Lamentably, Washington trashed Beijing’s Ukraine/Russia peace proposal before its details were even announced, thus clarifying once and for all, and for those benighted few who doubted it, that it is not Kiev that determines Ukraine’s fate. It is Washington. Indeed, administration spokesman admiral John Kirby took to the airwaves to denounce any peace effort and basically to threaten that Washington would block it. And clearly Washington can. If the Biden gang says jump, the Ukrainian government has no choice but to ask “How high?” After all, the U.S. finances not only the war, but also the entire Ukrainian state. More
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