Yeah pretty much.
Aka appeasement. We tried it Donny. Though this time it’s Trump who wants to be dictator.
Yeah pretty much.
Aka appeasement. We tried it Donny. Though this time it’s Trump who wants to be dictator.
Which is a repackaging of the satanic panic.
Local residents in Albania are accusing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump of attempting to take land away from them for two luxury resort projects.
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I said it in a different comment: one side drives the other to Long Island. Both sides continue to say they are the US, neither wants to sign a peace treaty or even armistice, both sides want and claim the other’s land. They don’t say they’re independent, they say they are the US. And in this case Long Island controls yoursea access and is supported by a hostile country. Remember the war never ended, neither side signed or wanted to sign shit. What now? Who gets to decide? Do foreign countries get to decide?
People today are still obsessed with the civil war and fly Confederate flags, and that shit was actually settled and a long time ago too. China’s is much more recent and still relevant. See my other comments.
Here’s a thought experiment: Take the US civil war, the Confederacy says it’s the real US. Does that make it a country? Does the North get to say anything about that? Who decides what?
In this case Taiwan has never said it’s it’s own country, you can thank the delusional kmt for that. They (Taiwan) said they are the real China. So in our thought experiment: the Confederacy says it’s the US, the North says it’s the US, and nothing goes anywhere. Who gets to say what? Do foreign countries get a say?
Oh and he’s stuck on repeat already. Stunning vocabulary and discussion skills on display. Have fun!
Hey I got my first “I disagree so you must be a tankie” lol.
Being invaded for centuries doesn’t make sense why they’re afraid of being invaded?
Like I said there are plenty of things to not like about China, but I can understand their paranoia. That you can’t understand either of these statements sets off my bad faith spidy sense. Ciao.
Edit: You think that’s busted? lol. Looks like I was right.
There was a time when China was being carved up just like Africa had been. They were a hair away from ending up like Africa. There’s plenty to not like about China, but I can understand their paranoia.
What do you think the situation would be if the US Civil War ended in a stalemate? Either side drove the other to Long Island, except in this case Long Island controls all your sea access. (If they were both adamant on taking over the other and neither side signed a peace treaty.) That’s what this is, it’s a civil war that never ended. I’m going to leave the rest of that one alone, but you should explore your line of thinking on it.
There’s a string of Japanese islands from Japan to Taiwan called the Ryukyu Islands. If someone wanted to use those islands to block China in, it would be extremely simple. Between Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and in the South Philippines, Malaysia they are easily blocked in. If they have Taiwan they have an out, that’s why they want it so badly (besides all the other things).
It really clicked in for me when I saw these kind of maps. These ones aren’t quite as good or blatant, you have to look a bit more carefully. Remember Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and Malaysia are US allies.
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/an-astronauts-view-reveals-chinas-geopolitical-claustrophobia/
https://www.geostrategy.org.uk/research/the-chinese-perspective-of-the-pacific-region/
Come the fuck on. Taiwan was returned to China after WW2. It’s where the Chinese national govt fled to (you know, adversary), it’s populated by Chinese, and is strategically important because it blocks China in. I don’t like the situation any more than anyone else but let’s discuss it intelligently rather than stupid gotchas.
Yeah but is that 4 16 hour days?
I do turn to google after failing at DDG and the results are better.
Ugh. I use DDG for the privacy, because it sure as fuck isn’t a good search engine.
For the discussion we’re having here, planes generally don’t relocate for the sake of relocating. If they do, then you don’t want to spend any time loading passengers/bags at a terminal. You just want to take off, land, and skip the rest. Plus for a plane any weight is quite a cost.
If you are talking about a normal commercial flight, then you flying is normal demand.
Well no the plane wouldn’t.
Wheee.
But in seriousness, if China learned anything from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine it’s that military corruption is a bitch and you need way more equipment than you thought. I expect it’s posturing. Sun Tzu: when you’re weak, appear strong.
Hear me out. The thing with cruise ships is that they sometimes relocate from North America to Europe operations and vis versa. Those cruises don’t get tourists because the whole point of a cruise is to visit different places, no one wants that trip. But the relocation is going to happen anyway, so they sell tickets super cheap (and it’s stripped of entertainment like comedians, shows, etc). Because the relocation is going to happen anyway, you’re not exactly adding to any carbon footprint. You’d have to Google what exactly they’re called.
But I get you if you want to sail. That does exist too.
I think the differentiator is Saudi official. Government official, not merely a citizen of Saudi Arabia.