The Joe Biden administration firmly insists that the Chinese government does not help Russia provide for its army invading Ukraine. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield recently announced: “We must make it clear that if there is any opinion or action on the part of China or other countries to provide lethal support to the Russians in their brutal attack against Ukraine, then this is not acceptable.”. This will be the red line.

The prospect of Beijing helping Russia with weapons in the war it unleashed is not empty talk, writes the Washington Post. CIA director William Burns said over the weekend: " This does not mean that they have made a final decision on this matter and have actually begun to supply lethal equipment.. The German edition Der Spiegel wrote on February 23 that the Russian army is negotiating with the Chinese drone manufacturer Xi'an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology "

“God, if you combine this with the Thomas-Greenfield statement about the “red line”, then everything looks ominous. Because the last time a Democratic administration drew a red line, it ended badly for innocent people on the ground, for US interests and geopolitical stability..

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The publication recalls how, in 2012, President Barack Obama announced: “We have made it very clear to the Bashar al-Assad regime, as well as other players on the ground, that the red line for us is when we see the movement or use of chemical weapons.”. Then the Syrian dictator used chemical weapons. And the US did nothing. Obama finally agreed to the deal offered by Vladimir Putin's regime. It involved the elimination of Syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons.. As the Arms Control Association noted, it gradually became clear that Russia and Syria wanted to cover up the truth that the regime had continued to use chemical weapons.. And Russia “tried to block any international action against the Syrian ally, no matter how compelling the evidence”.

" And the Syrian regime exposed it. The US seemed weak, boastful and gullible. In the six years since, despite assurances from Damascus and Moscow that all Syrian weapons have been removed, Syrian civilians have been suffocated again and again by chlorine, mustard gas and possibly sarin.. How the Biden team will enforce the new red line? "

There have been reports that the White House is considering releasing intelligence that will show China is weighing whether to send it weapons to Russia to use in the war against Ukraine.. It's a good start. But the administration should also have something that will have consequences for China, and not just expose its secrets.. The Washington Post recalls that in the months leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. intelligence services uncovered valuable information about Putin's intentions, from satellite imagery to intercepted conversations and human evidence..

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The United States shared this information with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany, as well as with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who at first was skeptical about the possibility of a real start of a Russian invasion.. At the same time, the Biden administration was making an unprecedented effort to let the world know about Putin's real agenda by declassifying the latest intelligence on Russia..

“The Biden team released so much intelligence that some former CIA officers began to wonder if they were publishing too much, suggesting to the Russians how the United States monitors their communications,” the article says..

Spreading intelligence humiliated Putin and the Russian government and helped Ukraine prepare at the last minute. But the invasion did not hold back. Now let's take a look at Beijing. The Chinese government was accused of organizing genocide against the Uyghurs. It refused to cooperate with the WHO in an attempt to investigate the origin of the coronavirus. It brutally strangled Hong Kong and threatens Taiwan. And recently, the Chinese military sent spy balloons into the skies over America..

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“Does Xi Jinping look like someone who is easily shamed or intimidated Does he and his advisers look like a team that will change course if US intelligence releases sensitive information If you've drawn a red line, you'd better be prepared to back it up with serious consequences: customs duties, navy maneuvers, additional arms sales to Taiwan, new and wider efforts to diplomatically isolate China.. Otherwise, it will be a repetition of the previous red line, in the execution of which Washington was not interested, ”the article says..