On 08 July 2021 President Biden told the American people that the Taliban would not take over after he ordered the removal of U.S. troops.
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And it would be hilarious if the Taliban then invites Chinese diplomats and PLA advisors to tour US and UK embassies.
I don't know. I really do think that India is behind this, along with the CIA. Indian leaders are just too cowardly to say they were involved. They have a history of distancing themselves from sticky topics.
This is terrorism against China. Indian leaders are afraid of the PLA. So it makes perfect sense for them to shut up. I'm sure they'll celebrate this through the Jai Hinds, and Bhakts instead. Plausible deniability.
That is why the US is doing so many things wrong with regards to its economy. When the govt is corrupted by the MIC, it makes nonsensical decisions. Like provoking conflicts around the world. Like selling more arms to Taiwan. Like maintaining an empire of US bases worldwide. Like only caring about infrastructure last.
The MIC can never sell Abrams tanks like GM can sell Dodge Rams. Only governments could realistically buy MBTs. So to keep this gravy train moving, it hypes up threats and makes the US govt or other govt buy their stuff. The same MIC also creates Wunderwaffe projects like the DDG 1000 and LCS to milk even more money from the US govt. Innovation is good. But do they need to be that expensive?
Newport News Shipbuilding could build the largest aircraft carriers in the world. Could they not build the largest container ships instead? To make some more money there? Instead, they wanted to push the US govt to procure more CVNs. Its just a lazy business model.
If they want to have official relations so much with Taiwan, they can simply recognize the ROC over PRC. Technically, if they did that, China won't complain.
Why would one think that any culprit government is willing to reveal such admission in this kind of dirty business?
I just don't think any government want to take credit, more over when the nine victims come from China. Not even the most reckless gov like in D.C. will admit such act.
If they are ISIS/IS/ISIL or other myriad hard-to-spell organizations like those in Syria / Libya, I may believe their boldness to take responsibility!
Honestly, the more and more I think about the withdrawal from Afghanistan. It seems like a terrible move. The amount of US and forces that US needs to keep the country in the hands of the Afghan government is far from draining. It makes no sense from a strategic point of view. The blow to American prestige and morale will be immerse. It is not worth the price of having a ''clean plate''. It seems more like Biden just wants to find a way to leave a mark on his presidency. This is a debacle of the highest order. As America is anxious about its standing in the world, this is the last thing America needs.
You and many other folks missed out the fact that the United States is not a normal country. This nation has been spending most of the years of its existence in war... a warring country of the relentless wars, many kinds, just for a short period the US had its peace moment without engaged in any war any where.
Now, post WWII as the successor holding the baton of power post-British Empire, the US is the sole superpower, even the USSR had great difficulty to balance it due to the huge gap of economic power, then the USSR collapsed at the end of 1991. The US became the sole actor then!
Decades earlier, the collapse of the Bretton Woods in 1971. Tomorrow, 15 August 2021 is said to be the 50th anniversary of the collapse of the Bretton Woods -- the end of relationship between fiat currency incl. US dollar with Gold. After the collapse nations are free to "print" their currencies, and USD gains the most benefit as the WRC (World Reserve Currency), which is an exorbitant privilege!
But this WRC status is propped by the Petrodollar regime, whereas Saudi can only sells its oil in USD then recycle its surplus into the US -- invest in many things in the US corporations aside from buying the Treasury bonds. In return Pentagon will guard the safety of the Saudi and and ensure the power of the House of Saud.
Having the 12 CSG and about 1,000 military outposts around the globe with how many Military Region COMs plus more than 5,000 nuke warheads are all the backbone of this Petrodollar Regime. Plus NATO in European Theater.
The US military is serving as the guardian angel of the Petrodollar, and in return the Petrodollar regime feeds the military with easy-to-print how many hundred of billion dollar ($800 billions now!?, plus some more unaccounted black budgets) every year to lube Pentagon, an annual budget which is bigger than the sum up of next 10 (or so) largest military budgets.
Under this scheme it looks like the occasional war here and there to smack the small, weak and defenseless target is the usual routine. Perhaps the masterminds deem it as necessary to serve as a strong reminder to the rest of the world on who's the real boss, or just to teach discipline to some as example for others -- to ensure most of them are lining up in order to serve the Washington's needs.
Now imagine one proposes the US to change its spending pattern from military and war to do more normal business and investment to grow the nation like the normal country, does one really think it's possible? And what's the spending indeed? Where does the money or funding come from? the money surplus that the US accumulates from export-import balance? No at all. It's just the "magical $$$ printer" owned by the Fed, thus it's not so much problem to burn a trillion dollar in Afghanistan, another trillion(s) in Iraq and so on.... at least not much a problem for the time being, as long as the WRC song is still playing, the party is still ongoing, kicking down the can as long as possible...
And how can the US compete with the ROW under its current structure of socio-economy if it wants to do normal economic development like produce more competitive stuffs to sell to the world? Practically impossible! Thus the US can not be a normal country, unless it abandons its exorbitant privileges
then we all know the answer.Btw, one of the feat of being WRC is that the currency must be made available to the ROW for facilitating the global transactions. That's why the US must have deficits in order to supply the world with dollars, look at the Triffin Dilemma.
From Quora:
TRIFFIN DILEMMA
When a country's currency is also the global reserve currency (i.e. used by other countries to hold their reserves), it is quite difficult to pursue a monetary policy that befits the needs of the country's economy without causing unintended consequences on the global role of the currency. Example: If US is in a recession and it is better for money supply to be increased in the US, the policies pursued would also cause excessive liquidity in the global market (weakening the value of everyone's reserve).
See excellent article here:
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Why?!
Zero sympathies. Excellent unison actions by the various Chinese companies.
This is how you commit career suicide as a celebrity in China.
And claiming ignorance in such context is only a further insult to himself which no one will buy.
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"Chinese actor Zhang Zhehan sparked outrage among the Chinese public on Friday, after photos were spread on social media in which he was seen posing at Japan's notorious #Yasukuni Shrine, which honors some of Japan's worst #WarCriminals.
There were also photos of Zhang attending a wedding at #Nogi Shrine, another infamous shrine that honors imperial Japanese #military officers who invaded China during World War II.
The Chinese media criticized Zhang for being ignorant of history and national suffering.
"One shall pay a heavy price for it if he or she knowingly challenges national dignity," read a comment from People's Daily that was posted on China's twitter-like Weibo on Friday evening.
As of 10 pm on Friday, all the more than 20 companies with commercial cooperation with Zhang, including drink brand Wahaha, have announced they would end their partnership with Zhang, the public found.
"National dignity is something that can't be disturbed," Wahaha said in a statement it published on Weibo. The company said that its products will terminate their partnership with Zhang immediately. Zhang was brand advocate for Wahaha's vanilla ice cream products.
Food company Hsu Fu Chi said on Weibo it would terminate cooperation with Zhang, saying that his deeds had hurt Chinese people's feelings, which the company is opposed to firmly. "The national dignity, image and respect can't be encroached upon," the company wrote.
Jewel brand Pandora and fabrics brand Shanghai Mercury Home Textile also made similar statements.
The producers of Formed Police Unit, a film starring Zhang, also said he would be removed from the production."
How ignorant you must be?
Zero sympathies. Excellent unison actions by the various Chinese companies.
This is how you commit career suicide as a celebrity in China.
And claiming ignorance in such context is only a further insult to himself which no one will buy.
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"Chinese actor Zhang Zhehan sparked outrage among the Chinese public on Friday, after photos were spread on social media in which he was seen posing at Japan's notorious #Yasukuni Shrine, which honors some of Japan's worst #WarCriminals.
There were also photos of Zhang attending a wedding at #Nogi Shrine, another infamous shrine that honors imperial Japanese #military officers who invaded China during World War II.
The Chinese media criticized Zhang for being ignorant of history and national suffering.
"One shall pay a heavy price for it if he or she knowingly challenges national dignity," read a comment from People's Daily that was posted on China's twitter-like Weibo on Friday evening.
As of 10 pm on Friday, all the more than 20 companies with commercial cooperation with Zhang, including drink brand Wahaha, have announced they would end their partnership with Zhang, the public found.
"National dignity is something that can't be disturbed," Wahaha said in a statement it published on Weibo. The company said that its products will terminate their partnership with Zhang immediately. Zhang was brand advocate for Wahaha's vanilla ice cream products.
Food company Hsu Fu Chi said on Weibo it would terminate cooperation with Zhang, saying that his deeds had hurt Chinese people's feelings, which the company is opposed to firmly. "The national dignity, image and respect can't be encroached upon," the company wrote.
Jewel brand Pandora and fabrics brand Shanghai Mercury Home Textile also made similar statements.
The producers of Formed Police Unit, a film starring Zhang, also said he would be removed from the production."
How ignorant you must be?