. China’s aggressive leader apparently believes he can do anything with impunity.
It’s no mystery where Xi Jinping got that idea. The Biden administration’s reckless actions paved the way for the next great conflict in history.
Empty warnings cause war.
Gordon G. Chan is the author of Plan Red: China’s Plan to Destroy America and The Coming Collapse of China, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow and Advisory Board Member of the Gatestone Institute. Follow Gordon G. Chan on X (old Twitter).
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