China

[houndawg]

Yeah, but whatabour Afghanistan, Houndawg?

BTW Afgh is Near East Asia

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Near East or Central?

Call it what you want but it is next door to China.

[CID1990]

Well its true

We exploited a broken economic system. Argue it wasn’t the the case, fine. But the USSR did in fact run out of cash trying to keep up

Given that our foreign policy on China since Nixon has been to bolster them economically by allowing them into world markets AND given that we have only taken the PLA seriously for just the last 10 years.... I’d say that isn’t the strategy behind the spending

But yeah... we went to Afghanistan for the minerals and we’re spending on the military to bankrupt our creditors

10-4 Houndawg


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I never said that, but thanks for thinking about me.

I never said you did

It was just a low-info low altitude strafing by Clitz that is usually characteristic of you

You’re welcome


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[mainejeff]

Trump is China's bitch.....BIGLY. He can do or say whatever he wants today from the Rose Garden at 2:00pm.......they still own him & always will.

He will just end up hurting Americans.....like he always does. Say goodbye to stock market recovery and hello to red numbers in your 401K statement.

[CID1990]

Trump is China's bitch.....BIGLY. He can do or say whatever he wants today from the Rose Garden at 2:00pm.......they still own him & always will.

He will just end up hurting Americans.....like he always does. Say goodbye to stock market recovery and hello to red numbers in your 401K statement.

Now I know why you rarely reply with more than one short sentence

Maybe go back to the Salon.com comments section

you’ll get plenty of validation there


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[mainejeff]

Trump is China's bitch.....BIGLY. He can do or say whatever he wants today from the Rose Garden at 2:00pm.......they still own him & always will.

He will just end up hurting Americans.....like he always does. Say goodbye to stock market recovery and hello to red numbers in your 401K statement.

Now I know why you rarely reply with more than one short sentence

Maybe go back to the Salon.com comments section

you’ll get plenty of validation there


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Says the guy hiding out somewhere in Southeast Asia.

[houndawg]

I never said that, but thanks for thinking about me.

I never said you did

It was just a low-info low altitude strafing by Clitz that is usually characteristic of you

You’re welcome


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..somebody has to provide the close air support.

And your comment about Afghanistan's location suggests you didn't realize the two countries share a border.

[CID1990]

I never said you did

It was just a low-info low altitude strafing by Clitz that is usually characteristic of you

You’re welcome


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..somebody has to provide the close air support.

And your comment about Afghanistan's location suggests you didn't realize the two countries share a border.

No, you just don’t read well.

Near East Asia is the State Department’s designation for the region which includes Afghanistan. It has nothing to do with who shares borders.


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[SDHornet]

So think the China - India tension and border dispute turns into anything hot?

[CID1990]

So think the China - India tension and border dispute turns into anything hot?

No.

Edit: Maybe - but nothing of any significance.



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[Ivytalk]

So think the China - India tension and border dispute turns into anything hot?

No.


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Thanks to our resident Sinologist, CIDros CIDros Golly.

[CID1990]

No.


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Thanks to our resident Sinologist, CIDros CIDros Golly.

I think it has more to do with India and Pakistan having nuclear deterrence

China is going to try to co-opt Pakistan and I say go for it! (have the popcorn ready)

Pakistan will bleed China in time - as they did Britain


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[Ivytalk]

Thanks to our resident Sinologist, CIDros CIDros Golly.

I think it has more to do with India and Pakistan having nuclear deterrence

China is going to try to co-opt Pakistan and I say go for it! (have the popcorn ready)

Pakistan will bleed China in time - as they did Britain


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It won’t be 1962 all over again, in any case.

[UNI88]

So think the China - India tension and border dispute turns into anything hot?

No.

Edit: Maybe - but nothing of any significance.

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My understanding is that they're fighting with fists and rocks and that de-escalation is being handled at the local commander level. It's entertaining but doesn't seem serious at this point.

Pakistan is like Afghanistan, there are so many factions, intrigues, and feuds that will bog another country down. I do hope China gets embroiled there. I'm not sure their 800 lb financial gorilla approach and lack of concern with collateral damage will be as effective.

Are there reasons behind State calling that area Near East Asia?

[CID1990]

No.

Edit: Maybe - but nothing of any significance.

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My understanding is that they're fighting with fists and rocks and that de-escalation is being handled at the local commander level. It's entertaining but doesn't seem serious at this point.

Pakistan is like Afghanistan, there are so many factions, intrigues, and feuds that will bog another country down. I do hope China gets embroiled there. I'm not sure their 800 lb financial gorilla approach and lack of concern with collateral damage will be as effective.

Are there reasons behind State calling that area Near East Asia?

Because it is “Near” to East Asia

India and environs are SCA- South Central Asia

[houndawg]

..somebody has to provide the close air support.

And your comment about Afghanistan's location suggests you didn't realize the two countries share a border.

No, you just don’t read well.

Near East Asia is the State Department’s designation for the region which includes Afghanistan. It has nothing to do with who shares borders.


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I read fine, I'm just not up on the jargon spoken in your world.

[CID1990]

No, you just don’t read well.

Near East Asia is the State Department’s designation for the region which includes Afghanistan. It has nothing to do with who shares borders.


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I read fine, I'm just not up on the jargon spoken in your world.

You also don’t deduce too well, either.


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[houndawg]

I read fine, I'm just not up on the jargon spoken in your world.

You also don’t deduce too well, either.


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When you can count on three hots and a cot there's more time available to educate yourself I guess.

[CID1990]

You also don’t deduce too well, either.


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When you can count on three hots and a cot there's more time available to educate yourself I guess.

Cut bait however you see fit, I guess.


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[UNI88]

How Xi Jinping is Ruining China's Dream of a Century of Dominance

The problem with Xi and his entourage is that they perceive China’s history and future trajectory from a Han-nationalist point of view. In that frame of thought, China rise since the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping are not merely a triumph of reform and governance which has served the Chinese people well, but they are a revanche. Success is “payback” for the two centuries of “humiliation” that China, the rightful leader of the world, and the Han people have suffered at the hands of the West.
...
It is too early to say whether all this is enough to entirely derail the rise of China to global prominence this century, but it is fair to say that the rest of the world is certainly not looking forward to it any more, greatly slowing the impetus of such a development. And all this because of the misjudgement and mismanagement of Xi. For this reason, it is much more likely that history will remember Xi not as the man who restored China to greatness, as he so desperately seems to desire, but as a sort of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who instead of waiting patiently for the inevitable triumph of his own country, he felt compelled to aggressively push that triumph down everybody else’s throat, and in the process brought ruin to his country.

[93henfan]

U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
PRESS STATEMENT

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE

JULY 13, 2020...

https://www.state.gov/u-s-position-on-m ... GgqkaOHFb0

[dbackjon]

U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
PRESS STATEMENT

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE

JULY 13, 2020...

https://www.state.gov/u-s-position-on-m ... GgqkaOHFb0

I can admit when I actually agree with Pompeo for once.

[Ivytalk]

https://www.state.gov/u-s-position-on-m ... GgqkaOHFb0

I can admit when I actually agree with Pompeo for once.

Welp, knock me over with a fvckin feather!

[CAA Flagship]

[dbackjon]

When is this from?

[AZGrizFan]

https://www.state.gov/u-s-position-on-m ... GgqkaOHFb0

I can admit when I actually agree with Pompeo for once.

Yep. Time to settle up accounts, motherfuckers.