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19-09-2020, 05:24 PM
#241
There's still no "a" in Ernest
Thinking About China. . . another link to add to the pile.
https://www.principles.com/the-chang...rder/#chapter5
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20-09-2020, 04:27 AM
#242
Light the blue touchpaper and stand well back.
A view from Germany. . . put it in the corner with the others
https://www.dw.com/en/taiwan-the-thr...res/a-54944934
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20-09-2020, 09:59 AM
#243
Donald Trump’s lonely victory in the Middle East
https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/donald-trumps-lonely-victory-in-the-middle-east/
"The US president has trampled over the conventional wisdom of the whole foreign policy establishment..."
This article attempts to adroitly explain the untangling of the Middle East cornucopia, attributing the victory to Trump.
While he may be the figurehead, clearly he personally doesn't have the wit or the machiavellian abilities to process damn near anything of substance,
the victory perhaps belongs to Jarad Kushner and his team.
Nonetheless, this article neatly untangles a swath of historical and current complexities and illustrates Trump's lucky victory of near & future outcomes.
Worth reading twice as a history lesson also - fills a lot of gaps in geopolitical understanding...
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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20-09-2020, 11:22 AM
#244
Originally Posted by GTM 3442
There are plenty of opinions around. Here's another one, with some background reasoning for the opinion;
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion...-warmonger-far
"The report calculates that the US “‘war on terror’” since the September 11 attacks has cost not only millions of lives and injuries, but also forcibly displaced
at least 37 million people in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, the Philippines, Libya and Syria: “The US military has waged war continuously for
almost two decades,” it said.
“US forces have fought in wars or participated in other combat operations in at least 24 countries. The destruction inflicted by warfare in these countries has been incalculable for civilians and combatants, for US military personnel and their family members, and for entire societies.” ........................
"Whatever Pompeo and his colleagues say about China’s warmongering ambitions, it is again the US that leads the world by far in defence spending.
Of the global total of US$1.92 trillion last year, the US accounted for 38 per cent"...........................
“We have met the enemy, and he is us”.
Today, it is no joke.If hot war is indeed an existential threat, then there is likely to be only one source – and it is not China."
Last edited by greater fool; 20-09-2020 at 11:28 AM.
Reason: too much white space.......
"There is something wrong with a regime that requires a pyramid of corpses every few years." George Orwell.
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20-09-2020, 11:54 AM
#245
Originally Posted by GTM 3442
For me personally, the following rang true:
For Wu (the Foreign Minister), it is in the democratic world's own interests to support Taiwan against China's aggression — before it is too late. "They are trying to export the authoritarian international order while democracies are following the rule-based international order," he said. "If China succeeds in taking Taiwan over — I think the rest of the world, especially for democracies, is going to feel the heat. China is expanding outward. Taiwan happens to be on the front line."
Last edited by Davexl; 22-09-2020 at 08:38 PM.
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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21-09-2020, 03:36 PM
#246
Japan’s new defense minister a blast from the past
Pacifism is giving way to collective defense and a first-strike capability
https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/japans-new-defense-minister-a-blast-from-the-past/
"Japan has been pacifist and democratic for 75 years and received nothing but abuse from Koreans and Chinese the entire time.
There has been no appreciation for not attacking anyone (China attacked Vietnam in 1979),
not establishing a dictatorship, not sending troops to help the Americans butcher Vietnamese
(South Korean troops were renowned for their ferocity during the Vietnam War).
There have been endless complaints that Japan’s apologies are insincere, that Japan
remains a warmonger at heart and, from the Americans, that Japan is not pulling its weight militarily."
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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22-09-2020, 01:46 PM
#247
Originally Posted by Davexl
Japan’s new defense minister a blast from the past
"Blast from the past". Exactly. The new Cabinet is a bunch ancient dinosaurs that should have been put out
to pasture a couple of decades ago. If they had a clue on how to revive Japan's stagnating economy it would
be showing signs of an improvement by now.
https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/sugas-...-a-new-bottle/
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion...n-china-and-us
Japan will continue to stumble along, brown nosing America, and spending all their treasure on weaponry.
Apart from media; Hollywood, Nettricks, Fakebook: America's main exports are violence, and the means to prosecute violence, and Japan is playing that game.
https://www.reuters.com/places/japan...-idUSKBN1YO05N
"There is something wrong with a regime that requires a pyramid of corpses every few years." George Orwell.
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22-09-2020, 08:13 PM
#248
Ren Zhiqiang - who called Chinese president a 'clown' - jailed for 18 years
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...d-for-18-years
This man should have been supported for his free-speech rights, but Oh No, not under China's CCP!
That's the core of the problem - that the CCP can't handle criticism of any kind whatsoever and that will be
why China's backward regime will one day soon crumple under the weight of its own lies and inherent weakness...
Last edited by Davexl; 22-09-2020 at 08:35 PM.
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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22-09-2020, 08:27 PM
#249
Shall we start a new pile for Turkey, or just biff it in the corner with the other non-China stuff?
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/columns...key-do-2047598
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22-09-2020, 08:29 PM
#250
"US-led coalition encircling China’s sea ambitions" by Richard Javad Heydarian
US engaging likeminded partners in anti-sub warfare while European allies pledge to counter China in the South China Sea
https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/us-led...sea-ambitions/
“China’s existence is indeed aggressive and will bring a definite threat,” responded Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. “I believe these activities are no help to China’s international image, and what’s more have put Taiwan’s people even more on their guard.”
Tsai said recent provocations have helped foreign nations in “understanding even better the true nature of the Chinese communist regime.”
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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