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[RedSun]

It does not matter until, China invades Taiwan. They will grab the semiconductor factories of Taiwan and dominate the South China Seas. US has focused all its attention on Russia, while our politicians all sellout US technology to China, allow Chinese spies to steal military secrets on top of that. China has clones of the top US fighter jets plus hypersonic missiles they developed. I doubt the US will defend Taiwan and risk war with China.

US has no reason to shed blood to defend Taiwan. This is half of the Republicans think US should do. That is what Senator Josh Hawley thinks US should do.

China-Taiwan will be just another Russia and Ukraine. Even US agrees that there is only one China. But US passed a law to "defend" Taiwan. But how? Sell more outdated weapons? Like what the West is doing to bring "defensive" weapons into Ukraine?

 

[d08]

I would not agree that this is "unprovoked". NATO has been provoking for 30 years. James Baker promised that NATO would move "not an inch..." into East Germany. Yet, what happened. H. W. Bush promised that NATO would not expand to former Warsaw Pact countries. But what do we see now??

Ah. Ok, you're one of those Kremlin sympathisers, many lurking around. There was no contractual obligation for NATO not to expand. The supposed promise was also given before Russia started threatening said countries with invasion, I'm in one of said countries. When Putin came to power, there were numerous threats made, border incursions became regular. NATO membership was the only option.

So your solution was, let all these countries sit mostly defenceless and isolation. Just waiting for Russia to take them one by one.

You'd do well as a Russian propaganda minister.

 

[RedSun]

As a European, though living abroad and speaking to my brothers and family there, everyone understands that to hurt Putin, there will be economic pain but it's suffer now or pay far more later.

There is also opportunity in conflict, time to start building a lot of LNG tankers just to begin with.

That is just BS. How can all those LNG tankers pass through Suez Canal? Do you even know how LNG works?

 

[Overnight]

US has no reason to shed blood to defend Taiwan. This is half of the Republicans think US should do...

One company. Taiwan Semiconductor. China gets a hold of that and the USA is screwed. Don't they produce something like 50% of the chips USA needs for hi-tech manufacture?

 

[d08]

Only short term, not long term. After 10 years, Europeans will forget.

Look at all the sanctions after 2014 Crimea.

Crimean invasion was nothing like this, not even close. To compare the two is ridiculous. You must live in a bunker in near-total isolation to think that.

 

[terr]

Crimean invasion was nothing like this, not even close. To compare the two is ridiculous. You must live in a bunker in near-total isolation to think that.

He doesn't. He is most likely a paid Russian shill. Cuz no one can really be that stupid.

 

[d08]

That is just BS. How can all those LNG tankers pass through Suez Canal? Do you even know how LNG works?

LNG from US to Europe passes through Suez? You want me to buy you a map?

 

[RedSun]

Ah. Ok, you're one of those Kremlin sympathisers, many lurking around. There was no contractual obligation for NATO not to expand. The supposed promise was also given before Russia started threatening said countries with invasion, I'm in one of said countries. When Putin came to power, there were numerous threats made, border incursions became regular. NATO membership was the only option.

So your solution was, let all these countries sit mostly defenceless and isolation. Just waiting for Russia to take them one by one.

You'd do well as a Russian propaganda minister.

@d08

You are such an idiot.

You better read some history book. Here is a good one from Johns Hopkins University. That is the history I just described.

 

[RedSun]

LNG from US to Europe passes through Suez? You want me to buy you a map?

@d08

You are such an idiot. Biden asked UAE to send LNG to Europe. Where do the ships go?

 

[ET180]

Russia is in better financial shape than the US. Talk about sheer irony. They also, have $600 billion in reserves. US has $630 billion in reserves but, owes how much? Over $30 trillion now?

The US debt is a big problem. But we also have credibility. Russia can't expand their money supply by 40% print a few trillion out of thin air and have their currency at around the same level as it was at before the pandemic despite high inflation rates / strongly negative real rates. There's no shortage of buyers for US debt. Russia can't do that. Russia GDP about the size of Florida. Nowhere near the productivity.