@metal-brain saidAre you insane?
With Russia busy in Ukraine we can risk war with China now.
https://endoftheamericandream.com/the-military-industrial-complex-is-going-to-absolutely-love-it-when-war-with-china-erupts/
@bunnyknight saidRussia already tried that.
@vivify
I wonder how US would react if China poured advanced weaponry into Cuba, built a military base to protect Cuba, and started patrolling the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Ask Khrushchev how that turned out.
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@suzianne saidThat one didn't start with Chruschov. There aren't many things Metal understands, but at least he understands that one better than you. (Of course, as a Russian, he would.)
Russia already tried that.
Ask Khrushchev how that turned out.
No, that started with the USA putting nukes in Turkey, and not liking the Russian tit-for-tat.
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@metal-brain saidMaybe to tell Duchess' favourite genocidal dictatorship to stop pissing the rest of the world off?
Why else would Pelosi make such an expensive trip if the goal is not to piss off China?
@metal-brain saidThis was already discussed earlier in the thread:
Why else would Pelosi make such an expensive trip if the goal is not to piss off China?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/03/pelosi-tsmc-meeting-lunch-semiconductors/
Pelosi dined with Taiwan computer chip executives during her brief visit
This is about semiconductor chips, which rule technology. In other words it's about money and power.
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@vivify saidI like Pelosi but, seems to me, that this trip
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-warns-of-military-response-if-pelosi-visits-taiwan-2022-7China warns of a possible military response to Pelosi's potential Taiwan trip
China once again warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against visiting Taiwan.
The Chinese Ministry of Defense signaled there could be a military response.
"If the US insists on taking its own course, the Chinese military will never sit idly by," a spokesperson said.
was the wrong time to show solidarity w/Taiwan.
@shallow-blue saidWho is that?
Maybe to tell Duchess' favourite genocidal dictatorship to stop pissing the rest of the world off?
@vivify saidCouldn't she just call them? I would have been a lot cheaper than the millions spent to protect her on that trip.
This was already discussed earlier in the thread:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/03/pelosi-tsmc-meeting-lunch-semiconductors/
Pelosi dined with Taiwan computer chip executives during her brief visit
This is about semiconductor chips, which rule technology. In other words it's about money and power.
If we made semiconductor chips here in the USA wouldn't that be better?
China will get Taiwan eventually anyway.
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@vivify saidIf Nixon can go to China, then Pelosi sure as hell can go to Taiwan. China can go pound sand.
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-warns-of-military-response-if-pelosi-visits-taiwan-2022-7China warns of a possible military response to Pelosi's potential Taiwan trip
China once again warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi against visiting Taiwan.
The Chinese Ministry of Defense signaled there could be a military response.
"If the US insists on taking its own course, the Chinese military will never sit idly by," a spokesperson said.
Though, to be honest, this is really the story of two boys fighting in a sandbox over who has the bigger dick, with Taiwan the two-inch ruler lying on the ground.
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@Soothfast
China is acting out now, launching missiles into the Sea of Japan and flying jets in formation. I don't think anyone is worried China is going to immediately invade in force, looks to me like saber rattling, a petulant display hoping to sow fear.
Having said that, back when Nix went there, China was not the world power it is now.
@sonhouse saidThese things are true.
@Soothfast
China is acting out now, launching missiles into the Sea of Japan and flying jets in formation. I don't think anyone is worried China is going to immediately invade in force, looks to me like saber rattling, a petulant display hoping to sow fear.
Having said that, back when Nix went there, China was not the world power it is now.
Pelosi is, of course, not the first US politician to visit Taiwan, and this is not the first time China has had a temper-tantrum over happenings in that area of the world. Just a few years ago it was rattling its sabers over some specks of dirt in the South China Sea. I guess its military is still busy building that artificial island.
@soothfast saidexactly what business did pelosi conduct?
If Nixon can go to China, then Pelosi sure as hell can go to Taiwan. China can go pound sand.
Though, to be honest, this is really the story of two boys fighting in a sandbox over who has the bigger dick, with Taiwan the two-inch ruler lying on the ground.
Couldn't Pelosi just call them? It would have been a lot cheaper than the millions spent to protect her on that trip.
If we made semiconductor chips here in the USA wouldn't that be better?
China will get Taiwan eventually anyway. 2048 I heard. Some sort of agreement, right?
Too bad Duchess was banned. She could probably tell me all about it.