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Look at France taking the reigns. Good for you, France. The US is led by a weak ass TACO right now. We can't help in this way... We are fucking weak. Weak ass US.
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A soggy taco.
Do you think the United States is weak by chance? I kind of got that feeling from your post but you didn't come right out and say it so I wanted to verify, thanks!
US isn't weak but our leadership has taken a massive downswing in the last 5 months. The level of incompetence they've been able to achieve since Jan is amazing.
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What about sending soldiers to fight russia
Ukr is not like russia. Ukraine say they just need weapons and arms to defend themselves for giving up nukes, nothing else.
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...this is the hardest part of being a democracy these days...you inherit the shit sandwich the US left for you, even if you didn't do anything to create the problem and you can't afford to simply look the other way when another democracy comes under attack, even if you likely don't have the means to help.
NK is already on the front lines in Ukraine wtf does he mean
that is what he means.
Is the plan to kill some more millions of southeast Asians like good ol' days
I... don't think so? I'm pretty sure they'll just be a thorn in China's side like they are in Russia's.
It is, hence the downvotes. Liberals look at what we did to North Korea and Vietnam during the war and think "we should've gone harder bc they're evil communists". Also apparently they just don't give a shit about trying not to start another world war
I don't think Americans and Europeans know how much invasions into southeast Asia in the 1800s and prior there were. It's not a post-WW2 thing. It's centuries of atrocities in the region. Someday the UK are going to be grandstanding against India too and people out here will be confused why Indians aren't wistfully looking back to the days of the British empire exporting foods by coercion while Indians go through famines
Everyone's knows this and looking back to something that happened 200 years ago trying to make it relevant to today's politics is laughable to say the least.
China is clearly showing its imperial ambitions. Remember Tibet? Somehow tankies convenient forget it even with monks literally burning themselves to get attention they get none.
Tankies perceive the old Tibet like the West perceives Iran, as an abusive Theocracy. That changes the evaluation.
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I have Irish heritage. That's literally why my family emigrated to the US
Look at this serious and credible threat! Wow, I guess Xi Jiping is quaking in his boots right now
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What is he talking about? Japan, Skorea, and Mongolia are already NATO global partners.
'Partners' doesn't really mean much though.
NATO is European only, there is little to no chance any of us in the Pacific are joining on to save Europe in a land war for a third time, as there no chance Europe would ever lift a finger to help Australia or Japan if China decides it's go time.
as there no chance Europe would ever lift a finger to help Australia or Japan if China decides it's go time.
This is absolute nonsense by the way.
That is probably true. NATO members will look at cost benefits just like everyone else. SE Asia needs to be responsible for its own security, not rely on others.
NATO is not europe only, though, US is not europe.. Anyone can apply to join.
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Right. That'll show them.... Western leadership has never read a book on China have they? Him saying this all but ensures China is going to the opposite.
Southeast Asia out here catching strays I guess? Someone want to help me figure out why a country northeast of china sending troops to a country north of China to invade Ukraine would prompt NATO to engage in proxy war in countries south of China?
Talking about expanding NATO to include southeast Asian countries. South Korea, Phillipines, or Indonesia, not to create a random proxy war.
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Because North Korea doesn't make any geopolitical moves without asking China first. They are by far their primary trade partner and arguably closest ally, with literally the only defense treaty to China out of all countries in the world.
Troops getting to Russia in order to fight alongside them in their invasion of Ukraine have to either pass through China for the shorter route, or go through the tiny 17km sliver of Russia-NK border on the far east of the Asian continent that China monitors very closely (more likely). Either way, China is giving their approval to NK for the troop movements.
Okay, but where does Southeast Asia come into any of this?
It's metaphoric. Macron is saying "if you don't stay out of our geopolitical backyard, we will become more closely involved in yours".
China is increasingly invested politically and financially throughout SEA (Vietnam, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and more).
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It’s naïve to think that any military action in one part of the world does not affect every other part of the world
I'm not asking about the metaphysics of war and how we're all connected in the great chain of life, I'm asking the casua belli to get Southeast Asia involved as a consequence of North Korean military action.
edit: I didn't want to doubt the intelligence of my fellow lemmings but if it's not clear North Korea is not in fucking Southeast Asia
Jesus, you really struggle with this don't you
NK isn't in Southeast Asia, but Southeast Asia is the geopolitically contested region that China cares the most about dominating (at this point in time).
Macron said "keep your dog from shitting in my yard or I'll let mine loose in yours"
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Why is NATO concerned about Ukraine? Maybe you should have accepted their application. Didn't y'all reject them?
NATO doesn't allow nations to join while in a tive conflict, for good reason.
Every European country would be happy to let them join once this is over.
Not sure Hungary does. But most of Europe I agree
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Its an alliance not Walmart
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