Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told @[email protected] that “China wants to see prolonged war in Ukraine, because it will divert the West from China while China is getting energy at low prices from Russia.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/30/china-russia-ukraine-xi-putin/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_opinions&utm_campaign=wp_opinions @[email protected]
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/joshrogin/status/1620458136871243776
1. "If you want to argue that the GOP is moving on from Trump, you’re right.
If you want to argue that Trump still has a grip on enough of the base to win a fractured GOP primary, you’re also (probably) right...
https://www.thebulwark.com/exclusive-bulwark-poll-most-republicans-want-to-move-on-from-trump/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/1620440131378499593
As an unsentimental practitioner of realpolitik, Xi does not want to wind up on what could be the losing side. A defeated Russia may not be a very useful future ally for China – another country that has few friends in the world. https://wapo.st/3YqJdYL
Russia is running low of everything from artillery shells to drones to missiles. But only Iran and North Korea have so far been willing to provide the Kremlin with military equipment. Advantage, Ukraine. Russia’s biggest missing military supplier is China. https://wapo.st/3YqJdYL
Russia will the Austria-Hungary of the XXI Cent. China being its Germany…. https://twitter.com/maxboot/status/1620118616988598273
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GerardAraud/status/1620381762101862401
“As an unsentimental practitioner of realpolitik, Xi does not want to wind up on what could be the losing side. @FT reports “China now perceives a likelihood that Russia will fail to prevail against Ukraine and emerge from the conflict a ‘minor power'." https://t.co/EXIImI3ji8”
As an unsentimental practitioner of realpolitik, Xi does not want to wind up on what could be the losing side. @[email protected] reports “China now perceives a likelihood that Russia will fail to prevail against Ukraine and emerge from the conflict a ‘minor power'." https://wapo.st/3YqJdYL
Vladimir Putin has vaporized the argument against Ukrainian membership in #NATO, writes @[email protected] in @[email protected] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/30/boris-johnson-putin-nato-ukraine/
The story of the last 11 months:
Ammunition, but not artillery.
Artillery, but not HIMARS.
HIMARS, but not armor.
Bradleys, but not Abrams.
Abrams, but not F-16s.... https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1620168684676464641
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CommsDirector/status/1620238503136329728
This certainly puts US aid to Ukraine in context. (Granted, 1940s equipment cost far less, but even so.)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1620111635091451904
“A defeated Russia might not be a very useful future ally for China — another country that has few friends in the world. And China, as the world’s largest trading nation, cannot afford to become as isolated as Russia.” Another fine @[email protected] piece. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/30/china-russia-ukraine-xi-putin/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WarintheFuture/status/1620183961967415296
