Miscellaneous News

B

BlackWindMnt

Captain
Registered Member
kokole said:
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

U.S. Tanks Should Go to Taiwan Over Ukraine

Let European allies step up in their own neighborhood.

In urging Washington to send Ukraine M1 Abrams tanks (“Tanks for Ukraine Are a No-Brainer,” Politics & Ideas, Jan. 18), William Galston writes that “it is hard to see a more important and urgent use for them.” He forgets Taiwan. It is under the constant threat of a Chinese invasion and needs advanced weapons to deter Beijing. That is why the Trump administration agreed to sell Taiwan 108 Abrams tanks, but most won’t arrive until 2024 and 2025. Ukraine is a case study in the failure of deterrence, and Taiwan is much more important to our security and prosperity. Any tanks we can spare should go to Taipei.

Though some Republicans leery of Ukraine aid are isolationist, far from all are. Much of the GOP worries that the U.S. isn’t doing enough to take on China. This means shifting the bulk of our attention and resources to the Indo-Pacific, where the geopolitical center of gravity and most U.S. interests are. In turn, our European allies should do much more in their own neighborhood to support Ukraine and confront Russia. This isn’t so much “shortsighted” as pragmatic.

Mr. Galston is right that Ukraine needs tanks to repel Russia. He’s wrong that America should be the one to provide them.
Click to expand...
Will they use the same excuse they recently said about Kabul Afghanistan. That they needed to give up Kabul to prepare and support Ukraine. Well we needed to abandon Ukraine because the real threat is China, so we could supply Taiwan. If we don't protect Taiwan then Isreal will be our only Lighthouse of democracy(Pompeo three lighthouses speech from a while ago)...
 
Phead128

Phead128

Captain
Staff member
Moderator - World Affairs
KYli said:
Next China could spy from your toilet, bathtub, furniture, Chinese foods and your pens and pencil. Maybe even your condom and tampon.
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!
Click to expand...
They tried saying that CRRC-built metro trains in US can spy on you.... but they kept signing contracts for more in Philadelphia, Los Angeles or Chicago metro because nobody can replace or compete with them. Truly hilarious.
 
S

supersnoop

Major
Registered Member
KYli said:
Next China could spy from your toilet, bathtub, furniture, Chinese foods and your pens and pencil. Maybe even your condom and tampon.
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!
Click to expand...
I was actually in a dollar store on the weekend buying a toilet brush (probably made in China). I imagine 90% of the store is made in China stuff.

There was a woman talking on her iPhone (probably made in China, maybe India with Chinese components) talking about back rubs and some kind of private sounding stuff.

Good luck to the department that is listening and utilizing AI to process that.

Enjoyed this as well:
The potential for spying is vast. Coupled with artificial intelligence and machine learning to process huge quantities of data, the report suggests that China could, for example,
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!
in order to work out if it was selling arms to Taiwan
Click to expand...

Because China needs AI when there are 278 blowhard politicians releasing press releases patting themselves on the back on how they are "defending democracy" and "standing up to China" whenever these sales are even being discussed.
 
plawolf

plawolf

Lieutenant General
kokole said:
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

U.S. Tanks Should Go to Taiwan Over Ukraine

Let European allies step up in their own neighborhood.

In urging Washington to send Ukraine M1 Abrams tanks (“Tanks for Ukraine Are a No-Brainer,” Politics & Ideas, Jan. 18), William Galston writes that “it is hard to see a more important and urgent use for them.” He forgets Taiwan. It is under the constant threat of a Chinese invasion and needs advanced weapons to deter Beijing. That is why the Trump administration agreed to sell Taiwan 108 Abrams tanks, but most won’t arrive until 2024 and 2025. Ukraine is a case study in the failure of deterrence, and Taiwan is much more important to our security and prosperity. Any tanks we can spare should go to Taipei.

Though some Republicans leery of Ukraine aid are isolationist, far from all are. Much of the GOP worries that the U.S. isn’t doing enough to take on China. This means shifting the bulk of our attention and resources to the Indo-Pacific, where the geopolitical center of gravity and most U.S. interests are. In turn, our European allies should do much more in their own neighborhood to support Ukraine and confront Russia. This isn’t so much “shortsighted” as pragmatic.

Mr. Galston is right that Ukraine needs tanks to repel Russia. He’s wrong that America should be the one to provide them.
Click to expand...

US is looking to genocide German tank industry by littering Ukraine with slain Leopards to trash their image and steal their customers.

But this guy is suggesting the US send Abrams to Taiwan, where they will be sitting ducks to PLA air and artillery strikes with no chance of fight and will invariably get blown to bits, so their reputation will also get trashed and export orders dry up. Is this guy German agent looking to also genocide the US tank industry right back?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top