Blinken: It's 'up to Russia to decide' what relationship it will have with US

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said it was "up to Russia" whether or not it has a more stable relationship with the U.S. following a meeting last week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

While appearing on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Blinken said he and Lavrov had an "instructive, very business like conversation over the course of nearly two hours, but President Biden's been very clear with President Putin. And I repeated what President Biden said to President Putin to Foreign Minister Lavrov, and that's this, we would prefer to have a more stable, predictable relationship with Russia."

Blinken said a more stable relationship between the U.S. and Russia would be beneficial for both countries and "good for the world."

"And there are clearly areas where it's in our mutual interest to find ways to cooperate, whether it's on Afghanistan, whether it's on so-called strategic stability or arms control agreements, whether it's on dealing with climate change," Blinken said.

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[rockfordfile]

1. Russia and the domestic terrorist are the number 1 threat to our country.

[oldsoftie]

2. China is the bigger threat.

Russia is certainly a problem, but China is the bigger threat because of our ridiculous dependence on them & the fact that they have a lot more money behind them than Russia

[Lonestarblue]

5. Also, China has been making inroads with other countries through investments.

Their loans carry a big risk, especially to developing nations. If they fail to repay the loans, China takes possession of the collateral. Yet, in the absence of help from the US, especially under Trump, countries that need aid have turned to China.

Another big difference between China and Russians China’s investment in their own industries of the future. Russia has invested very little in its own industries because it is an oligarchy with the money going to Putin and his buddies. China has invested heavily in manufacturing the chips that run everything depending on smart technology. They have invested in high-speed trains and are now investing in green technology. The US should be asking Israel, for example, why it bypassed its US ally, which gives it billions of dollars of aid every year, to work with China on developing a rapid recharging battery for electric cars. Perhaps there was no one here to be such a partner, but we cannot afford to ignore the influence that China has been gaining with the rest of the world.

[oldsoftie]

6. All excellent points. And all need to be addressed! nt

[dalton99a]

7. The semiconductor industry was moved to Asia by American corporate CEOs

They were practically in a race to offshore everything during the 80s and 90s - first the assembly and packaging operations, and then the semiconductor fabrication facilities themselves. There is very little silicon left in Silicon Valley

[oldsoftie]

8. I never knew 95% of our antibiotics come from them.

Until last year when Covid came around.
And the "just in time" inventory so many went to 30-40 yrs ago is also coming back to bite us in the ass.
We simply MUST put some pressure on these companies to at the very least get stuff OUT of China. Even if there's no way to bring it BACK here, take it to Taiwan or Singapore, etc.
Especially our damn MEDICINES!!

[certainot]

3. as long as the US and dems ignore rw radio the russians will be confident they can keep using it

they're using it all over the world like we used the Voice of America and as long as they can keep using it sso successfully, especially here, putins going to be reluctant to quit

[Sherman A1]

4. I believe that they already decided

Long ago that their best move at least in Putin’s mind is to destabilize the West as they cannot confront us straight up.