The U.S. must build its entire strategy on the premise that Russia is a proxy for China

Neither glass beads nor any other tactics will help here.

It seems to me that the U.S. should base its entire strategy on the fact that Russia is China’s proxy.

Without all that hype about thousands of warheads, the Soviet past, and so on.

What’s done is done; today, Russia is nothing more than one of the perimeters of China’s geopolitical architecture.

Perhaps even the term “gas station state” is no longer entirely relevant.

Because Moscow will emerge from this war in a much worse state than it was before 2022.

I’ve always been curious about Russians: are they okay with this position—being dependent on the Chinese?

Usually, they immediately start bringing up Ukraine: “Look,” they say, “it’s gone over to the U.S., the Anglo-Saxons, Gayrope, and so on.”

But that’s sidestepping the question.

Let’s say Ukraine sold out to the devil—that’s not the point at all.

Is it okay for you—you personally—to be the sole of a Chinese boot?

Does it pinch anywhere?

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