so they seem to be withdrawing for real. even if they leave some contractors and the puppet government, that won't last very long without continuous bankrolling. I wonder, is this really the beginning of the end of the US empire? is money finally running out at least for the unprofitable occupations? If so, what's next?
yeah the china propaganda has become increasingly relentless, so a move towards turning china into the big bad state enemy is clearly happening. but i just can't see any scenario where the US wins this. how are they gonna force countries across the world, including their own 'allies' in europe and especially asia, to kill their own economy? At this point, the more sanctions they hand out the more countries are driven towards china more than anything. Not to mention that the propaganda is complete nonsense and everyone with a brain can see that. they got nothing.
I really wonder what their plan is right now. Keep the country destabilized to hamper Belt & Road? Hope that the government will somehow grow strong enough to fight Al Qaeda?
As China pushes ahead with president Xi Jinping’s ambitious $1 trillion One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative—which reimagines a historic trade network as an overland Silk Road Economic “Belt” and a Maritime Silk “Road”—protecting Chinese business executives and other personnel and their rapidly growing investments in the region is more important than ever.
Enter Erik Prince.
I don't know how much of this is substance and how much of it is hype. This Quartz article reads like something out of a J. Peterman catalog. But they're mercenaries, so I'm not shocked that they'll work for anyone. Might as well call out Blackstone group or Apple Inc or Bechtel for contracting with Chinese-backed domestic firms and denoting this as End of Empire.
If anything, this is a point in favor of American Empire. Guaranteed that Prince's organization is joined at the hip with :cia: and others, and more than happy to sell info on the Chinese to the US or the UK or the Israelis or anyone else.
Chinese businessmen and bureaucrats needing to outsource security to an American-based company run by well-connected American politicos does not reflect well on the Chinese state.
so they seem to be withdrawing for real. even if they leave some contractors and the puppet government, that won't last very long without continuous bankrolling. I wonder, is this really the beginning of the end of the US empire? is money finally running out at least for the unprofitable occupations? If so, what's next?
Its the end of the war on terror (symbolic at least) as the new cold war rises.
yeah the china propaganda has become increasingly relentless, so a move towards turning china into the big bad state enemy is clearly happening. but i just can't see any scenario where the US wins this. how are they gonna force countries across the world, including their own 'allies' in europe and especially asia, to kill their own economy? At this point, the more sanctions they hand out the more countries are driven towards china more than anything. Not to mention that the propaganda is complete nonsense and everyone with a brain can see that. they got nothing.
New cold war but by end america is the one who balkanises ha ha yes ha ha
I really wonder what their plan is right now. Keep the country destabilized to hamper Belt & Road? Hope that the government will somehow grow strong enough to fight Al Qaeda?
isn't that Blackwater/Academic/(whatever) working for China now?
The American mercenary behind Blackwater is helping China establish the new Silk Road
I don't know how much of this is substance and how much of it is hype. This Quartz article reads like something out of a J. Peterman catalog. But they're mercenaries, so I'm not shocked that they'll work for anyone. Might as well call out Blackstone group or Apple Inc or Bechtel for contracting with Chinese-backed domestic firms and denoting this as End of Empire.
If anything, this is a point in favor of American Empire. Guaranteed that Prince's organization is joined at the hip with :cia: and others, and more than happy to sell info on the Chinese to the US or the UK or the Israelis or anyone else.
Chinese businessmen and bureaucrats needing to outsource security to an American-based company run by well-connected American politicos does not reflect well on the Chinese state.