[OutsiderFan]

Why doesn't China just take Russia instead of Taiwan? They won't get any military pushback from the U.S. and NATO in terms of fitting with China to save Russia from being overtaken. And I'm sure the U.S., NATO, and Australia would be gleeful to see Russians rise up against an occupying or annexing China to boot.

I hope China cuts the price it is willing to pay for Russian energy steadily over time until Russia has no choice but to just give its resources to China, not because I'm a China fan (F China), but because I enjoy people getting Karma visited on them in a very big way. 

India and Africa can be customers for Russian energy, but not at the scale Russia needs. India is already taking advantage of the fact there is a cap on Russian oil. China will be squeezing Russia from here to eternity, and Russia can't say "give us military aid" or we'll cut you off. Putin thought he could play footsie with Europe and then crush it with military might assuming NATO would be too afraid to act after he overwhelmed Ukraine. He couldn't even take Bakmhut, let alone the Baltic NATO countries, and now Finland is a NATO member too.

Hard to imagine Putin weakening Russia more over the last year. If he was a Head Coach, his team would be in last place and any competent overseers would be ready to fire him. The Bernard Muir of keeping Russian presidents in power must be in charge.

[OutsiderFan]

Why doesn't China just take Russia instead of Taiwan? They won't get any military pushback from the U.S. and NATO in terms of fitting with China to save Russia from being overtaken. And I'm sure the U.S., NATO, and Australia would be gleeful to see Russians rise up against an occupying or annexing China to boot.

I hope China cuts the price it is willing to pay for Russian energy steadily over time until Russia has no choice but to just give its resources to China, not because I'm a China fan (F China), but because I enjoy people getting Karma visited on them in a very big way. 

India and Africa can be customers for Russian energy, but not at the scale Russia needs. India is already taking advantage of the fact there is a cap on Russian oil. China will be squeezing Russia from here to eternity, and Russia can't say "give us military aid" or we'll cut you off. Putin thought he could play footsie with Europe and then crush it with military might assuming NATO would be too afraid to act after he overwhelmed Ukraine. He couldn't even take Bakmhut, let alone the Baltic NATO countries, and now Finland is a NATO member too.

Hard to imagine Putin weakening Russia more over the last year. If he was a Head Coach, his team would be in last place and any competent overseers would be ready to fire him. The Bernard Muir of keeping Russian presidents in power must be in charge.