Pentagon Issues Threat To China That There Will Be Consequences If They Deepen Their Ties With Russia

Pentagon: "There Will Be Consequences" if CCP Deepens Ties with Russia https://t.co/IzRSpoBb4v via @YouTube

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Reuters: The Pentagon’s Vague Threat to China Over Arming Russia 

China is employing a well-trod tactic to try to outmaneuver the U.S. as it appears more ready than ever to start helping Russia gain new ground in Ukraine with weapons shipments. 

The Pentagon on Wednesday pledged “consequences” for Beijing if it heeds Moscow’s desperate pleas for arms and ammunition but yet again stopped short of detailing how it would follow through on the stern but vague threat. 

 Spokeswoman Sabrina Singh delivered the cagey response during a press conference in which she demurred despite repeated requests for specifics.  

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WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. When the Pentagon, the military branch of the US government, issues a threat that there will be consequences if China deepens their ties with Russia, it is not going to be well received in Beijing. 

As of this posting there has been no response from China. I think they are reacting the same way that I reacted when a reader gave me a heads-up last night that this threat was made. I did not believe it. But as the above video shows, the threat that there will be consequences (military I presumed) was made, and there has been no drawback or clarification from the Pentagon, US State Department, or the White House.

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