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[–] spark947@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

You mean roughly the part of the world where the US used Agent Orange and flamethrowers?

Oh, and nuked twice. Almost forgot.

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Philippines: am I a joke to you?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Certainly not. They were colonized. Should have remembered that as well.

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, you probably should listen to some Filipino perspectives on the south China sea.

[–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 1 points 2 years ago

or in the sovereign country where most of the entire world's chip supply comes from, but "china needs it more" so we should just let them invade

also, don't forget all the chinese propaganda about how they're going to dethrone america and become the world superpower. do they seriously expect to wage a cold war and not have the west respond to that?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

Who are you even talking to? Did someone let Kissinger into this discussion? We have rules about that.