Detente: The Vital Word Missing From Discourse On Russia And China — Caitlin Johnstone

“Our purpose is not to contain China, to hold it back, to keep it down: it is to uphold this rules-based order that China is posing a challenge to,” Blinken said. “Anyone who poses a challenge to that order, we’re going to stand up and defend it.”

Now, had Blinken been speaking to an actual journalist, he would have been asked in what specific ways defending “the rules-based order” against China would differ from trying to contain China and keep it down. He would have also been asked what business a nation that has killed millions and displaced tens of millions in illegal wars just since the turn of this century while deliberately starving civilians to death with sanctions and blockades has proclaiming itself the defender of any “rules-based order”.

The "rules-based order" — "My way or the highway", aka "You're either with us or against us."

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Detente: The Vital Word Missing From Discourse On Russia And China
Caitlin Johnstone