{"id":1471975,"date":"2024-06-18T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T03:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1471975"},"modified":"2024-06-18T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T03:25:00","slug":"washingtons-sharp-rebuke-of-vietnam-for-hosting-putin-later-this-week-was-ridiculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/washingtons-sharp-rebuke-of-vietnam-for-hosting-putin-later-this-week-was-ridiculous\/1471975\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington’s Sharp Rebuke Of Vietnam For Hosting Putin Later This Week Was Ridiculous"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington’s Sharp Rebuke Of Vietnam For Hosting Putin Later This Week Was Ridiculous<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The US Embassy in Hanoi reacted angrily to the news that President Putin will visit Vietnam later this week. <\/strong><\/p>\n

One of their spokespeople told\u00a0Reuters<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cNo country should give Putin a platform to promote his war of aggression and otherwise allow him to normalise his atrocities. If he is able to travel freely, it could normalize Russia’s blatant violations of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This sharp rebuke was ridiculous since it\u2019s not the US\u2019 place to tell its partners which foreign leaders they\u2019re allowed to host.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s also hypocritical too since neither the US nor Vietnam are signatories to the Rome Statute that created the \u201cInternational Criminal Court\u201d, whose\u00a0\u201dwarrant\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for the Russian leader\u2019s arrest last year was what the spokesperson was referencing with regard to their displeasure at him traveling freely. Moreover, while the purpose of his upcoming trip hasn\u2019t been officially confirmed, there\u2019s no doubt that it\u2019ll concern bilateral cooperation and isn\u2019t just an opportunity to discuss his views about\u00a0Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By disrespecting Vietnam in the way that it did through their embassy spokesperson\u2019s rude statement, the US is needlessly risking drama in their\u00a0hard-earned strategic partnership<\/a>, which was clinched just last year after lengthy negotiations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These former wartime enemies entered into a fast-moving rapprochement at the end of the Old Cold War and have shared goals of managing China\u2019s rise, which is especially important for Vietnam due to its maritime territorial dispute with the People\u2019s Republic.<\/p>\n

Even so, Vietnam is far from being a US ally or vassal since it proudly retains its strategic autonomy as proven by the\u00a0continued cultivation of strategic relations<\/a>\u00a0with Russia, who it\u2019s loyally supported despite immense Western pressure to dump that country.<\/strong> Most of its armed forces are supplied with Soviet and Russian wares, and its partner\u2019s energy companies are also exploring offshore deposits. Furthermore, Hanoi will never forget Moscow\u2019s support during the Vietnam War, which forged their brotherly ties.<\/p>\n

It’s in this context of Vietnam\u2019s careful balancing act between Russia and the US, which is predicated on obtaining the best possible position vis-\u00e0-vis its top trade partner China with whom it\u2019s still embroiled in a fierce maritime territorial dispute, that President Putin will soon pay a visit there. Russia respects Vietnam\u2019s decision to strategically partner with its American rival, but America doesn\u2019t respect Vietnam\u2019s decision to strategically partner with its Russian rival, which isn\u2019t lost on Hanoi.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Vietnam will still keep the US close since it considers it to be the only realistic counterweight to China in the latter\u2019s namesake Southern Sea that Hanoi calls its East Sea, all while arming itself to the teeth with Russian weaponry just in case a conflict breaks out by miscalculation.<\/strong> As Sino-Filipino tensions continue worsening, the US will likely try to rope Vietnam into this as well so as to increase the pressure on Beijing, but Hanoi won\u2019t ever act against its interests at others\u2019 demands.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s always been the case but is even more so now after the US\u2019 ridiculous rebuke over its hosting of President Putin, which reminded policymakers and the public alike that America will always regard itself as the \u201csenior partner\u201d in all of its bilateral relations.<\/p>\n

This arrogance isn\u2019t just offensive, but it\u2019s also counterproductive from the perspective of the US\u2019 objective national interests since it reduces the chances that others like Vietnam will more closely cooperate with it against third countries like China.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 06\/18\/2024 – 19:25<\/span><\/p>\n

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