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Actually read the article, not much to see here. Basically just some lofty prose on a Japanese defense strategy document but without much in the way of insight

by edrxty 4y ago

Actually read the article, not much to see here. Basically just some lofty prose on a Japanese defense strategy document but without much in the way of insight into anything going into the geopolitical situation. Also, the extremely forced looking diagram at the top has literally nothing to do with their thesis other than being low hanging fruit for a counterargument. Edit: I was curious, here's a larger version of the map: https://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/577812/8159481/1282003901463/pnm.jpg https://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/577812/8159481/128200... It makes less sense the longer you look at it...shrug.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
Is Puerto Rico inside the "non-integrating gap"?
- edrxty 4y ago
  It's from c.2005 but still doesn't make any more sense with that context
  - antonvs 4y ago
    Barnett’s audience was the defense department, and he was telling them things that would make them feel important and virtuous. Basically internal propaganda.
jmnicolas 4y ago
I blame people like the author for the coming world war (technically we're already in it but it's not massive yet). They just regurgitate narratives without ever having an original thought and they don't understand they're lead to war step by step. Then, once the war reaches their country they will wonder how all of this could have happened. It seems humans never learn.
- yetihehe 4y ago
  What narrative would prevent this war according to you? (I'm not mocking you, just looking for narratives to spread).
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aaa_aaa 4y ago
At least they used a decent map projection.
Georgelemental 4y ago
The author doesn't endorse the diagram, he presents it as an example of the globalist idealism that he believes events have discredited