Alex Berenson mocks the Biden administration:
The New York Times now reports "a half-dozen meetings” at which the United States gave intelligence about Russia’s plans for war to senior Chinese officials, who pretended they had no idea.
Senior American officials decided to present intelligence on the Russian troop buildup around Ukraine to senior Chinese officials to try to get them to persuade Mr. Putin to stand down…
Actual tape of the meetings:
US: Look, we’re telling you, we have access to all the Russian military networks, they’re doing this.
PRC: Oh wow, you guys are amazing! This is even better than all that gene editing technology from 2015.
US: Gene editing technology?
PRC: Never mind. ALL the networks? Like all of them?
US: I mean, we don’t want to give too much away, but - this is just between us, right?
PRC: Oh, yes, of course. Trust us, we don’t want war either. We believe in the territorial integrity of all nations, though not as much as we did a few years ago before we started building aircraft carriers.
US: Then yes, we can confirm, ALL the networks. Even the double-secret air-gapped one.
PRC: Hold on, we have to make a call.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, the Chinese were not just well aware of Bad Vlad’s plans, they were giving him suggestions for D-Day (anytime after the Winter Olympics, because Mao forbid the world not get to watch those in all their glory). ...
