Sanctions against Russia probably won’t work as Biden escalates the Ukraine-Russia conflict with his proxy war.
Taylor Millard writes on The Spectator:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Russia will consider any new sanctions to be an end to its diplomatic relationship with the West. Russia’s top trading partners include China, Belarus, Turkey, and South Korea, meaning any potential economic hit from the West would see Moscow work more closely with its non-Western allies…
… a sanctioned government typically centralizes its power, stirring up enmity against the West to strengthen its own position. Putin still runs Russia. Nicolás Maduro remains the leader of Venezuela despite its presidential dispute. Kim Jong-un calls Pyongyang home even though he’s cut off from everyone in the world except Russia, China, and India. Old age, not sanctions, caused Raul Castro to leave Cuban leadership.
A former State Department official under Obama, Edward Fishman has a similar view. Biden’s plan to sanction Russia if they invade Ukraine will fall apart.
Russia now has China
“A lot of the talk about economic sanctions is really a pie in the sky because China is now Russia’s banker,” Wilkie said. “Xi Jinping will back Putin if sanctions from the West come.”
“That’s a safety net he probably didn’t have 10, 15 years ago, and China probably wasn’t capable of buttressing the Russian state as it is now,” he said.
According to a Fox News article published Sunday, Wilkie said that if the U.S. tried to harm Russia’s economy by blocking energy sales to European countries, Russia will simply sell more energy to China.
“[China] would start buying a lot more energy from Russia,” Wilkie explained.
He said that if Germany were to block the NordStream 2 pipeline, China will simply step in.
Together, they will be formidable foes to the weakened United States with an inept president and military leadership.
The US under Democrats never fails to underestimate Maoist China. They think they are our friends. And, most notably, Russia doesn’t seem a bit concerned about sanctions.
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What else is new? This buffoon is a complete failure. This man wanted to be POTUS so bad he was willing to sell his soul to the devil and he’s taking this country down the path to hell. The American people had better WTF up before it’s to late. By the way where are the Marxist leaders of BLM and who’s in charge of the 60 million dollars left in their bank account?
Did not take too long to transform the USA into a “bottom feeder” eh !!!
I’m sure Putin is shaking in his boots over Biden’s idle, meaningless threats. He couldn’t give a flying crap what Biden does because he knows Biden is a senile old fool. Putin and Xi are secretly scheming together against the West while Biden is napping in his basement.
China won’t do anything against her ally.
Remember when the adults in charge knew better than to let Russia and China become so closely tied?
Good times.
Enjoy the concrete wall around your shrinking power faculty lounge and tell yourself some more world conquering magnificence delusions.
O/T-Heads up for taco bowls of love, Jena Bush 2024 hashtag is going.