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baykalov said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1629231190694825984

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I am going to enjoy watch thousands if not millions of US trooping passing on like dogs should they dare to cross this line. I am of the belief that unless the USA suffer the kind of casualties they suffered in both of the Korean and Vietnam wars x 10 or even 100, they will never learn to stop messing with China and Russia for that matter. Heck both China and Russia should finally put those nukes to use one day because as we all know, the USA will simply never stop until there backbone is not only broken, but set on fire as well to prevent any chance of coming back to cause anymore harm. Crossing real red lines should have real Consequences and those consequences should be completely directed most of all to its war loving elite, not one less and it should also hurt to the point where they finally actually start crying in fear like they have done to so many other before. They had it good for far too long and it’s time they start losing for real.
They spit on China Everytime China helps them, they simply haven’t the right to judge China right now

ACuriousPLAFan said:

Rare China-India joint W on the international stage.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1629465443164471296

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I heard it was Russia and China while India abstained from commenting on it.

bajingan said:

Lol are they wargaming the PLA of 1990s? I really hope there are sane japanese leaders who don't believe this

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The Japanese act like a reluctant lapdog.

They do not want to get involved, but due to having treaty agreements with the United States they are obligated to do something, at least when asked to.

Every time something develops, the Japanese stay silent. Then a few days later they might say something. That is not the reaction of someone who cares. That is someone going through the motions, because they were told to do so.

Remember Chairman Mao, the goal was to evict the Americans from East Asia. Even though no one says anything, this is the biggest split I have ever seen between the Americans and their allies in South Korea and Japan. Economic interests used to be in complete alignment. Now they are diverging sharply. That is a real split in terms of national interests.

1. National strength still rests on economic health. If we do not believe that, then why did the West sanctioned Russia the way it did.

2. The problem for South Korea and Japan is that there is nowhere to turn. They can turn away from China, but big hairy deal as far as the Chinese are concerned. Turn away from China for America then Chinese companies start cranking up the import substitution. Hence the big trading deficit those two have now with China. Trade is the life line for those two. Hence the caution and foreboding from those two.

3. The only Asian countries who are a problem right now are India, who is out gunned and Philippines who are too weak.

4. It always comes back to Taiwan. More military pressure will be applied.

5. That is why the West do not understand China, and it has reached the point where the Chinese don't even care about it anymore because people like Biden or Trump too dumb to know any better. If Chairman Mao was alive today, then how would he try to evict the Americans from East Asia? Surround Taiwan with the military, put the screws to Korea and Japan economically, and just play along with the low level political games from India and Philippines as they too weak to muster up anything else.

While all that was going on, echoing of Chairman Mao, a major war breaks out in Europe.

War and pandemic can have a tendency to accelerate current trends.

Destroyed Russian T-72 placed in front of the Russian embassy, Berlin. The tank it was transferred to Germany with the help of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry and the Ukrainian National Museum of Military History. The Russian tank has been standing in the middle of the street for a week with a cannon pointed at the Russian embassy. On the tank is a Ukrainian flag and a NAFО dog.

ACuriousPLAFan said:

If the subject of discussion is on asking China to buy US treasury bond to carry the US over their debt crisis this time, then LOL NO HELL NO FVCK NO

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1629313128914731008

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India is poised to beat China in the near future. They will be more than happy to assist.

Holy shit, Zelensky must be pretty desperate!

Vladimir Putin will eventually be killed by a member of his inner circle, Volodymyr Zelensky believes.

As Russia is subject to increasingly tough economic sanctions, Putin's regime will become ever more fragile and provoke his rivals to get rid of him, he told the journalist Dmytro Komarov in a documentary.

"There will certainly be a moment when the fragility of Putin’s regime is felt in Russia," he said.

"Then carnivores will eat a carnivore. It is very important, and they will need a reason to justify this.

They will remember. They will find a reason to kill a killer.

Will it work? Yes. When? I don’t know."

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Overbom said:

Interesting survey. In military terms, Russia is absolutely a paper tiger relatively to what Russia claimed to be before the war. Economically though, Russia has proven much more resilient than people thought (national comprehensive strength still heavily damaged though)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1629389272531759105

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Wow a survey from a think tank that's basically gauging sentiment that's about as meaningful as a beauty pageant

MixedReality said:

My respect and admiration for Russia has only increased as the war has gone on. They are taking on the entire Western world economically, financially and technologically and are still doing well. Their economy has not collapsed, their currency has not collapsed, they don’t have hyperinflation. This despite the strongest possible sanctions from the West. In military, they have destroyed the vast majority of the Ukrainian military and are now essentially fighting against NATO. NATO weapons, NATO ISR, NATO military commanders, foreign mercenaries.

We can criticise Russia for certain military mistakes they made early on, but they are fighting admirably against the entire West in all areas so much so that the Western leaders are frustrated and shown utterly unhinged behaviour at their failure to crush Russia. I don’t think even China could do that much better if put in Russia’s current shoes. It’s easy to have great plans, but we don’t know how a country will do once it gets punched in the face. Russia has shown incredible resilience after getting punched in the face. I’ve got nothing but respect for the Russians.

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With all due respect, Russia is not fighting the entire west, the West is shipping plenty of weapons but hardly at the speed and quantity that can be considered impressive.

This is a major underperformance, there's no need to sugarcoat it and it isn't helpful. The problems are deep, structural, especially in terms of organisation and build strategy, it can't be summed up as early situational mistakes.

I hope that is the not the take that PLA planners took away from the situation, because it isn't helpful at identifying long term problems, because a long and grinding attritional fight where both side slowly loses their military capacity is exactly what the US wants.

Breadbox said:

With all due respect, Russia is not fighting the entire west, the West is shipping plenty of weapons but hardly at the speed and quantity that can be considered impressive.

This is a major underperformance, there's no need to sugarcoat it and it isn't helpful. The problems are deep, structural, especially in terms of organisation and build strategy, it can't be summed up as early situational mistakes.

I hope that is the not the take that PLA planners took away from the situation, because it isn't helpful at identifying long term problems, because a long and grinding attritional fight where both side slowly loses their military capacity is exactly what the US wants.

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no, a slow grind is what the US is settling for. They'd much rather have a crushing victory at low cost on their side. That's why they always bring up Desert Storm.

FairAndUnbiased said:

no, a slow grind is what the US is settling for. They'd much rather have a crushing victory at low cost on their side. That's why they always bring up Desert Storm.

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It depends on their strategic goals. Very early on the war (like a month in) I had already said that it would be in the best interests of the US to drag this war for at least 5 (ideally 10) years to fully drain Russia's national comprehensive power.

However, this was conditional that the war wouldnt expand to such an extend that the US would need to dramatically expand its support to Ukraine. This point hasn't been reached yet.

The difference would be China entering the game. If China threw its hat into the ring, the US' number 1 strategic priority imo would then be to drop Ukraine asap otherwise instead of the US draining Russia, it would be China draining the US and its minions. That's why the West is so apprehensive about China sending any sort of lethal aid to Russia

They know that the moment this happens, this would be a losing battle for them. Of course the reason why China hasn't done this is due to wide ranging considerations that are too complex to explain here. However, the West and Europe in particular should be careful to not push too far. China has a bottom line on Russia and I suspect that the West is getting a bit too close recently.