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

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.

  • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
    167·
    8 months 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.caEnglish
      36·
      8 months 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.

      • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        8 months ago

        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.

      • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        8 months 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.

        • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          8 months ago

          Sorry but there isn’t another religion in today’s world that creates as much suffering and death as Islam. I don’t know why so many westerners think it isn’t. Go speak to to Iranians or any other group that is oppressed by Islam. Every religion has had it’s dark times and every religion still has its extremist, but no religion today can even compare to Islams violence.

      • Asafum@feddit.nlEnglish
        82·
        8 months ago

        This has almost nothing to do with Islam. They were ejected from their lands and then shoved into tightly controlled areas while being denied the right to exist as their own country. They are terrorists fighting for their independence.

        “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” Has never rung more true than for the Palestinians. I won’t argue that they aren’t committing acts of terror, they absolutely are, but it’s not purely bloodlust for the sake of their religion. It’s the only thing they have left as the entire world failed them.

        They’re now stuck (HAMAS) with an asshat of a leader though that also seems to be refusing compromise. It’s all the land they want and for Israel to go away or fuck off completely.

        • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
          24·
          8 months ago

          I never once said I agree with Israel. Western nations should have never done what they did creating the state, but to act like Hamas wouldn’t wipe Israel off the face of the earth in the name of religion is naive.

          • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            4·
            8 months 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.worldEnglish
              21·
              8 months 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.worldMEnglish
                1·
                8 months 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.