Liberty Nation News By: Dave Patterson
China as a consigliere in the affairs of the United States and Europe is untenable.
Press reports are emerging that the United States and the rest of NATO would entertain the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) brokering a peace deal in Ukraine. While the United States has provided Ukraine with $75 billion of the $113 billion approved by Congress to assist the Kyiv government in driving Russian invaders out of Ukraine, China has been a staunch supporter of Russia in the conflict. But it appears the geopolitical winds have shifted. Think about that for just a moment. Does the phrase “breathtakingly naïve” come to mind?
China Helping Broker Peace in Ukraine?
The notion that the People’s Republic of China, in the wake of its newly minted fast friendship with Russia, could act as an “honest” broker has moved from the ridiculous to the absurd. Yet, as The Wall Street Journal makes clear:
“The willingness to encourage negotiations and seek out a role for China in talks represents a shift in Western thinking, particularly in the US, which has been highly skeptical of any involvement for Beijing given China’s longstanding support for Moscow. Secretary of State Antony Blinken publicly expressed cautious optimism recently that Beijing could help defuse the conflict.”
Skeptical or not, Blinken demonstrates the “cautious optimism” typical of the Biden administration’s flawed belief in a world the way they wish it were rather than embracing the realistic view of a geopolitical morass filled with threats to US national security. Nonetheless, those pushing a negotiated peace with the PRC as a player tie the talks to a successful Ukrainian spring offensive. If Kyiv’s forces can take back substantial portions of territory captured by Russia, perhaps President Vladimir Putin would be in a more conciliatory frame of mind…
