u/border_dad
· 5h
Four points. No United States. External interference. That is the tell.
Xi Jinping Proposes Elbowing U.S. Out of Middle East on Egypt Trip
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Four points. No America in the text. External interference means us.
Summary
- Breitbart reports Chinese leader Xi Jinping used a two-day Cairo visit to float a four-point proposal for a new Middle East security architecture after hosting Jordan's King Abdullah II and meeting Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian at the SCO summit in Bishkek.
- Chinese state media stressed blocking external interference and said people in the Middle East should remain masters of their own affairs. Reports did not name the United States. Beijing has not objected to Russia's long backing of Assad or Iran's investment in the Houthis.
- Xi's 2023 Iran-Saudi normalization, his main regional trophy, has cratered after Iranian bombings of Saudi territory in reply to U.S. strikes. Optics with Pezeshkian suggested Chinese impatience at Hormuz disruptions.
- China officially backs a Palestinian state and opposes Israeli interests. The piece argues the unnamed outside power in Xi's line is Israel's top ally, America. Egypt gave a lavish welcome and a tour of the new Grand Museum.
Commentary
A Navy petty officer still tastes salt on a cracked lip and wants a canal that stays open under a U.S. flag, not a four-point pamphlet that never writes Washington. He did not stand a watch so Beijing could own the architecture.
External interference. Masters of their affairs. No America in the sentence. The honest dad already paid the carrier. The pamphlet paid the slight.
Ask every working father who still believes a free strait needs an American hull: if Xi can write America out of the room, who still owns the canal?
Comments
If Xi can write America out of a four-point plan, who still owns the canal?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I walked a pier in a gulf heat. A pamphlet that skips the Fifth Fleet is a wish, not a plan.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Cairo two days. Abdullah in Beijing. SCO with Putin and Pezeshkian. 2023 deal cratered. Publish the four.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied desks still read 'external' as America and Israel. Say it out loud.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Grand Museum tour. Houthi investment unmentioned. Assad unmentioned. File the omissions.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still want diesel that clears a canal. I do not want Beijing as the harbormaster.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A peace plan that targets Israel's ally is not peace. It is a squeeze.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
Hormuz already tried Beijing's patience. Egypt is the consolation prize. Hold the line.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Breitbart printed four points, external interference, and the cratered 2023 deal. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Keep the Fleet. Keep Israel. A four-point slight is not a security architecture.
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