"statement issued by HTS in Chinese"
Who translated for them?
Who translated for them?
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- Thread starter bd popeye
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I must admit that I wasn't particularly aware of these diplomatic and economic activities Russia tried with Ukraine. Most, if not all the impressions I have on the whole Russia vs Ukraine debacle were shaped exclusively from western sources and figures I looked up to at some point.
Iraq is the demographic opposite of Syria: historically a Sunni minority ruling a Shia majority, now under Shia total control. And they have a long, porous border with Iran.
No, the DPP is extremely stupid. Instead of building up forces and industry during the frozen conflict, they're busy seeking low yield yapping from officials in places like Lithuania.
The purpose of "One China" is to buy time to prepare China's military and industry.
Instead of trying to keep pace, DPP let itself be seduced by "One China", thinking that Taiwan can leave without a fight as long as they get enough nobodies to say the magic words to overturn "One China".
What does DPP actually think will happen once One China is broken? If you look at their behavior, it seems like full on nihilism has set in and there is no planning whatsoever on how to stop the government's guaranteed counteroffensive. "Efforts" like black bear academy was shown time and time again to just be cynical cash grabs... The prevailing DPP actions are like rats trying to gorge themselves while the ship sinks.
So you think waiting until the last minute to sign deals so as not to lose Ukraine to the west is satisfactory enough? Reminds me of the last days of the Soviet Union when Gorbachev and crew were trying to figure out how to transition to multiparty democracy after years of ignoring the signs of trouble and seemingly oblivious to the disintegration around them. Russian leadership aren't serious, intelligent but don't possess strategic thinking. Outside of Peter the Great and Stalin they have a fold arm, do nothing wait-and-see attitude, Peter the Great had to go against the grain and use force of personality to get reforms done (many of which were undone after his death), and Stalin had to use purges as a means of meritocratic rotation and get rid of stupid people who were so bound by ideology they closed their eyes to reality.
I'm yet to understand what Russia is going to get out of conquering Ukraine. So far their actions have united the west against it, gained two new members in NATO (one of which is on their border), stretched themselves thin they couldn't help a key ally in the Mid East and made themselves almost completely dependent on China as an economic life line. It was a stupid adventure I'm willing to bet Putin regrets. If you want to confront the west you never play the game they want you to play.