Question which begs to be answered: What then “caused” (14) nations to join NATO from 1999 to 2020?![]()
I answer this question why my home country Bulgaria became a member of NATO. I quote Bulgarian politicians who were negotiating Bulgaria's accession to the EU at the time: we were told clearly by Brussels that Bulgaria would only be accepted as a member of the EU if it first became a member of NATO. This is an unofficial precondition: without NATO there is no EU. Bulgaria became a NATO member in 2004 and was admitted to the EU in 2007. With similar blackmail and pressure, NATO expanded in Eastern Europe towards Russia's borders.
I assume that the situation is similar now with North Macedonia, which became a NATO member in 2020 and can now be accepted into the EU.
But they didn't. They're trying to get all that, but haven't gotten it, and it's not because they're holding back but because they're afraid of the consequences.Well based on China's population they should have 3-4 times US total GDP. Why fight with 12.5K GDP per capita when they can get to 50K GDP per capita in 30 years. When they get so big, do you think US and EU will even dream about sanctioning China? By then China will be economic center of the world.
Where will China's military be in 30 years? Could they have 20+ Carriers? 5000+ stealth fighters? Sure they can with their level of Population and GDP at that time.
So, why fight now when you are still kinda weak when you can be so much stronger.
So, this is the biggest reason for China's current restraint. They get so much more benefits by keeping their head down and focusing on development.
I was talking about this Balakot strike. Ofcourse it was embarrassing for India in the end but that didn't matter. By taking action India was able to show that it is unhinged and aggressive enough to strike. It escalated so much that Pakistan was then forced to stop its covert strike against the Indian Army in Kashmir. Now there is no more strikes by Pakistani proxies against India. Instead India is on the offensive in Kashmir by changing into a dictatorship and changed laws to move Hindus into kashmir.
Taiwan is even getting that when Biden talks about defending Taiwan and the US think tank promotes Clarity. Republicans in fact openly want Taiwan Independence. If an aggressive GOP president wins, you bet they might allow Taiwan Representative Office. Congress is so anti-China and Pro-Taiwan, they want to donate weapons to Taiwan instead of just Taiwan buying it. Very soon, GOP might even openly allow Taiwan to go for Nuclear Weapons. Slowly but surely Status quo is changing against China and all they are doing is military exercises. Just not strong enough
Look at the calibre of Western Elites: pizza gate parties, hard drugs, pederasty, homosexual blood transfusion of young healthy males et al and you can begin to understand why they push so hard for LGBT and globohomo policies. They wish to create a world safe for them and their perversions.Peter Thiel who is also a anti-china proponent seems to be a immoral person like his friend Trump in his personal life too.
Can I get the link for that? Asking for a friend.There's actually an online novel like that, except the ship that traveled back in time was a 094 SSBN.
At the end of the story after realizing that the change in timeline they've caused will eventually result in Empire of Japan successfully conquering all of China the captain suggested to the political officer that they further change history by using all 12 JL-2 in their possession. The political officer objects saying the order to use nuclear weapon can only be issued by the CPC Central Committee to which the captain replies:
"Comrade commissar, the Central Committee exists in this age too. Shell the two of us make a trip to Jinggangshan then?"
France is too busy manufacturing a free PR win for their domestic audiences. Or maybe Macron was just surprised and overjoyed he didn't have to kowtow first.To be fair Macron wasn't given a really warm welcome either.
Lol don’t be so naive. These people aren’t warmongering because China makes them money. If it were Iran they would say to use nukes. This is why I laugh whenever people say China doesn’t have soft power. China has an abundance of the most powerful form of soft power in the world: money.It's called paying lip service. It's not important. What China actually does is far more important.
While not many schools and hospitals were built in the occupied countries with the trillions of dollars, the MIC and private contractors benefited tremondeously nevertheless. It's indeed mission accomplished.
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Saudi Arabia is done pleasing the US.
Here is why.
It's good to see that not every American is a China-hating warmonger.
Kowalczyk said he decided to quit the position due to the European Commission's decision to extend duty free imports for Ukrainain grain until June 2024. Polish farmers had called for the introduction of tariffs.
"As it is clear that this demand will not be met by the European Commission at this point, I decided to resign from the post of agriculture minister," Kowalczk said.
Logistical bottlenecks mean large quantities of Ukrainian grains, which are cheaper than those produced in the European Union have ended up in Central European states, hitting prices and sales of local farmers.
The prime ministers of five states Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovakia wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday to demand action on Ukrainian agricultural imports. The leaders wrote that the scale in the increase of products including grains, oilseeds, eggs, poultry, and sugar has been “unprecedented”. They said tariffs may have to be reintroduced if the influx of grain and other products from Ukraine cannot be stopped by other means.
The logistical bottlenecks that emerged in the ports and other routes created a situation in which large quantities of Ukrainian grains, which are cheaper than those produced in the EU, were unable to leave the Central European countries, and therefore badly impacted the local price, markets and farmers.
In their letter, the PM’s called for a variety of actions to limit market distortions caused by the uncontrolled grain influx and proposed that if these were not successful, tariffs and tariff quotas should be brought back by the EU.
“Let’s support Ukraine, but let’s do it wisely and, above all, let’s put the interest of the country and Polish farmers in the first place,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Twitter.
For a third day in a row, Bulgarian grain producers protested against the import of cheap Ukrainian grain. Bulgarian farmers said that they want the cabinet to take urgent measures to impose a veto on duty-free import of agricultural products from Ukraine. Some of them blocked the border crossing near the village of Kardam, dumping a trailer full of sunflower seed on the road leading to the border with Romania. According to Radostina Zhekova, chairperson of the Dobrudzha Union of Grain Producers, the produce staying in the warehouses is worth about EUR 1.7 billion.
About 2 million tons of sunflower are produced in Bulgaria per year, but no more than 5-10% of it has been realized on the market so far, the vice-chairman of the National Association of Grain Producers, Iliya Prodanov, said.
After last night's meeting of protesters with President Rumen Radev, it became clear that this country will negotiate in Brussels for changes to the European regulation allowing mass imports from Ukraine, as well as that it will insist on being able to introduce anti-dumping mechanisms in case of oversaturation of the market.
The grain producers will renew their protest on April 7 to support their Romanian colleagues, who will protest on that day.