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If Biden signs and or whoever Republican candidate replaces him come 2024 then I don't see this as anything but literally goading China to "preemptively" attack Taiwan so that America can have their causus belli in attacking or "defending" Taiwan in that scenario.
Although, what puzzles me is the retardation in western thinking (which includes honorary white Japan, and the delusional Jai Hinds ) that they seem to view North Korean military along with their military tech as worthy of respect, even fear when I don't know if and when did North Korea demonstrated their military prowess, success that they are seen more as a threat than China with all its military technologies etc...
This is another WTF comment. What difference does it make whether Turkey or Germany was pro Iraq invasion or not, and how does that mean there is soon going to be a Eurabia?
Compare that to the over all size Turkey and you'll find Turkey's trade with Israel has gone down. I'm not sure Turkey really counts as middle eastern, they have been pro-Israel for historical reasons.
The middle east is heavily invested in the oil sector, including refineries around the world. How is this a new development?
The middle east sells oil to the west and in return buys cars, high end technology and services. Going forwards that will go down as China emerges on the scene. China won't lecture them on human rights, won't host dissidents or terrorists for political purposes and unlike the west doesn't merely pay lip service to Palestine. If you were an Arab sheikh who would you pick for business?
We are already seeing it in military acquitions, Chinese drones were the first. 10 years ago it would be unthinkable for a Gulf country not to buy an American or western military platform, now Chinese options are becoming a realistic alternative.
Europe shot themselves in the foot by jumping on the American WoT bandwagon. They were historically very sympathetic to the Palestinian cause yet for the past 20 years have been drinking the Anglo-zionist kool aid.
I don't know why the west are ignoring what's going on with North Korea. They've carried out a lot of missile tests this year despite relations with South Korea or Japan not being particularly bad.
All this dumb talk about human rights in Xinjiang, protecting interests in the Indo-Pacific and the Taiwan straits, they may suddenly wake up to find the west coast no longer there.
I am merely pointing out that stance of Turkey and Germany has its own reasons not related what they saying in public and those policies are influenced by concept of Eurabia. you have to go back Pre WW1 time to understand it. it is not just related to Middleast. Germany overspent on Afghanistan compared to all US allies. it is to lessen burden on Turkey in that theatre.
I am sure Turkish contingent in libya will appreciate the help.
how many countries Turkey can send $10b of its exports?.
which contradict your point of US/ Europe decreasing reliance on Middleast. they would not have allowed so much investment and refining design to process Mideastern crude.
As i said there is alot of infrastructure and aviation. if i am reading statistics correctly. there are 1400 Airbus on order in Middleast. and than add choppers to it. The whole system of overhauling, simulators, pilot training, Airport radars/equipment. most of it will be based on European tech for decades to com.
It is good Chinese can export drone but it is not very expensive investment. Turkey also peddling drones.
there plenty of clues right here in recent posts if you are smart enough to figure out. This will end up in way where Germany, Russia and Turkey obtain maximum benefit.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday that President Xi Jinping will host the 14th BRICS Summit in Beijing on June 23. The Summit will be held in virtual format under the theme of "Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development." It will be a feast where all BRICS members, as well as the vast number of emerging market countries and developing countries, jointly demonstrate to the world the BRICS spirit of "openness, inclusiveness, and win-win cooperation" against the background of increasingly unstable, uncertain and insecure factors in the international situation.
As issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic and regional conflicts continue to unsettle the world, the BRICS mechanism has not only shown no cracks nor faded, but has also demonstrated stronger vitality and better quality. The cooperation aspect of the BRICS mechanism continues to expand and deepen, creating a bright and positive atmosphere. It does not only inject more BRICS power into global development, but also injects more positive energy into a turbulent and challenging world.
The BRICS Summit also takes place under a deeper background, that is, the US pulling its Western allies to "rebel" against globalization, and Washington is politically minded on global development issues, making economic issues political and security ones and overthrowing the smoothly functioning mechanism of the global division of labor. The multilateralism mechanism established after World War II is being relentlessly undermined by the US. This has become the source of various regional crises.
Where should globalization and multilateralism go? Since the establishment of the BRICS cooperation mechanism 16 years ago, five non-Western emerging market powers have carried out valuable explorations and efforts in multilateral cooperation with non-Western styles, forms and principles, and have achieved remarkable results. It should be emphasized that the BRICS mechanism is not a so-called anti-West bloc. Some people in the US and the West view the BRICS mechanism from this perspective with vigilance, which is narrow-minded and narcissistic. From the very beginning, the BRICS countries had a broad vision, hoping to find a more inclusive and sustainable way for humans to work together. This is groundbreaking. It also shows that by adhering to openness, inclusiveness, and win-win cooperation, we can discover a wider world.
Some people in the US and the West have badmouthed BRICS. In their eyes, the BRICS cooperation mechanism is inconceivable from its establishment to development. However, BRICS cooperation has broken the imagination of the US and the West. Now, US and Western public opinion remains silent to the BRICS Summit. It is conceivable that there are extremely complicated sentiments behind such changing attitudes.
The five BRICS countries have different political systems, historical cultures and values, and there are still some realistic differences and disputes among them. But these have not prevented the five countries from coming together and reaching where they are standing now. What the BRICS countries are pursuing is not only to seek common ground while reserving differences, but also to seek common ground and resolve differences, as well as gradually dilute differences and disputes through mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation. With the guidance of the principle, cooperation among BRICS countries has become more and more solid. In 2021, total trade between China and the BRICS countries reached $490.42 billion, a year-on-year increase of 39.2 percent. The figure was doubled compared to the $241.7 billion in 2016. The economic and trade cooperation among the BRICS countries has not only promoted their own economic and social development, but also become an important engine for the recovery of the world economy.
They have to play dead now cuz if they don’t, imagine the size of this tremendous L.
So this is the group of US economic "wizards" that came up with the economic MAD war with Russia that caused high inflation, energy and other shortages, crashed stock markets into correction territory, and imminent recession in the US and Europe; and at the same time plunging most developing and underdeveloped economies into depression and poverty.