How Ben Sasse can actually help "Zelensky get more" weapons

 

https://youtu.be/Hls-T4w4k8M

I just send this email to Senator Ben Sasse, no-nonsense US Senator for Nebraska:

Ben Sasse is calling for more support for Ukraine's defense. 

I totally agree. The political impediment to providing more for Ukraine is Putin's repeated threat of the use of nuclear weapons. This threat has neutralized the West and rendered it impotent. If that threat could be eliminated then more military support could be provided to Ukraine, as Ben Sasse is calling for.

 Both Ukraine and China share borders with Russia. China has a very close relationship with Putin, and will game this conflict to China's advantage, meaning they will be of no help to Ukraine or the West. HOWEVER, China needs to be called out by the West and by Ukraine. Ben Sasse can lead that charge. No doubt, China has received assurances from Putin that Putin has no real plans to use nuclear weapons. 

Chairman Xi of China owes it to his people to share with them those assurances. otherwise he is putting his own citizens at risk.  China needs to be called out in a very PUBLIC way on Putin's threat of the use of nuclear weapons. If he does not, then China will be held responsible by the West should Putin resort to the use of nuclear weapons. China will OWN that outcome, as they are the only country with sway over Russia. 

This needs to happen ahead of the NATO meeting in Brussels on March 24, 2022. Once the threat of nuclear weapons has been taken off the table, then Russia will be in a MUCH weaker position, and politicians in the West will be less able to deny Ukraine the military support it needs to WIN this war. China will be in a corner, as they will be compelled to reveal what they know about whether Putin's threats are real or simply bluff, since the 1.5 billion Chinese people who share a border with Russia are very much at risk, since no nation can stand idly by while nuclear weapons are exchanged.

Dear President Zelensky: Call out China

Putin's threats  about use of nuclear weapons, may be real or may be bluffing. 

Either way, these threats are having a dampening effect on the response of the West.

For example, would the West be more willing to respond to Ukraine's request for a no fly zone, were it not for fear of a nuclear response?

I believe it would. 

Putin's threats can be used against him to Ukraine's benefit, as follows:

China's Chairman Xi is the only person who can influence Putin, given their close relationship and shared global objectives.

China will play the events in Ukraine to their advantage, and can not be relied upon to do the right thing. China will draw things out, in the belief the West won't have staying power.

China needs to be put in an awkward position, in order to do the right thing.

Given Putin's many threats about the use of nuclear weapons, Chairman Xi would no doubt have sought out assurances from Putin that he has no plans to use nuclear weapons.

President Zelensky, along with other global leaders (Biden, Trudeau, etc.) should publicly call out China, and ask what assurances Chairman Xi received from Putin about his use of nuclear weapons.

To be effective and to put Xi in an awkward spot, this should be done in the name of the people of China.. 

The people of China need to hear from their dear leader whether such assurances have been received and whether Chairman Xi believes they can be relied on.

This would totally undermine Putin, both in the eyes of the world, but also in the eyes of  the people of Russia.

In addition, President Zelensky and other global leaders should publicly tell China that China and Chairman Xi will be held responsible by the world community, should Russia resort to the use of nuclear weapons.

China shouldn't think it can stand idly by, while Russia threatens the use of nuclear weapons, since their use would be as devastating for China, as it will be for those in the West and the rest of the world

Such an approach, would change the balance of play between Ukraine and Russia and will accelerate the resolution of this war at the negotiating table.

Today Putin announces a no fly zone over Russia

 

There's much discussion these days about no fly zones over Ukraine to thwart Russia's invasion.

Today Putin's announced his own no "fly" zone over Russia, in this public rant to the Russian oligarchs:

"Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from traitors and just spit them out like a fly that accidentally flew into their mouth. Such a natural and necessary self-purification of the society will only strengthen our country."

This can only mean that the sanctions must be working!  Thanks Vlad for the update.

Only China can stop this Ukraine madness

 

It's to be expected that both China and Russia would deny Russia asked China for weapons to support its criminal invasion of Ukraine. Both have a deep vested interest in such denials, as such actions would make Putin look weak and Xi look complicit.

What can't be denied however, is that Putin has made numerous threats about the use of nuclear weapons, while at the same time weaponizing the nuclear power stations in Ukraine, including Chernobyl.

These threats, lessen the West's ability to end the war and the needless human suffering.

China needs to be put on formal notice by the West that China will own the outcome of any use of nuclear weapons by Russia., conventional or otherwise. China can't idly stand by thinking it will be an innocent bystander in such a global catastrophe.

The sooner that NATO, Joe Biden and every leader in the West calls China out on this, the sooner this atrocity will end.

Then we can get back to the regular business of trying Putin for war crimes at the Hague. Something that is long overdue.