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It was very clever of China to tighten their grip on Hong Kong while the world is distracted with the pandemic, and the US is further distracted with its own is
by eloff 6y ago
It was very clever of China to tighten their grip on Hong Kong while the world is distracted with the pandemic, and the US is further distracted with its own issues. Well played. I hope it backfires on them.
- baybal2 6y agoVery much it, But even before that, your usual club of rogue nations worked ceaselessly to keep moving Western red lines, and eroding West's resolve while 18 Western Alliance armies were merrily bombing men with flintlock rifles in the middle of nowhere. This issue absolutely did not appear overnight.
- hkai 6y agoIt seems so, although it's not like the world paid much attention to the mass imprisonment and "reeducation" of Kazakhs and Uyghurs for the crime of speaking a wrong language, praying to the wrong god or wearing the wrong style of beards. Fuck those beard-wearing Xinjiang hipsters anyway, am I right guys?
- ttul 6y agoThis is one part of a several act drama that is playing out for the home audience. Reign in the disobedient teenager (Hong Kong) by taking his skateboard away. Act two is a military provocation, which is why the US has moved more hardware into the area.
- systemvoltage 6y agoUS should equip Taiwan with nuclear weapons for deterrance. Should there be invasion en-masse, deep in the mountains of Taiwan there would be nuclear weapons ready to strike. Nuclear weapons are great to keep peace in the region.
- microcolonel 6y agoHow do we get people from their gut reaction to this, to realizing that it is the most likely path toward lasting peace?
- systemvoltage 6y agoFirst step would be for all democracies in the world to recognize Taiwan as an independent country assertively and unilaterlly without CCP influence. That alone is difficult due to manufacturing dependence on China.
- ardy42 6y ago> US should equip Taiwan with nuclear weapons for deterrance. Should there be invasion en-masse, deep in the mountains of Taiwan there would be nuclear weapons ready to strike. IIRC, the PRC considers Taiwanese possession of nuclear weapons is one of their red lines that would lead to immediate war [1]. Though I'm not sure how such a war would be supposed to work if Taiwan had an effective nuclear delivery system. It also appears that the US did not want Taiwan to develop nuclear weapons in the 70s/80s for non-proliferation reasons and got them to shut down their program [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#PRC%27s_condition_on_military_intervention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan#PRC... [2] https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/taiwans-20th-century-brush-with-a-nuclear-capability/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/taiwans-20th-century-brush-w...
- pinkfoot 6y agoThis would be a violation of the NNPT and by extension America’s own laws.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 6y agoWe give Taiwan a lot, including Patriot missiles.
- eloff 6y agoBecause that worked so well when the Russians tried it with Cuba? What you makes you think China would tolerate that any better in their backyard?
- fomine3 6y agoWon't ICBM work?
- vixen99 6y agoWas it so clever? Hasn't this event encouraged a shift to a radically altered climate of opinion among many with regard to China (as CCCP)? Seems this is already having consequences. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/07/04/hsbc-faces-cross-party-pressure-support-hong-kong-staff-seeking/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/07/04/hsbc-faces-c... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-k-may-phase-out-huawei-tech-in-5g-within-months-telegraph/ar-BB16kvfc https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-k-may-phase-out-huawe...
- duxup 6y agoThey could do it at anytime and nobody would stop them. Hong Kong is China's to do what they wish with.