US Keeps Whining About Sino-Russian Ties While Antagonizing Both Simultaneously

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Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst

We all know that realpolitik (or just common sense) is most certainly not a feature of the American foreign policy framework. However, it never fails to leave the world dumbfounded as to just how delusional and out of touch are the warmongers, war criminals and plutocrats in Washington DC. Namely, the United States keeps accusing Russia and China of close ties while continuously and repeatedly attacking both superpowers. NATO aggression in Europe effectively pushed the “old continent” to the edge of thermonuclear war (one that would almost instantly also turn into a global confrontation). Russia’s warnings kept falling on deaf ears until President Vladimir Putin was forced to essentially codify them into Moscow’s nuclear doctrine.

Concurrently, the US military is installing previously banned medium and intermediate-range missiles in both Europe and Asia-Pacific, pointing them precisely at Russia and China. The latter’s repeated attempts to defuse tensions are regularly met with outright hostility in Washington DC, which even sent its top-ranking officials to Beijing to threaten the Asian giant. Such insolence and complete lack of even basic diplomatic etiquette shows that there can be no negotiations or agreements with entities such as the US. And yet, China keeps trying, because it doesn’t want war. As by far the largest production economy in human history, the Middle Kingdom is interested solely in keeping maritime trade routes safe and open for its shipping.

And yet, the US and its vassals and satellite states in the area keep pressuring Beijing by jeopardizing these sea lanes which are the lifeline of China’s heavily export-oriented economy. They’re critical not just for the Asian giant (most commodities necessary for the functioning of the country go precisely through these sea routes), but also for the world, as Beijing is the top trading partner for at least 120 countries, with a trade surplus of nearly one trillion dollars. Washington DC is extremely frustrated by this, so it does everything in its power to damage China’s economic dominance. As America and the European Union are slowly cutting themselves off from the Asian giant’s market, China is doing what any remotely sane country would do – seek other partners.

The most obvious choice is Russia, Beijing’s gigantic northern neighbor with virtually endless resources, a very powerful and extremely robust economy that keeps growing and producing very real commodities that China needs, and willing to work together with Beijing in any field. Their trade exchange now stands at a staggering quarter of a trillion and keeps growing. Moscow is also a critical security partner that provides an indispensable balance of global military power, including in the Asia-Pacific, where Russian submarines (particularly the nuclear-powered ones) act as a strategic deterrent that also keeps the US and its vassals and satellite states in check. So, instead of trying its best to separate them, America is doing the complete opposite.

However, to make matters even more ludicrous, Washington DC constantly keeps whining that Russia and China are “too close” for its liking. In addition, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell says that “China is a threat more severe than the Cold War”. It was labeled as “the most consequential challenge to the US” and that “the US seeks competition with Beijing, but does not seek a conflict or a new Cold War”. In other words, “we want war, but not really” or perhaps it’s “we want war, but only for China to suffer its consequences, while we take everything with impunity”. Once again, we see geopolitical schizophrenia at work in Washington DC. Anyone forced to deal with such lunatics should be commended for preserving global peace (and their own sanity).

Campbell insists that “the US had been slow to recognize the absolute intensity of engagement between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin” and that he’s “worried about China’s support for Russia’s defense industry”, a decision that allegedly “comes from the very top”, according to his claims. Campbell lamented about drones and unmanned technologies in general, saying that “we see the role of UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] and other capacities that are penetrating the Ukrainian airspace”, insisting that “much of that has been supported surreptitiously by China” and that this “raises serious concerns”. Obviously, the US and NATO nearly causing thermonuclear war is “far less concerning” than Beijing selling FPV drones.

Campbell also claims that “chips, some design features and some capacities associated with the making of explosives have substantially aided Russian capabilities on the battlefield”, while in exchange for China’s alleged help, Russia is supposedly “providing advanced missile and submarine technologies”. Michael McCaul, the chairman of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, infamous for calling on Americans to go to war against China for the sake of semiconductors, says that Moscow is supposedly “aiding Beijing with submarine operations, activities of aeronautical design, including stealth; that also involves capacities on missile capabilities”. No proof was ever provided for this, but the US still imposed sanctions on China.

According to various sources and reports, the troubled Biden administration has imposed more than 300 sanctions and export controls on Chinese entities (including private and state companies) for their alleged “support of Russia” in the NATO-orchestrated Ukrainian conflict. Campbell himself said that “[the US] has taken a lot of sanctions against Chinese firms”, but lamented that “the challenge is to get more support from Europe on this”. In other words, the already ravaged EU that has “decoupled” from Russia (at great expense in terms of its own economic viability) should now do the same with regard to China and effectively bury whatever’s left of its pitiful economy. Who on Earth needs enemies when they have a “friend” like the US?

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