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Phead128

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I am no expert with respect to certain capabilities of any one's countries military but I must say I like the look of Taiwanese military uniform and I quite prefer the looks it conveys better than their PLA counterparts. I don't know if the soldiers on this clip are part of a special group/forces but they seem to look more "polished" and "professional" not to mention that they look a more competent force because to my eyes they appear with a certain command attention (their vest looks thicker/more protection compared to the PLA) compared to the PLA minus the PAP. Am I talking out of my a...or what.

Dang, it feels so good to say those Taiwanese F-16's are so antiquate and obsolete compared to CHINESE INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY (J-20s/J-10Cs/J-16s). We are living in the future guys ! :)
 

siegecrossbow

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I am no expert with respect to certain capabilities of any one's countries military but I must say I like the look of Taiwanese military uniform and I quite prefer the looks it conveys better than their PLA counterparts. I don't know if the soldiers on this clip are part of a special group/forces but they seem to look more "polished" and "professional" not to mention that they look a more competent force because to my eyes they appear with a certain command attention (their vest looks thicker/more protection compared to the PLA) compared to the PLA minus the PAP. Am I talking out of my a...or what.


Let me put it this way from a software developer’s standpoint— a good laptop with fancy standup desk does not a good programmer make.
 

james smith esq

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Every time I see something like this from the Taiwanese military I get reminded of this funny little snippet.







There's a word for that, tacticool. And tacticool is meaningless outside of hollywood and larping.
At 2:10, he failed to correctly use the barrier for cover/concealment, leaving his body exposed to return fire!
 

pmc

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Quite frankly, it's pretty startling that CSTO's first official foray is a police action in one of it's member states, RATHER than military intervening to protect Armenia from Azerbaijan. Such a weird organization. Basically like vassal-overlord relationship.
it is not startling once you observe that Russia has distaste for anything liberal. Azerbaijan also maintain balance trade interms of imports. Turkey has to make extra effort to win over Azerbaijan. and in that efforts. Turkey goes too much on one side.

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james smith esq

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Does anyone else think that it may possible, now that Russia has come to the defense of the Kazakh government, that, should the (US) E.U. decertify NordStream, that Kazakhstan might decertify the western energy operations there?
 

emblem21

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Does anyone else think that it may possible, now that Russia has come to the defense of the Kazakh government, that, should the (US) E.U. decertify NordStream, that Kazakhstan might decertify the western energy operations there?
t would be quite funny if the entire Middle East decides to dump the dollar, Russia cuts off all gas and oil to Europe and the USA and China cutting all exports to Europe and the USA while also stating that in the name of national security that all their goods are not to be sold to Europe and the USA due to needing them more and them we shall see who needs whom and whether the USA is going to finally take a hint that maybe their ought to be a rule that all NGOs and color revolution groups and what not ought to be declared To be the terrorist that they are so that the same drone strikes and invasions and genocides can be applied to them and everything related to them can be given the DF so that maybe the world can have some stability for a change because a lot of these western nations haven’t ever been shown the consequences for their idiot activity in the Middle East and around the world. The consequences should be lethal as a default for these bastards because in no way and form have they ever tried not to press that drone button on some innocent person like that afghan driveway incident shows. They fact they accuse China of human rights issues while nothing is said about this incident means if their is to be any justice in the world, these bastards should be disintegrated for their bullshit
 

manqiangrexue

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Just the largest: Japan functionally recognizing Taiwan, AUKUS, the EU white paper on China, etc
Puahahaha Japan's the largest what? Japan's the most famous midget in China. Wanna see a big ally? Russia. Why all the weasel words like "functionally"? Does it actually recognize Taiwan? Does the US? Does anybody with anything to lose? No. We already went through AUKUS, all that flashy crap. The US loves fancy names and show even though they have no substance. China just does 5 year plans that work.
And the EU is doing export controls and foreign investment reviews
The government is forcing its companies and the companies that know their fields better than anyone warn their government that if you cut us off from the Chinese market, they will make it themselves. Same mistake, but because the West has no better moves, it must make it again until even that one runs out.
, Japan is hosing US marines
That's called being militarily occupied. That's Japan's status since 1945.
re: Taiwan (setting up a tripwire and guaranteeing American intervention),
And Chinese nukes guarantee that it will not happen, or that the US will lose and go home. America is sailing circles all around the SCS but it doesn't do anything substantial and certainly doesn't stop China from doing what we're there to do. Same with Taiwan, but they know even better to thread lightly there.
Australia flipping from FTA time to war time,
Australia's in war time? Explain that LOL
China growing faster makes everything else etc etc... not worth mention.
The US is simply taking steps,
because it knows it has no power itself to deter China, it takes steps to at least pretend it's doing something.
from the world's most professional bureaucracy,
Maybe the most professional one that recently suffered a mob insurrection in the its capital building.
to ensure a favorable political environment.
Which is the least it can do when everything inside is rotten and unable to compete.
Just like how the US told Europe in the 1980s to not do a Russian gas pipeline didn't mean the US-USSR power shifts were favorable to the USSR lol
1980's the US was scared shitless the USSR would nuke it to a crisp, which is the vulnerability that led it to do what you said. However, the US managed to win economically against the Soviets and their small population. With China, the US is losing ground economically, technologically, and China's build-up of nukes means that it will find nothing militarily to exploit either. Unlike the Soviets which focused only on its military, China is prepared to hand the US total defeat in all aspects and the US just keeps throwing its helpless henchmen in front of itself like the final moments of every coward criminal boss we see in movies.
 
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Abominable

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Just the largest: Japan functionally recognizing Taiwan, AUKUS, the EU white paper on China, etc
Western countries (including Japan) already "functionally" recognise Taiwan. There have been no new developments there. US publically talked about real Taiwan recognition, and have sacrificed Lithuania as gambit. But we'll have to see if they have the balls to do it.

I doubt they will, but we'll have to see.
And the EU is doing export controls and foreign investment reviews, Japan is hosing US marines re: Taiwan (setting up a tripwire and guaranteeing American intervention), Australia flipping from FTA time to war time, etc, etc
The European high technology export market to China is shrinking every year. Not to mention many European companies derive a significant portion of their revenue from the Chinese market, e.g. Volkswagen. If they want to shoot themselves in the foot then so be it.
The US is simply taking steps, from the world's most professional bureaucracy, to ensure a favorable political environment. Just like how the US told Europe in the 1980s to not do a Russian gas pipeline didn't mean the US-USSR power shifts were favorable to the USSR lol
America the world's most profesional bureaucracy :D :D :D
America's foreign policy has been one disaster after another since WW2, their domestic situation has been a mess my whole life and it seems it is only further degenerating.
 
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