Beijing is “picking a side” and can’t claim to be neutral any more, the US ambassador to NATO tells POLITICO.

China is helping Russia meet its war goals in Ukraine by continuing to sell supplies such as drone technology and gunpowder ingredients to Moscow, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO said in an interview.

“The PRC [People’s Republic of China] cannot claim to be entirely neutral in this case, [and] they are in fact picking a side,” Julianne Smith told POLITICO on Tuesday. “I think when the PRC tries to portray itself as neutral, when it comes to this war, we don’t buy it.”

Smith said the United States was “increasingly seeing materiel support” from China to Russia, adding that this equipment — which can have both civilian and military uses — had played a critical role in helping Moscow achieve some of its aims against Ukraine.

  • @SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    -1424 days ago

    The difference is that Ukraine didn’t attack russia… Palestine would wipe Israel and every jew off the planet if they had the ability to. Not saying what Israel is doing is right, but acting like the other side is without fault is disingenuous.

    • acargitz
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      824 days ago

      Palestine would wipe Israel and every jew off the planet if they had the ability to.

      Yea, that’s a super racist statement right there.

      • @MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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        -424 days ago

        There’s a conflating the goals of Hamas with the goal of Palestinian people here. Just because the majority of Palestinians support Hamas doesn’t mean they all do.

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          Also Hamas is not a monolith, same as the IRA wasn’t. So even if now a majority of Palestinians say the “support Hamas” that doesn’t mean they are supporting indiscriminate killing of Israeli civilians or even the destruction of Israel. A senior guy of theirs just came out suggesting they would be willing to disarm if a two state solution on the '67 borders was enacted. Things are always complicated. Same as not all Israelis, or even not all Israeli right wingers, are not genocidal maniacs like Ben Gvir, Palestinian hardliners are also complex. Peace is made with enemies.

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          824 days ago

          There is no such thing as a “religion of peace”. There are buddhist violent extremists. There were even anabaptist violent extremists.

          There are people who use religion to bring peace and healing, and there are people who use religion to bring discord and hatred. You are doing the latter.

            • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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              323 days ago

              I believe you and I have had this discussion before, and no, you cannot paint 1.9 billion people with the “they’re all violent” brush.

              • @SupraMario@lemmy.world
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                123 days ago

                I’m not though, I’m stating the religion is violent. I don’t understand this disillusioned thought that many of you have that the religion isn’t a violent and oppressive one. The same people defending it right now, are the same ones that attack and paint other religions with a brush.

                • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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                  123 days ago

                  There are 1.9 BILLION adherents to that religion. If the religion itself were the problem, the world would be awash in blood. It’s NOT.

                  • @SupraMario@lemmy.world
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                    23 days ago

                    Do you adhear to that same logic with gun owners?

                    Supporting any religion that murders lgbtq+ persons, forces marriage and rape to minors and kills no believers is not a problem to you?

                    And the entire middle east and a large portion of Africa are awash in blood because of this religion.

                    Also why are you removing links to actual facts now?

                    You all say you’re intolerant of the intolerant, but here you are defending a religion that is intolerant…

    • @Aux@lemmy.world
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      324 days ago

      If Ukraine has a right to defend itself against foreign aggression, so does Palestine, especially after decades of genocide. Israel is the aggressor, just like Russia.