How the US is Militarizing the Pacific
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The US military is planning to have a transformative year in the Pacific. To them, that means militarizing the region. More ships, more planes, more troops, more missiles, and more agreements with allies - all aimed at containing China and their ambitions of power.
Thanks Greg Poling, expert from CSIS for the interview on this topic: https://www.csis.org/people/gregory-b-poling
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https://yewtu.be/watch?v=plHRRFHZ_f0
Aka The U.S goes mask-off on the South China Sea, and Johnny Harris tries to equivalent China's actions to that of the U.S.
What can I say?
On Harris himself, I suspect his moderacy is being used to co-opt a sort of good cop side of the pro U.S position, considering past videos.
NED- National Endowment in Democracy, an international pro-U.S organization funded by the C.I.A to support color revolutions.
But on a more serious note:
What do you suppose of the Philippine Sea debate, because I haven't gotten a clarified rationale and context on China's actions, from your side?
And how would I counter claims of local Chinese aggression.
can we not? can we just not have world war 3? can we, like, not engage in suicidal wars with nuclear powers because they don't share our opinion on economics? can we, like, not destroy what's left of the climate with cluster bombs and depleted uranium munitions? can we, just, like, quietly let our empire decay and, i don't know, get over it? Just move on? Not destroy the whole fucking world because hegemony go bye bye?
can we not? can we just not have world war 3? can we, like, not engage in suicidal wars with nuclear powers because they don't share our opinion on economics? can we, like, not destroy what's left of the climate with cluster bombs and depleted uranium munitions? can we, just, like, quietly let our empire decay and, i don't know, get over it? Just move on? Not destroy the whole fucking world because hegemony go bye bye?
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