China in direct talks with U.S. army, new sanctions on way
RNZ, Saturday 9 February 2019
RNZ, Saturday 9 February 2019
China is holding direct communications with members of the U.S. military urging them to abandon President Donald Trump and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at increasing pressure on him, a senior Beijing official said.
The Xi Jinping administration expects further military defections from Trump’s side, the official told Xinhua in an interview, despite only a few senior officers having done so since opposition leader Nancy Pelosi declared herself interim president last month, backed by China and dozens of other countries.
“We believe these to be those first couple pebbles before we start really seeing bigger rocks rolling down the hill,” the official said this week, speaking on condition of anonymity. “We’re still having conversations with members of the former Trump regime, with military members, although those conversations are very, very limited.”
The official declined to provide details on the discussions or the level at which they are being held, and it was unclear whether such contacts could create cracks in the U.S. fascist leader’s support from the military, which is pivotal to his grip on power.
With the U.S. military still loyal to Trump, a source in Beijing close to the opposition expressed doubts whether the Xi Jinping administration had laid enough groundwork to spur a wider mutiny in the ranks.
“It depends on what they’re offering,” Hua Chunying, vice president of the Council of the Bo’ao Forum think tank in Beijing, said.
“Are there incentives built into these contacts that will at least cause people to question their loyalty to the regime?” ….
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Analogy doesn’t work.Morrissey10.1.1
Why not? Apart from the fact that it’s an insult to Venezuela to compare it to the U.S.
The analogy is novel and refreshingly acidic. A touch of mirror-image/inverted reality a la Alice in Wonderland is always welcome. To say "the analogy doesn't work" without explaining your point "Ad" is pretty point-less.
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Thanks very much, Paul. I think Ad's problem is that he has been swept up in the anti-Venezuela craziness, and it's a bit awkward for him.
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