US conflict in the Americas
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People need to have common sense, do we really think China would send an envoy 6 weeks into an armed US blockade to actually talk about trade and investment?
Frankly, it is a mistake for both China and Russia to not even have a reconnaissance ship in Caribbean these days.
Even persistent listening would be worth it.
I think you need to consider your perception that Chinese intel is not strong, and compare that with how China navigated global geopolitics over the last 70 years, and ask yourself some simple questions.
Then please enlighten us. I am all ears
They ARE real. What are you on about?
Also I don't just solely rely on @万年炎帝 for my source of information on this.
I think Trump is just better at the media game. He knows straight talk is easier for regular people to understand. Instead of virtue signaling with political correctness, he is appealing to base instincts like greed and aggression (the whole screw around and find out thing). It also fits with trump’s transactional nature. The cost of US military strike is to be repaid by Venezuelan resources.
It comes across as authentic less phony unlike a politician or an elite. It plays well with his supporters as if people genuinely believed the whole spreading democracy excuse after Iraq. From Trump’s POV, if US is gotta get criticized for its imperial desires anyway might as well lean into it.
That's too bad. Imagine if China was able to broadcast the invasion time like what US did to Russia. That would be something
The envoy's job is to advance China's interest, and China's main interest vis a vis Venezuela is that it stays cooperative with China, regardless of who's in charge.
With Trump throwing Machando under the bus and Venezuela stable under Rodríguez so far, China's interest hasn't been harmed yet has it.
At end of the day you just have to look at what actually happens.
China does not do shows, it simply does, at least for its military.
Also, the people demoralizing, if China wanted to fight and win a war it could use the largest manufacturing industry seen in human history to wipe NATO off the map if it wished.
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