US rejects calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine led by China, calls them unacceptable.
(www.realclearpolitics.com)
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I can come to two reasons why China would do this:
PR: it's good to be seen as a 'moderator' in international diplomacy and by doing this they can make (or reveal with a lot of the establishment in Washington taken into account) the US seem extreme and unwilling to compromise for peace and less life loss
Forward planning: there's a chance they know something is coming after the redeployment by Russia and reserves being activated that might put Ukraine on the backfoot. If this happens AFTER they tried for ceasefire, it means they can apply 'carrot and stick' approach to Taiwan (though doubt that would work) and further damage the US's creditablity (that would easily happen)
Biden won't like this. Only he is allowed to damage US credibility.
He is in the lead when it comes to damaging the US's creditability if we look after the leaderboard:
In a close second is the VP Kamala 'witchknees' whenever she appears and says anything
We have a tied third between Pete 'I'm gay by the way' and the White House 'diversity hire' spokeswoman
Got a lot of challenges from Democrat and Republican after that but a disappointment is 'the squad' who have fallen off after everyone stopped paying attention since they're no longer interesting given the whole war and financial collapse incoming.
No mention of Yellen?
"I'm not bailing out SVB"
Bails out SVB
He's an upcoming on the leaderboard, we have SO many idiots in the US establishment right now that the only thing I can confirm is the top 3 since having a dementia pedo who shits himself as president, a cackling witch hooker VP, a transport security who's only hiring point was being gay other seeing a huge environmental disaster and a token spokeswoman that has no rebuttal already sinks US creditability harder than a crackwhore giving lifestyle advice.
Time to shit himself on camera. Nobody has less credibility than a Biden!
China is just an ally of Russia in this war, but is playing a game because it cannot openly ally with Russia lest it get sanctioned. It cannot openly give Russia weapons and supplies, either, so it lies and tries to hide it:
The reason China is calling for a ceasefire now is because Russia wants them, and Russia is laundering its request through China to save face.
And the reason Russia wants them is because it is nearing exhaustion for its "offensive" of these past 2 months, which has achieved little in terms of gains, but has resulted in enormous losses of Russian men and material, most famously around Vuhledar, but also around Bakhmut. Russia's front line units are depleted and weak, and there are wide media reports of a coming Ukrainian counter-offensive. So now would be the perfect time for a "cease fire" to allow the Russian units to resupply and absorb more mobiks.
Which is why it won't happen, of course, but Russian propagandists will make something of a show of being agreeable to one as a propaganda tactic.
Aren't there always? There are also media reports claiming women are oppressed and I'd put more faith in those.
No, there aren't "always", the main reason they are discussed is because Ukraine has been forced to decide between holding back forces to save for its offensive, or else send them in to help defend Bakhmut. They haven't been sent in. Defenses are handled by non-mechanized units, and the mech units are the ones being prepared for offensive action.
Wait are you under the impression Ukraine is willingly losing the war...because they are holding back a secret force?
Why would they do that?
Oh no, it’s retarded lol