Like the amount of half truth and ignored nuance in this piece is staggering.

EDIT: It is even more insane when you consider there is an explicit plan by the US intelligence state to break up and balkanize China. Like they aren't even trying to keep it secret.

Edit2: "non amp version:https://web.archive.org/web/20211102155719/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/us-china-war/620571/" Courtesy of Alcoholicorn

  • culpritus [any]
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    3 years ago

    whether America can deter China from initiating a hot one

    why does America want to prevent Xi from eating spicy food on a youtube?

    • p_sharikov [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      These people act like the US wasn't the one who had a cold war policy called "brinkmanship" where they intentionally antagonized another nuclear power to the maximum extent they thought they could get away with without causing a nuclear war.