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Yup. China has bullied its neighbors on the seas, drawn increasingly ambitious lines denoting areas they believe they control, built artificial islands and turned them into military bases, continued to threaten Taiwan. Waiting around for the CCP to become kinder and gentler seems like folly to me. Better to make it clear that we stand united with Taiwan and would assist in the case of an invasion. Whether they believe that or not and whether it works or not is up in the air but it beats not trying and watching them invade Taiwan and massively restrict rights as they did in Hong Kong.
Seriously. There are some clown-shoes posts in here that absolve the CCP of any responsibility because it's a "bad time" as if there has been a good time with that government in the last 40 years.
I think this stems from people just wanting to shit over the US government every chance they get even in cases where they are in the right. I mean people will even resort to victim blaming and absolve the CCP of their awful tactics.
Yup, it sure seems that way, particularly when the phrase "provoke another superpower" is used. I don't see how that phrase is used unless they believe that the US is responsible for Russia invading Ukraine, which is absurd.
You're a spousal abuser aren't you?
Anything to distract from the bank runs I suppose. I personally wonder how long China can stoke nationalism and overweening CCP pride before they can't control what they've created. Hopefully Russia's experience has taught them something, though I suppose we'll see in the next 20 years or so.
There's a bit of a difference in 'grandstanding' between 'senior politician flies in for meetings' and 'test-firing rockets over the island, causing a protest from a third country entirely, while immediately deciding on manoeuvres that put your fleet in an obvious encirclement/invasion training run'. That's not matching grandstanding with grandstanding, it's throwing the toys out of the pram in a weird tantrum manifesting as a show of martial strength.
If China does eventually decide to attack Taiwan, it will be interesting to see how the reactions compare to Russia invading Ukraine. I unfortunately foresee more resistance to enbargoes and companies leaving the country since the world is by and large more economically reliant on China than Russia.
right? it's like someone is checking off the boxes. the last one being 'nuclear weapons used.'
Chinese naval power pales in comparison to the US Navy. There will be no blockade.
They think they dud a favor to the people of Hong Kong, so they're just deluded clowns. See their tweet about preventing Uighyr women from being "baby factories". The CCP is evil through and through.
I can, we had people on this site blaming US/NATO for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Taiwan wanted Pelosi there, just like her visit to Ukraine. What do you know that the Taiwanese government who gave Pelosi a fucking award doesn't know?
Who exactly?
