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[A potato]

Say anything about Trump but he is at least funny. Guys like Obama and Biden are boring as hell. And they also try to do what Trump do while spouting democracy human rights blah blah 24/7.

Yeah so much for fighting the deep state when he clearly part of it.

Micheal Jackson did a far better job fighting the deep state with his songs "Don't Care About Us". Thats why he got censored and falsely accused of being a pedo.

 

[Temstar]

H200s are coming:

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It turns out, Trump didn't actually meant 25% surcharge will be paid to the US by China, instead he meant:

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The 25% surcharge is to be paid by Taiwan.

 

[CMP]

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It turns out, Trump didn't actually meant 25% surcharge will be paid to the US by China, instead he meant:

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The 25% surcharge is to be paid by Taiwan.

The security review undoubtedly includes installing back doors. Any Chinese entity that wants to use them should be boycotted by Chinese public, banned from Chinese government contracts, and have their taxes increased to 50% of revenue.

 

[sheogorath]

Only two Chinese Aircrafts?
【原声纯享！中俄两军第10次联合空中战略巡航】

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Osintbro can't probably tell Russian Flankers from Chinese ones so he just assumed all of them were Russian, most likely

 

[plawolf]

Osintbro can't probably tell Russian Flankers from Chinese ones so he just assumed all of them were Russian, most likely

Or Chinese escorts are J20s and the Japanese didn’t detect them on radar.

 

[sheogorath]

Or Chinese escorts are J20s and the Japanese didn’t detect them on radar.

There are pictures of J-16's along with Su-30SM's though

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1998403778882740370

 

[daifo]

According to these former us military pilots, "locking-on" is very common especially for naval pilots who encounter foreign aircrafts getting within a certain airspace of the carrier

 

[plawolf]

There are pictures of J-16's along with Su-30SM's though

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1998403778882740370

Escorting doesn’t mean they have to stay with the bombers at all times. In an operational capacity, the last place you want your stealth fighters is right next to your massive RCS bombers.

If there were J20s involved, it would make far more sense for them to leverage their stealth to position themselves in the F15s blind spots rather than let the F15s get close to them. Especially since there are J16s to stay with the bombers. That would add training value and real world testing to the mission to make it worthwhile deploying the J20s.

 

[pmc]

There is no doubt a lot of US influence in these allied countries. But that is true about US as well, where there is a lot of influence via lobbyists, businesses and think tankers getting funds and influence from places like Japan, Taiwan or Europe. And every time US wants to make a policy that goes against the current Western empire paradigm, such as going soft on Taiwan for example or Ukraine, these influences start steer US policy back to what it was before.

But in both US and in allied countries if there is a fundamental shift in public thinking due to national interest, then these soft influences are not going to be able to stop change. They can push and pull in certain directions, but national political will can trump these influence ops.

Japan has more anti-China national thinking than US does and no amount of CIA op will be able to change that. If US becomes a Chinese friend for example, then Japan will likely take out US forces right away and become a north korea like pariah country rather bow to China. This is the fundamental national will of Japan.

Same thing about the baltics, they would rather become America's enemy than bow to Russia.

Taiwan and DPP has been hugely influential in fomenting anti-China hawkishness and funding hawkish lawmakers and think tankers in US. Without DPP and Taiwan US would be far less hostile to China.

So, again, its not true that US is the master of these countries. In many cases, they are even hawkish than US and influences US to be more hawkish than it wants to be. In a way, they are bigger worshipper of Western empire than US itself.

you are comparing Baltic to Japan. Eastern Europe is causing decline of Europe as it does not have anything positive. which is understandable post communist. since Japan developed its own infrastructure/products it need much more human and financial capital to maintain it so economically it can be vulnerable. but there is no comparison.

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The Cabinet decision states that Japan will commence information gathering activities by the SDF as Japan’s independent initiative to strengthen its information gathering posture necessary to ensure the safety of Japan-related vessels
Cooperation with Other Countries: Although Japan does not participate in any specific framework and the SDF’s information gathering activities are to be conducted at its own initiative, Japan will communicate and cooperate with other countries as necessary.

 

[Puss in Boots]

There is no doubt a lot of US influence in these allied countries. But that is true about US as well, where there is a lot of influence via lobbyists, businesses and think tankers getting funds and influence from places like Japan, Taiwan or Europe. And every time US wants to make a policy that goes against the current Western empire paradigm, such as going soft on Taiwan for example or Ukraine, these influences start steer US policy back to what it was before.

But in both US and in allied countries if there is a fundamental shift in public thinking due to national interest, then these soft influences are not going to be able to stop change. They can push and pull in certain directions, but national political will can trump these influence ops.

Japan has more anti-China national thinking than US does and no amount of CIA op will be able to change that. If US becomes a Chinese friend for example, then Japan will likely take out US forces right away and become a north korea like pariah country rather bow to China. This is the fundamental national will of Japan.

Same thing about the baltics, they would rather become America's enemy than bow to Russia.

Taiwan and DPP has been hugely influential in fomenting anti-China hawkishness and funding hawkish lawmakers and think tankers in US. Without DPP and Taiwan US would be far less hostile to China.

So, again, its not true that US is the master of these countries. In many cases, they are even hawkish than US and influences US to be more hawkish than it wants to be. In a way, they are bigger worshipper of Western empire than US itself.

The regions and countries you mentioned, strictly speaking, have no independent sovereignty whatsoever; all their actions are merely following the orders of their master.The US only needs to whistle once, and these dogs start barking incessantly. Then the US pretends to stop these rabid dogs, and you naively believe that these dogs are disobeying their owner.

You still believe the United States is a benevolent entity, and that everything it does is instigated by these anti-China figures. You still refuse to believe that everything the United States does is its own initiative. Falun Gong, Radio France Internationale (RFI), and Voice of America are all anti-China propaganda channels funded by the United States, which also sponsors separatist movements in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong. This is something the United States has been doing itself, not instigated by others.

Japan's actions this time are an attempt to coerce the United States into direct confrontation with China, but the United States' silence has kept Japan trembling in fear. Therefore, your belief that Japan can easily escape American control is utterly delusional.