- The US is creating military assistance packages for Taiwan similar to those it creates for Ukraine ahead of a Ukraine-style proxy conflict Washington seeks...
  • “The US is creating military assistance packages for Taiwan similar to those it creates for Ukraine ahead of a Ukraine-style proxy conflict Washington seeks to create with Beijing;”
  • “The US is also passing legislation serving as a stepping stone toward pushing its Taiwan proxies toward declaring “independence” and triggering a conflict with the rest of China;”
  • “Meanwhile, Russian and Chinese warships approach “US shores,” however upon closer examination, these incidents are happening near the Aleutian Islands closer to Russian than to the continental US;”
  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    17·
    1 year ago

    I hope the Taiwan “proxies” take America for all it has. “Oh yeah, sure, we’re totally gonna declare independence. We just need more aid first!”

    • Justice@lemmygrad.ml
      21·
      1 year ago

      I think Ukraine kinda played that game and now they’re sending their young men into a meat grinder…

      I’m not suggesting there’s a “good” choice here. If the US placed a country between itself and another large power like Russia or in this case China the proxy country is gonna get fucked over horribly in some capacity.

      It’s wild to me that any non-US in the world still believe the US gives a flying shit about their countries after witnessing how the US purposely courted Ukraine for years dangling NATO over its head but when the shit got real they just threw their hands up and said “best we can do is some supplies!” Literally led them down a path that antagonized their neighboring country, got invaded, and then did the classic con job of putting their hands up like “woah woah woah this is your problem. Hey, I didn’t invade you! That guy did! Now sign this paper and trade all your valuables for some guns and bombs.”

      I understand why capitalists and the evil fucks in charge of countries would go along with such plans (money), but if any normal people with no capital or power trust the US at this point they’re probably beyond reaching.

      • Blinky_katt@lemmygrad.ml
        10·
        1 year ago

        Unfortunately, the separatist government on Taiwan has a 40% core base who firmly believe that the USA, Japan, and South Korea will definitely come help them fight the PLA. In fact, they rely upon it, because in actuality they themselves are NOT joining the army, which is having difficulties with recruitment. But they sure believe that the US with its awesome navy will crush the PLAN, since the mainland is practically falling apart in some type of 1970s communist dystopia.

        While there may have been legitimate reasons for these folks’ reluctance to change their life and become a part of the mainland–many of which could probably have been addressed and negotiated if everyone were calm and relations were frequent and friendly as they were 15 years ago–they are also the product of intense anti-mainland propaganda that includes rewritten history books and rampant media misinformation.

        So yeah, that’s why these things always work so well. First they have a whole system of information warfare that salts the ground, and then they use people’s genuine hopes and wishes against them, and even though everyone knows they’re being used, they still believe they can get what they want as a result of being used.