Chinese state media rooting for a successful Russian invasion of Ukraine. Autocracy Inc, in practice.
Chinese state media rooting for a successful Russian invasion of Ukraine. Autocracy Inc, in practice.
@anneapplebaum Taiwan, here we come!
@anneapplebaum @alexbhturnbull Ain’t no better distraction from Taiwan than Ukraine
@anneapplebaum @Kasparov63 That tweet didn’t call for a successful invasion of Ukraine
@anneapplebaum Yes, of course. Then they cld. simultaneously invade Taiwan when our backs were turned. OfC, it'd be bloody but they've prob. made the cold-blooded calculation that they might prevail, as they outnumber them & we'd have to decide if we cld. simultaneously take on 🇷🇺 gas & 🇨🇳 mkts
@anneapplebaum Of course. If Putin gets no pushback, China will fully and by force declare Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) no longer. It will just be China, same as they are doing in Hong Kong. That's why letting Russia install itself in Ukraine is a terrible thing. It will spiral from there.
@anneapplebaum Same rationale as the UK government of the time used in order to abandon Bosnia to heavily armed aggression.
@anneapplebaum I’m sure if we went back to Afghanistan or start a war with Iran, it would fix it. The answer to every threat is not more war. When does it end?