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Are we witnessing the early stages of WWIII?
SpeareChucker
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Most likely just another stage in the Cold War.
Opening up China did not produce the predicted results.
Opening up China did not produce the predicted results.
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only in YOUR mind
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Cold war for sure
There is no doubt that China's seeding the world with a deadly virus has triggered a cold war. That is already clearly what has happened. But I have been studying the reaction of various countries and I can see that things are escalating. I am not sure what direction this will end up going but it is a clusterfuck for sure.
There is no doubt that China's seeding the world with a deadly virus has triggered a cold war. That is already clearly what has happened. But I have been studying the reaction of various countries and I can see that things are escalating. I am not sure what direction this will end up going but it is a clusterfuck for sure.
SpeareChucker
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Actually, I think it's just a continuation.
It's the old adage, we might not have been at war with them,
but they most certainly were at war with us.
I just ran across this and found it interesting,
it is part 2, but there is a link to part 1:
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen...ond-cold-war-part-2-caging-the-dragon-n426476
Here's a pull-quote:
"If the Cold War’s roots can be traced to Soviet oppression in Eastern Europe and their attempts to spread that oppression into Greece and Turkey, the Second Cold War can trace its roots to mainland China’s economic rise, which has, in turn, allowed the Communist government to engage in an expansionist foreign policy ambitious enough to turn Stalin from Red to green with envy.
"All of this matters because Communist China has made itself, with Western acquiescence, an essential part of the global supply chain. An American policy of economic decoupling must go hand-in-hand with an international policy of containment, lest the People’s Republic use its current manufacturing heft to herd its weaker neighbors inside Beijing’s pen.
"China doesn’t just bully its neighbors, which is something we’ll look at in closer detail shortly. Beijing is also engaged in a propaganda and cultural war against the West."
It's the old adage, we might not have been at war with them,
but they most certainly were at war with us.
I just ran across this and found it interesting,
it is part 2, but there is a link to part 1:
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen...ond-cold-war-part-2-caging-the-dragon-n426476
Here's a pull-quote:
"If the Cold War’s roots can be traced to Soviet oppression in Eastern Europe and their attempts to spread that oppression into Greece and Turkey, the Second Cold War can trace its roots to mainland China’s economic rise, which has, in turn, allowed the Communist government to engage in an expansionist foreign policy ambitious enough to turn Stalin from Red to green with envy.
"All of this matters because Communist China has made itself, with Western acquiescence, an essential part of the global supply chain. An American policy of economic decoupling must go hand-in-hand with an international policy of containment, lest the People’s Republic use its current manufacturing heft to herd its weaker neighbors inside Beijing’s pen.
"China doesn’t just bully its neighbors, which is something we’ll look at in closer detail shortly. Beijing is also engaged in a propaganda and cultural war against the West."
SpeareChucker
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PS - the virus may have been a triggering event
that has awakened some to the dangers,
but they were sleep-walking under
the umbrella of Peace/Prosperity.
that has awakened some to the dangers,
but they were sleep-walking under
the umbrella of Peace/Prosperity.
Rightguide
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We were naive to believe we could maintain a peaceful relationship with China, a country with interests and values diametrically opposed to our own. We were naive to think we could coexist with an ideology founded by the biggest mass murderer in history. We were naive to think strident Chinese communist ideology would evolve through trade and economic progress. We were naive to think they wouldn't steal our advanced technology and intellectual property to build a formidable military force that would in time be pointed directly at us. We were naive to believe that what we were doing wouldn't make them strong enough to continue and accelerate their totalitarian goals to the point of world domination. Trump is the only President who sees the threat clearly.
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