China, France promote peace; US promotes sanctions, weapons, war, endless deaths

 China, France promote peace; US promotes sanctions, weapons, war, endless deaths

It is no wonder America’s standing as unipolar ruler of the world is sinking faster than the arctic glaciers.

When China first offered its peace proposal, the US immediately dismissed it, claiming we could never trust our bitter enemy China to promote peace. What really irked the US was that China, unlike America, was promoting a fair peace. It would consider Russia’s border security needs from NATO encroachment, peace for Donbas Ukrainians from their own government, and of course, security for the major portion of Ukraine where their citizens weren’t being routinely brutalized. China was simply resurrecting a year old potential peace agreement brokered by NATO member Turkey that could have ended that horrible war a year ago. And it would have succeeded had not Uncle Sam put the kybosh on it.

Not surprisingly, another NATO ally has broken with American breakage in Ukraine by supporting China’s peace effort. France President Emmanuel Macron visited China and told Chinese President Xi Jinping “I know I can count on you … to bring Russia to its senses and bring everyone back to the negotiating table. We need to find a lasting peace. I believe that this is also an important issue for China, as much as it is for France and for Europe.” The Biden folks not only don’t visit China, they can’t reach Xi by phone, text or email. While America flails at diplomacy, Xi’s winning friends and influencing countries worldwide.

Macron didn’t mention the US or President Biden because Biden has boxed himself and the US into a disastrous war corner that might ensure the destruction of Ukraine, possibly even nuclear confrontation with Russia. The US has been AWOL from the negotiating table for all 14 months of unrelenting war.

Outside of Canada, the UK and Poland, many in NATO are beginning to distance themselves away from America’s unachievable Ukraine strategy. They, not the US, are suffering economic damage from a senseless war with no foreseeable end.

Each day brings more opprobrium upon America’s ‘zero sum gain’ requiring total Ukraine victory, total Russian defeat. Each day brings more Congressional calls to fly drones of war instead of doves of peace. Each day furthers the race whether US global dominance or those arctic glaciers will disappear first.