Asia Times ByÂ
China and Russia set to cement alliance with US withdrawal and existential common threat of jihad on their frontiers
NEW YORK â âThis is manifestly not Saigon,â said United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken as helicopters snatched fleeing Americans from the embassy roof in Kabul. Itâs incomparably worse for Americaâs world standing.
Like the fellow in the Sam Cooke song, Blinken doesnât know much about history or geography. Unlike the man in the song, he doesnât know that one and one is two, by which I mean Russia and China.
