“Sanctions could lead to retaliatory action, and that would trigger a spiral with unforeseeable consequences,” warns China’s envoy to Germany adding that “we don’t see any point in sanctions.” On the heels of Merkel’s warning that Russia risked “massive” political and economic damage if it did not change course, Reuters reports ambassador Shi Mingde urged patience saying “the door is still open” for diplomacy (though we suspect it is not) ahead of this weekend’s referendum. Russia’s Deputy Economy Minister Alexei Likhachev responded by promising “symmetrical” sanctions by Moscow. So now we have China joining the fray more aggressively.
China’s top envoy to Germany has warned the West against punishing Russia with sanctions for its intervention in Ukraine, saying such measures could lead to a dangerous chain reaction that would be difficult to control. In an interview with Reuters days before the European Union is threatening to impose its first sanctions on Russia since the Cold War, ambassador Shi Mingde issued the strongest warning against such measures by any top Chinese official to date.
“We don’t see any point in sanctions,” Shi said. “Sanctions could lead to retaliatory action, and that would trigger a spiral with unforeseeable consequences. We don’t want this.”
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Using her [Merkel’s] toughest rhetoric since the crisis began, she warned in a speech in parliament on Thursday that Russia risked “massive” political and economic damage if it did not change course in the coming days.
Russia’s Deputy Economy Minister Alexei Likhachev responded by promising “symmetrical” sanctions by Moscow. But Shi urged patience, saying the door for talks should remain open even after a referendum on Sunday in which Ukraine’s southern region of Crimea could vote to secede and join Russia. Merkel and other western leaders have denounced the referendum as illegal and demanded that it be canceled.
“We still see a chance to avoid an escalation. The door to talks is still open. We should use this possibility, also after the referendum,” Shi said.
After the Referendum, so when Russia is already in control. More importantly, China joins the fray with threats over West’s sanctions. Perhaps BTFWWIIID will make a re-appearance any minute now.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-13/china-warns-west-not-enforce-sanctions-against-russia
My Fellow Americans:
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“Sanctions could lead to retaliatory action, and that would trigger a spiral with unforeseeable consequences,”
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Wrong,… the consequences are EXACTLY “foreseeable”.
In fact, it appears to the anyone with a rational mind,… the inevitable confrontation is PRECISELY what they are trying to precipitate (….global war)!
JD – US Marines – Does anyone see a different outcome than I do?? By every loose and forgiving interpretation of their actions and statements,… all I can still see, is a war of hot words very quickly evolving in a war of hot bullets,… period!
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These aholes have had an itch they can’t scratch for years. Your right JD and it won’t be long before they get that back scratcher they have been wanting. The problem is this time we have psychopaths that have zero self control. I don’t see anything happening this year, but next year around this time the kick off should come.
I see our corporate government is continually trying to intimidate the Bear and the Mantis even more. Not sure if that is such a good idea.