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Russia gave Ukraine security guarantees when Ukraine returned Russia's ICBMs to Russia. Which eans anyone with two brains can see were worthless.
This post is in harmony with my post. China is increasing their power over the Pacific and no one is stopping them. And no one will stop them. They will take Taiwan, Japan, Australia, and whatever else they want to take.Doc wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:49 amUnclaimed? You joking or what?Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:05 pm If you want to use an example of competing for unclaimed resources that's a possible exception.
So tell me what part of the South China seas that the CCP claims was not claimed by someone else?
[As far as the south China sea goes China has never used force to take any of the islands in it. How much has the CCP paid to take the South China Sea? The cost of building a few fake islands. And they didn't even pay for it. Americans paid for it with lots and lots of help from Wall Street bankers and the DC establishment.Mr. Perfect wrote:
Other than that, the only time resources are fought over is the POLITICAL POWER afforded those resources. EG the lower kingdom conquering the upper kingdom.
China isn't trying to make money or get cheap resources with it's moves in the Asian Pacific, they are trying increase their autonomy, power, however you want to call it.
Analysts: Beijing Has Long Used Military Force to Exert Dominance Over South China Sea
By: John Grady
July 12, 2016 6:03 PMPutin? Initially I thought that Putin left his best troops on the border with China. But if the latest reports are true he has gone all in in Ukraine. Pretty soon the Russian army is going to be like:Mr. Perfect wrote:
Europe is dependent on Russian oil, no one is talking about invading and taking their resources, etc. Because it's cheaper not to.
The only reason to invade is remove the power Putin derives from it.
And boy has he leveraged that revenue into power.
Liberal Illusions Caused the Ukraine Crisis
Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:16 pm The New Yorker
Stephen Kotkin, most profound and prodigious scholars of Russian history.
Professor of history at Princeton University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, at Stanford University.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/ ... ine-stalin
he nails it.their argument is that it assumes that, had nato not expanded, Russia wouldn’t be the same or very likely close to what it is today. What we have today in Russia is not some kind of surprise. It’s not some kind of deviation from a historical pattern. Way before nato existed—in the nineteenth century—Russia looked like this: it had an autocrat. It had repression. It had militarism. It had suspicion of foreigners and the West. This is a Russia that we know, and it’s not a Russia that arrived yesterday or in the nineteen-nineties. It’s not a response to the actions of the West. There are internal processes in Russia that account for where we are today.
I would even go further. I would say that nato expansion has put us in a better place to deal with this historical pattern in Russia that we’re seeing again today. Where would we be now if Poland or the Baltic states were not in nato? They would be in the same limbo, in the same world that Ukraine is in. In fact, Poland’s membership in nato stiffened nato’s spine.
Pretty much. Castrated classesHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:27 am .
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/19/uk ... illusions/
Liberal Illusions Caused the Ukraine Crisis
noddy wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:51 amHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 6:16 pm The New Yorker
Stephen Kotkin, most profound and prodigious scholars of Russian history.
Professor of history at Princeton University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, at Stanford University.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/ ... ine-stalinhe nails it.their argument is that it assumes that, had nato not expanded, Russia wouldn’t be the same or very likely close to what it is today. What we have today in Russia is not some kind of surprise. It’s not some kind of deviation from a historical pattern. Way before nato existed—in the nineteenth century—Russia looked like this: it had an autocrat. It had repression. It had militarism. It had suspicion of foreigners and the West. This is a Russia that we know, and it’s not a Russia that arrived yesterday or in the nineteen-nineties. It’s not a response to the actions of the West. There are internal processes in Russia that account for where we are today.
I would even go further. I would say that nato expansion has put us in a better place to deal with this historical pattern in Russia that we’re seeing again today. Where would we be now if Poland or the Baltic states were not in nato? They would be in the same limbo, in the same world that Ukraine is in. In fact, Poland’s membership in nato stiffened nato’s spine.
all of that greater russia, greater china, greater powers having spheres is bullshit - every time they try and make that work it falls apart because the neighbours only join successfully if they actually wanted to join in the first place.
the soviets held all the eastern slav states by force for a long time - the moment they could leave, they did leave.
the only failing in this was the western europeans being racist to the eastern europeans - they absolutely should have put more effort into integrating them and sharing the prosperity.
my country makes the same mistake in the south pacific - keeps the pacific islanders at arms length instead of letting them prosper with us - it will be our fault when China has more influence over them than we do, and we cant go claiming spheres of influence bullshit.
Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:32 amPretty much. Castrated classesHeracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 1:27 am .
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/19/uk ... illusions/
Liberal Illusions Caused the Ukraine Crisis
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This a long story , different book
China will not be invading us - this I can promise, its you who are confused on these issues.Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 3:30 am You guys are heavily deluded because of where you live. You are next. And it was avoidable but you didn’t do what it took
The news followed the release of the year's entrance exam scores, showing that 60 percent of university attendees are women, along with test scores of the past few years showing women largely outperforming men. This included 52 percent of university graduates and 68 percent of science degree graduates being women.