As he seemed to have accomplished with Iran and the Saudis last week, will Xi have similar success facilitating negotiations between Russia and Ukraine?
Nobel peace prize winner or Devil’s advocate?

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As he seemed to have accomplished with Iran and the Saudis last week, will Xi have similar success facilitating negotiations between Russia and Ukraine?
Nobel peace prize winner or Devil’s advocate?
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What Xi and Putin want to gain from their joint meeting | The Hill
speaking of devil’s advocates, there’re a slew of them in the GOPer firm. here’s one
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-divided-stance-russia-major-boost-putin-ukraine-1787933
Where the 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls stand on Ukraine – The Washington Post
The disagreement among these Republicans is shaping up as a potential longer-term debate in the contest as the candidate field takes shape. Here’s where the declared and potential GOP presidential candidates stand, starting with the polling leaders (Trump and DeSantis, the latter a potential candidate), as well as Trump’s declared opponents (Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy) and other possible candidates (Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Tim Scott and Chris Sununu.)
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Trump is one of several current or potential candidates who responded to a questionnaire from Fox News host Tucker Carlson. In response to the question of whether opposing Russia is a “vital American national strategic interest,” Trump said in a statement: “No, but it is for Europe. But not for the United States.”
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In his response to Carlson’s questions, the Florida governor adopted a posture similar to Trump’s, calling the invasion of Ukraine “a territorial dispute” and saying that “while the U.S. has many vital national interests … becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them.”
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The approach of the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is different from Trump and DeSantis’s. She says that opposing Russia in Ukraine is a vital American strategic interest. She has warned that “if Russia wins, then its closest allies, China and Iran, will become more aggressive,” echoing her remarks about Ukraine on the campaign trail.
“This is not a war about Ukraine. This is a war about freedom. And it’s one that we have to win,” Haley said at a foreign policy event in Clive, Iowa, on March 10. “I don’t think we need to put troops on the ground, but I think we need to get with our allies and make sure that they [the Ukrainians] have the equipment they need.”
In response to Carlson’s questionnaire, Haley said that the United States should help Ukraine fight off Russia by providing “conventional weapons” but that it should not contribute troops, cash or blank checks.
Haley said that the Russian leadership under Putin is “among the worst in the world” but that “it should not be American policy to try to change any foreign regime simply because we have good reason to dislike it.”
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In response to DeSantis’s comments on Ukraine, Pence told the radio show and podcast New Hampshire Today: “The war going on in Ukraine right now is not a territorial dispute. It is the result of an unprovoked war of aggression by Russia. Russia is attempting to redraw international lines by force.”
Like Haley, Pence has warned that if Putin succeeds in Ukraine, he will not stop there, and the former vice president has said that supporting Ukraine also sends a signal to China. He said he doesn’t believe in a blank check for Ukraine, “but withholding or reducing support will have consequences.”
Pence said Thursday in New Hampshire that “as leader of the free world, as arsenal of democracy, I believe that America has an obligation to lead the free world, to give Ukrainian military the support they need to repel the Russian invasion.”
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Seems like a setup to make Ukraine look like the obstacle to peace when they reject a one sided proposal that benefits Russia
more than whatever goosing Xi might do, this may help putie reconsider things and move on to moving out:
Poland, Slovakia become first NATO members to offer Ukraine fighter jets (msn.com)
and this
Turkey to start ratifying Finland’s NATO membership after months of opposition (msn.com)
as to our own homegrown warmongers, maher last night
A growing number of Americans support the idea of a “national divorce,” but you can’t call yourself a patriot of the United States and not be for the whole “united” part.
craig, touching upon your comment
How an international arrest warrant for Putin puts a new spin on Xi visit to Russia | PBS NewsHour
This website I see now and then shows lions, crocodiles, snakes, tigers, dingoes, hyenas, etc attacking antelope, water buffalo and a bunch of other critters those predator guys love to eat. So far the prey seem to lose all the battles, and I just kind of wondered out loud to a friend, “Don’t the damn buffalo EVER win?” So, next time I’m looking at the site it shows a 3 legged lion limping along with a broken off horn imbedded in its rump. Then next it shows a one-horned water buffalo with a ripped off lion paw stuck on its one horn. I guess sometimes the buffalo wins. I wonder if that horn grows back.
Of minor interest is a puttie body double visiting Crimea. It is supposed to be the anniversary visit of something or other. It is getting a lot of play on propaganda channels. I wonder if the gqp will be yacking about it later today. If you know puttie you can see the phony immediately. Someone forgot to tell the double puttie does not walk like a SS trooper.
Trump this morning says his indictment is Tuesday, probably got the obligatory advance notice. Definitely trying to provoke a riot. Ends every post with “Protest. Take our nation back!”
Craig – should have done a leak about the Friday induction and pulled his fat ass in on Monday.
Trump planning a speech after arrest Tuesday. Could be another lure for protesters
New York local, state and federal law enforcement are preparing for riots
blocking off the area, ensuring no available views for cameras or audio, surrounding subject with enough security to maneuver and limit his path to and from would help quell what he’s after which is a show.
authorities have sufficient cause in light of how he incited crowds in past.
better yet, due to the security risk he poses to the NYC citizenry arrest him the moment his plane arrives without fanfare and whisk him away undercover directly to the required appearance and request no bail due to being a flight and his personal security risk.
Leak that he gets the cuffs on Tuesday, but really Friday, letting his cult members simmer in a very expensive city. NYC will eat cars/pickups the same as the Beltway did to the convoy. If they try the subway I would think they would get a great education in big city love
This is so difficult. Take down decorations for no regulations on trains and put up no regulations on sty banks decor, and now we had indictment day (with cult being welcomed to NYC) and coronation of a kingy in Jolly Old England. Switching between our special tiaras and whether or not champagne is needed or a decent glug of American Whiskey. And, then there is the Apple Jack problem, serve as a side or main dish.
The cats and dogs are not that happy about their tiaras being changed every few hours.
At least we do get to celebrate a few good things in life, well. .. maybe not the coronation for an adulterer. Love Princess Di
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