https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1737771585153499494
Lmao, not a piracy problem. Just the Yemenis carrying out legitimate naval interdiction operations and interference from Israel's allies. Mfkers pretending this is a piracy problem like off the coast of Somalia when it's just ships affiliated with Israel being interdicted.
one guy I follow on tiktok (who is from taiwan) said that the most difficult part of the conflict with Taiwan is that both consider themselves China. the difficulty comes from navigating the political situation, not so much from internal resistance. I might be wrong, but it sounds like they aim for reunification not conquest.
If a peaceful, amicable reunification is possible without war, and is genuinely supported by the Taiwanese people, then that seems vastly preferable to a military take over.
Though, I would expect if such a thing looks likely to occur in the near or medium term, the US would probably do some shenanigans/bullshit/assassinations/subterfuge to prevent that from happening.
They do manufacture something like 80% of the worlds microprocessors, and that is just a bit important to modern economies, militaries, etc.