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[–] scrollbars@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When We Do It: Peacekeeping

When They Do It: Aggressiveness

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

What the Chinese military has been doing in the straights of Taiwan has been a major escalation of over 50 years of peace. Taiwan has done nothing to threaten the position with China, this is 100% politically motivated by the CCP.

Just because the US does some pretty distasteful things with their military doesn't give others carte blanche.

[–] Tretiak@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Indeed. Always reminds me of Chomsky's description of how the west characterizes terms like 'terrorism'. It's the "heads I win, tails you lose," version of foreign policy.

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

Should I trust the financial times on this?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The FT report of US stance is most likely correct, though point is that US forces are travelling thousands of miles to do shows of force near China and then accuse China of being aggressive.

[–] Tretiak@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of the term “defend forward” in the NSA’s lexicon. Made me laugh my ass off when I first heard it.

[–] Woofcat@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

China has been doing a ton of unsafe intercepts via sea and air and I've been curious if this is a tactic or simply poor training on how to properly and safely execute these intercepts.

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