Contained? Corporate America literally empowered China into the powerhouse it is today while naively believing they would remain submissive, compliant, and dependent on our technical expertise.

I was with you in the first sentence but you’re argument collapsed into fantasy, the worst part of which was the eurocentric view of the war. Many historians consider the start of WW2 to be the Japanese invasion of China in 1938.

There’s only one China and the Mainland isn’t a part of it

There’s a bandit regime in Beijing that want’s to attack the Chinese people living on Formosa Island.

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i don’t understand why europe is being so quiet on taiwan

Europe is far from Taiwan, has little in the way of Naval Assets or Territorial Possessions nearby to even be relevant in a war, and frankly has their hands full closer to home.

Whataboutism. I can criticize the actions of past and present Americans AND criticize the actions of China. Bad things the US has done doesn’t give a free pass to China to do bad things.

The motivation for most new recruits in the US military is escaping poverty. That poverty is on purpose to funnel recruits into the military. Unlikely to ever be a draft again, they’ll just ramp up the poverty.

How wealthy is your bone spur?

William Randolph Hearst

Complicit? Motherfucker was the catalyst.

Gross

Unless you’re having big protests everyday, or at the least every weekend than you’ve accomplished nothing. If you don’t get labor and other non-governmental organizations on your side to start shutting down broad swaths of the economy and society, they ignore you. It’s not rocket science.

You didn’t make a point, you just made something up.

Being a conqueror doesn’t give you a legitimate claim to anything. We decided a century ago to leave that Imperialism bullshit in the past but I guess some people can’t let it go.

The real parallel is between Leopoldo Galtieri and the Falkland islands. He used an invasion to distract from his human rights abuses and a worsening economic situation in Argentina. Of course the utter failure of his conquest led to his downfall and the restoration of democracy in Argentina. If only America could have a restoration of democracy.

And not winning any elections doesn’t give Xi Jinping any claim to mainland China either.

I said nothing of the sort.

Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!

Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!

MOTHERFUCKERRRRR

Makes me sick just thinking about it. I genuinely hope Denmark prepares to wage a guerilla campaign against invaders in Greenland if needed.

Conquering Taiwan is more about pride and ego then any material gain, though the Island has strong maritime strategic value.