So if he had said that he is planning on attacking Russia, you would be relieved?
A lot of people who actually know geopolitics have argued that if the US were smart, it would ally with Russia to balance China. Biden has seemingly made Russia into a permanent enemy, which is very good for China. Unfortunately, this is probably going to be bad for Taiwan.
Just the fact that if China attacks Taiwan and the US attempts its economic terrorismsanctions on China (which forced Japan's hand in 1941), it can still import loads of energy and mineral resources from the largest provider in the world. Probably at a cheap price as Russia is now beholden to China.
It's the whole 'nukes' issue that the crux of it all. It won't end the world (the only thing guaranteed to do that is when the sun expands and swallow this planet whole) but our existence is conditional.
Even then there's the psychological aspect of if you survive the initial exchange, a lot of people can suffer from 'survivors guilt' and the complete destruction of infrastructure, so we REALLY don't want to witness that but idiots have run the pentagon for decades.
A lot of people who actually know geopolitics have argued that if the US were smart, it would ally with Russia to balance China.
The original plan was to put nukes in Ukraine to keep Russia in check while the US ratcheted up economic warfare with China. Obviously, that plan did not work out, to the perpetual confoundment of """experts""".
A lot of people who actually know geopolitics have argued that if the US were smart, it would ally with Russia to balance China
I don't even know them that well and I've never once understood why we weren't trying to ally with Russia in general. They aren't doing anything worse than any of our other "allies." It just seems to be Cold War inertia and "well we need some enemy to scapegoat forever."
I'm sure many could write a screed about all sorts of reasons why we shouldn't, but I could do the same with countries that we just let slide who offer far less benefit to us to be on good terms with.
So if he had said that he is planning on attacking Russia, you would be relieved?
A lot of people who actually know geopolitics have argued that if the US were smart, it would ally with Russia to balance China. Biden has seemingly made Russia into a permanent enemy, which is very good for China. Unfortunately, this is probably going to be bad for Taiwan.
Just the fact that if China attacks Taiwan and the US attempts its
economic terrorismsanctions on China (which forced Japan's hand in 1941), it can still import loads of energy and mineral resources from the largest provider in the world. Probably at a cheap price as Russia is now beholden to China.It's the whole 'nukes' issue that the crux of it all. It won't end the world (the only thing guaranteed to do that is when the sun expands and swallow this planet whole) but our existence is conditional.
Even then there's the psychological aspect of if you survive the initial exchange, a lot of people can suffer from 'survivors guilt' and the complete destruction of infrastructure, so we REALLY don't want to witness that but idiots have run the pentagon for decades.
Biden did something favorable for China. He'd never
I would be relieved if he said nothing at all.
The original plan was to put nukes in Ukraine to keep Russia in check while the US ratcheted up economic warfare with China. Obviously, that plan did not work out, to the perpetual confoundment of """experts""".
I don't even know them that well and I've never once understood why we weren't trying to ally with Russia in general. They aren't doing anything worse than any of our other "allies." It just seems to be Cold War inertia and "well we need some enemy to scapegoat forever."
I'm sure many could write a screed about all sorts of reasons why we shouldn't, but I could do the same with countries that we just let slide who offer far less benefit to us to be on good terms with.