Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "" video.

  1. I suspect China isn't coming to the aid of Russia because it didn't expect this tough response from the EU, US and the west, China also has a lot of economic interest in the west that it doesn't want to damage, so even thought I suspect China wants to take sides with Russia, it's not tactically sound to do so with how things are going on, especially as Russia is quite a small economy in comparisons to the west. Another thing is, if the west is willing to react like this with Ukraine, what would they do with Taiwan? The events over the last few days has sent a powerful message to Russia but also to China as well when it comes to Taiwan but this could also be a big opportunity for the west and China to reset their relationships and try to get them on a normal footing, I doubt anybody wants war but the west is clearly showing the step they will take if pushed by rouge states. Another message this is sending is that I have a feeling that Russia and China saw the west as being weak, indecisive and won't take much action apart from a slap on the wrist, that bubble has burst, especially from the EU side has they are showing they can be a lot tougher if needed and more decisive, in other words, the west isn't weak by being inactive, they just prefer to use diplomatic means before harsher meathead but are more than capable of getting a lot tougher if needed and can get a lot tougher than they are doing on Russia right now if the need arises but for now, they feel this will be enough over the longer run to squeeze Putin's power base in Russia whiles turning the Russian people against the system of Putin and in time, it could very well work. The west and China have a lot more economic interest together for them to ever really want any major conflicts between the two but as Russia has proven, you should never let a mad man in the position of power. As for China replacing the oil and gas that Europe buys, the problem with that, it takes time and what Russia has done with this invasion is accelerated the process of looking for alternative energy sources, especially in the EU, basically the damage is already done to Russia and by the time they can adapt, the EU countries and likely many around the world will be actively looking for alternative sources away from Russian. Another problem with that as well, would Russia really want to be in the pocket of China? if Russia gets isolated and turns to China, that would put Russia under the thumb of China, I highly doubt Putin or the Russian people want that as it would make Russia look very weak. From what I can see, I don't really see any winning solutions for Russia here, Putin did a massive miscalculation on this whiles backing himself into a corner on something he can't win and China is realizing this by being more cold on Russia. On that note, there might be an opening for the west and China to reset relations between each other and try and get them on a normal footing being as what's going on now is a massive wake-up call for us all.
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