the chinese are now in belarusian training and you might find this move curious at least, plus ray, larry and judge napolitano talk about current events;

The news media is treating this as some sort of antic that China recently cooked-up in order to send NATO a tough message. While that may be a consideration in the decision to do this exercise, the more important fact is that this exercise had been planned for at least one year. I refer you back to one of my earlier posts, Understanding Military Exercises.

Here is the U.S. propaganda channel, Radio Free Europe, take on the exercise:

As NATO leaders gathered in Washington for a landmark summit and issued “irreversible” support for Ukraine and deep criticism of Beijing for its support of Russia, China was holding maneuvers with Belarusian troops on the alliance’s eastern edge.

The 11-day joint military exercises named Eagle Assault 2024 kicked off on July 8 — the eve of the NATO summit — and are under way near the Belarusian city of Brest, some 5 kilometers from the Polish border.

The first of their kind between China and Belarus, the drills reflect growing defense ties between the two countries and are designed to send a message of resolve toward NATO, analysts and officials say.

The Chinese/Belarus exercise is taking place on the heels of a threatening declaration by NATO:

The 32-member NATO alliance on Wednesday harshly called out China for its role in propping up Russia’s war against Ukraine and declared that Ukraine was on an “irreversible” path to membership in the military alliance.

A summit declaration released at the alliance’s ongoing meetings in Washington includes language that for the first time names China as a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war economy while also committing continued support for Ukraine to eventually obtain NATO membership.

Beijing has not provided weapons to Moscow, but it is sending dual-use equipment, microelectronics and other tools that Stoltenberg said enables Russia to “build the missiles, to build the bombs, to build the aircraft, to build the weapons they’re using to attack Ukraine.”................more.........