China Crossed Biden’s Red Line On Ukraine, So What?

Authorized by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

It’s ridiculous to have red lines If you are not going to do anything erstwhile they are crossed. So what should Biden do?

China Has Crossed Biden’s Red Line on Ukraine

A Wall Street diary Op-Ed moans China Has Crossed Biden’s Red Line on Ukraine.

President Biden warned China 2 years ago not to supply “material support” for Russia’s war in Ukraine. On Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed that Xi Jinping ignored that warning. China, Mr. Blinken said, was “overwhelmingly the No. 1 supplyer” of Russia’s military industrial base, with the “material effect” of having fundamentalally changed the course of the war. Whatever Mr. Biden chooses to do next will be momentary for global safety and stability.

Mr. Biden can either force his red line through sanctions or another means, or he can signal a collapse of American resolve by applying simply symbolism penalties. Beijing and its strategical partners in Moscow, Tehran, Pyongyang and Caracas would urge interpret half-hearted effect as a green light to deepen their run of global chaos. Mr. Xi sees a historical chance here to undermine the West.

What sanctions? He Who?

Op-ed author Matt Pottinger provided no details, he just wants action. He needs to explain what sanctions make any sense at all, and how they would work.

Numerous US sanctions on Russia, China, Iran, all failed. Hell any of them on Russia and China not only failed them backfired.

So funny. Adding to my post on red lines and sanctions failures.

— Mike ‘Mish’ Shedlock (@MishGEA) May 1, 2024

How China Gets Around US Sanctions on Semiconductors

On February 18, 2024, I discovered How China Gets Around US Sanctions on Semiconductors

How Russia Makes a Mockery of US Sanctions in 1 Picture

Unprecedented US and EU sanctions against Russia have no impact on Russia’s oil exports or returnue. Who’s the beneficiary?

On December 29, 2023 I noted How Russia Makes a Mockers of US Sanctions in 1 Picture

On September 19, 2023, I commented Lesson of the Day: Sanctions Don’t Work due to the fact that They make fresh Markets

Why Sanctions Fail

• Someone always has an incentive to break sanctions.

• Sanctions make fresh markets.

This is how Russia sells oil and how China gets access to equipment and parts.

In the case of chips, the US has forced China into a way to self-sufficiency. Hooray?!

Matt Pottinger wants sanctions. He should be named some. Nah, what he truly wants is to advance his book “The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan.”

What colour Are Biden’s Red Lines?

On March 10, I asked Are Biden’s Red Lines to Netanyahu truly Yellow or Green?

Presumably you know the answer now, but if not, delight agree this idle three: Biden Threatens Sanctions on Israel Soldiers Yet Wants More Money for Israel

If you are going to have red lines, I propose they should be red.

Israel vs China Red Lines

In the case of Israel, there was an easy remedy. Biden could have withheld aid. Instead, erstwhile Israel repeatedly crossed lines, Biden stepped up the aid further emboldening Netanyahu.

In the case of China, there are no sanctions or policy actions that make any sense, so there should not be any red lines.

Attempting to set abroad policy for the planet is simply a large mistake. And setting red lines you can not or will not do anything about makes 1 look quickly.