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That threat would be the combination of the world’s two most dangerous states: China and Russia.
“I would freeze the current lines of control,” the candidate told Fox News’s Jesse Watters during his prime time show, referring to the battlefields in Ukraine.
“I would further make a hard commitment that NATO will not admit Ukraine to NATO. That’s enough to get Putin to do the deal.”
“But I would require something even greater in return, Jesse,” Ramaswamy said. “Russia has to exit its military alliance with China.”
Putin will take the deal, the charismatic candidate assured Watters:
“He’s gonna say, ‘Ok’ because I’m going to say, ‘We’ll reopen our economic relations with Russia and further, we’ll end the Ukraine war and also make sure NATO never admits Ukraine.’”
That’s The Lede, The Hook of a screed by Gordan Chang of the Gatestone Institute. leads with this quote from Vivek Rameswamy in a TV interview of August 2023.
Of course, Ramaswamy is spouting Pixie Dust and Myrrh. That line of thinking only works if you forget even the last couple of years of history. With a clue about the last few centuries, these are the thoughts of a young child.
And Chang, with about the same level of historic sensitivity spouts all the NeoConservative reasons why that won’t work. More Pixie Dust and Myrrh.
China is painfully aware of its history with European Gunboat Colonialism. Humiliating and debilitating. And Russia, its brush in the 1990s. They know better now. And they are in a position to stamp the colonialists down.
Chang’s Idol, The Essential Nation, isn’t essential. Never was. It was just the latest in a long history of bullies with superior militaries see WarRackets.
Most of The Right People share Chang’s opinions to a greater or lesser extent. Watch Out Below!