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> Pretty surefire way of helping fence-sitters become client states of China. By offering to provide less costly subs in support of a war with China? Your comm
by jonnybgood 5y ago
> Pretty surefire way of helping fence-sitters become client states of China.
By offering to provide less costly subs in support of a war with China? Your comment is nonsensical given the context of the deal.
- rmk 5y agoIt's not the military hardware that I'm referring to, but the treatment of a longstanding ally that helped found the nation. Did the US participate in the tender? It appears to me that they just swooped in and offered the subs that had been picked over Germany and Japan's proposed subs. The French aren't recalling their diplomats from Germany and Japan, are they?
- jonnybgood 5y agoFrance, our long-standing ally, has no interest in providing support to the US against China’s aggression. Let’s deal with the reality of modern day geopolitics and not that of over 200 years ago.
- rmk 5y agoThat's exactly what has happened here, but it's difficult to see how this improves "America's standing in the world" vis-a-vis Trump. Anthony Blinken is supposedly a seasoned diplomat vs. Rex Tillerson or Pompeo, not to mention the clearly more experienced Biden. Is this hamfisted diplomacy what we get by replacing Trump? Not much finesse there no matter who's occupying the hot seat, it appears.