China has tons of borders

Which other country could offer China the food and resources? Pakistan brings a port but that’s not secure enough to feed a country.

that a naval blockade is hardly possible

Why? The Wikipedia article sounds different to me.

For the United States, the island chain strategy is a significant part of the force projection of the U.S. military in the Far East.

Because then China magically decides to… make Russia stop?

The other way around. China supports Russia for their own security. If China is secure they don’t need Russia to win and they will stop their support so Russia can’t keep fighting.

China imports $200 billion worth of food. https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/CHN/Year/LTST/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/by-country/Product/Food

If the US block the shipping routes China has only Russia to rely on for calories.

Russia exports $30 billion. If they work together and go vegan that should be enough to avoid starvation.

Russia has a land border with China so the US cannot prevent them from trading with a naval blockade. They would have to fight a war to beat them.

‘I want to be very clear that China isn’t neutral. China actually supports this war, and China is an ally to Russia. Let’s call a spade a spade."

The spade has a handle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_chain_strategy

As China has said, they cannot allow Russia to lose. That’s why. The US could make them starve if they lose Russia as an ally if Russia collapses as a consequence of this war.

If Ukraine wants peace they have to conciliate America and China.

In theory, but what would be there to conquer for the US? With Blackrock they already control the companies.

The US has just pushed Russia out of Syria and Armenia. Why would Russia cooperate? A Russian alliance is only a threat to the European public so that they accept the American dominance.

What more than Ukraine can they carve up? Russia can’t conquer the EU. Even the Baltics, how could Russia enter while the EU has air superiority?

The fact you think the US would invade Russia for natural resources is inconsistent with reality

The US wage illegal wars and military operations and do regime changes for resources, like Iraq, Venezuela, Argentina.

The US financed NGOs. It looks like bringing freedom until one remembers the homeless and uninsured in the US. Yeltsin was supported against the Communists. The US almost were im control.

There is still an invasion looming because how else can the US contain China? That makes Nato rockets in Ukraine tricky.

but the simplest to understand is: nukes

Which is changing with SpaceX Starshield.

If the US were is invade any major country for natural resources, it would be Canada.

Canada is part of the Western sphere. No need to invade. They can get controlling stocks in companies. Many international mining companies are based in Canada.

There is no situation where the US would attack Russia for natural resources.

Not a direct attack but the North Stream pipeline explosion allows the US to sell expensive fracking gas to the EU.

The US don’t fight for the resources but for the influence. They don’t need the oil in the middle east for themselves.

They need them for sanctions, like the ones against Iran and Cuba. China cannot be isolated if they have access to Russian resources.

Why would the EU be sending 150 billion as a form of support

The west has been cooperating with Putin since he first got into power 25 years ago and was sending over 150 billion dollars a year Russia’s way

That sounded like they were supporting Russia, not just doing business.

Russia was selling the EU resources and became rich enough

As did Germany and the EU from using the gas which allows them to finance the war for Ukraine. Usually the processing companies make the bigger profits.

just the opinion of one dude

Who is highly decorated. There are the notes from chancellor Kohl that at least Germany had no intention of including Russia despite telling Russia something else. If the West wouldn’t think like that dude we would have behaved differently.

as well as stealing gold and diamonds while providing protection to African warlords.

For the most part Russia works for the elected governments, unlike the West. In which country are they stealing?

The fact that Russia has nukes means they have no reason to fear invasion because of mutually assured destruction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield

We are starting to continue where the disarmament interrupted the arms race.

The Chinese leadership does not forget the last of the unequal treaties.

Neither will they forget the opium wars and the eight nation alliance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-Nation_Alliance

As long as the US is not willing to let China become the hegemon once they have the better technology, Russia and China will be best friends.

If you look at how poor and sick people live in the US, isn’t becoming part of the US empire the bigger threat?

What’s there not to understand? The link shows that there are people thinking about how to break up Russia and if you look at American foreign politics it’s clear that countries cannot rely on the US not attacking them.

I would say it’s not for AI but they are taking another shot at remote gaming and will challenge Sony. Those 130 facilities will allow them to have very small latency.

So use them and come up with a good argument if you can only insult me when you are on your own.

That’s surprisingly little. EU GDP is €21 trillion. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ny.gdp.mktp.cd?locations=eu

Though EU budget is €170 billion which makes the $9 billion more relevant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union

sending over 150 billion dollars a year Russia’s way for those resources.

That’s just market value and not a form of support. It’s more an argument for why the West has a motive to take over Russia than it is an argument against it.

Do you put as much foreign policy weight into Medvedev’s recent threats

That’s apples to oranges. One is the overall strategy and the other is the last option. Without the Western threat there would be no need for nukes. It all starts with US resource wars. The rest is consequences.

You are eating up Putin’s anti west “The west are trying to steal Russia’s resources, … propaganda

Calling it propaganda doesn’t make it wrong. Is the West not stealing resources globally? Why would Russia be spared?

The only one avoiding peace is Putin who invaded Ukraine remember?

Which would put Russia at the receiving end of a hybrid war until it is dissolved.

The Bourgeoisie toppled the Aristocracy by using the starving masses. Only the Bourgeoisie is left. Who should organize and finance a revolution?

A National Security Advisor wrote this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Chessboard

But it is not so important what they write but what they do. The US wage illegal wars and military operations and do regime changes for resources, like Iraq, Venezuela, Argentina. Russia is an inevitable target with its resources.

Putin has offered cooperation until 2001 and beyond, but the West has stalled. Why would anybody do that and avoid world peace if not for hostile reasons?

Hydrocarbons come from plankton and trees. Life will continue like it did millions of years ago. Uprooted people will just give more power to those in control.

The weather will just make farming output decline, food will be insecure, which gives more power to the people who can own land and defend it against starving masses.

So why would Putin sign it if he knows that the US will keep pushing to break up Russia?

tricked the entire globe

With one exception:

In 1956, the Soviet Union banned leaded gasoline in large cities, such as Moscow, Leningrad, Baku, Odessa, Kiev and tourist areas of the Caucasus and Crimea

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11964653_Soviet_and_Post-Soviet_Environmental_Management_Lessons_from_a_Case_Study_on_Lead_Pollution

It’s called "2 Girls 1 Cup ".

I think most of us were pretty disappointed that Obama didn’t do more

The president is the head of the executive branch, not of the legislation. It’s not his job to change the law. That’s already the first layer of deception.