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[gelgoog]

I think a lot of people in the US still think China does not have the ability to strike the whole of the US with nuclear weapons. That has not been the case for almost two decades ever since the DF-31 entered service.

 

[tokenanalyst]

I thought DEMOCRACIES don't spy on each other? But aren't these countries supposed to be okay with papa America spying on them since it's for all their protection and the maintenance of FREEDOM? LOL

So that is the reason why the US Hawks want to kill Huawei and push for the fat Pompeo "clean network" garbage in ally countries because they can't use Huawei equipment to spy on their own allies.

 

[FriedButter]

No wonder the bank bailouts came out so fast. The Pentagon was sweating as well.

Pentagon Mobilized to Support Tech Startups After Bank Failure​

Brown, who previously ran the Defense Department’s outreach to Silicon Valley, said the national-security implications of SVB depositors’ funds vanishing would have gone well beyond the lost money. Many of the young startups that had funds in SVB were working on projects with clear defense and national-security applications.

“You certainly would have seen the national-security implications for autonomy for AI, for cyber space, a lot of the sectors which are so vibrant right now and could be used to better effect by the Defense Department,” he said. “It would be like cutting the [research and development] for all of those different companies. And you can imagine what happens, right? That means you're just living on your current product. And as soon as they run out, nothing's coming.”

The Defense Department is requesting $17.8 billion in 2024 funding for research into emerging technology areas like artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity, and others. But much of that money is for developing capabilities that will only be available later in the decade, Brown said. The Pentagon has a real gap in fielding innovative technologies quickly, he said.

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[baykalov]

Seymour Hersh in an new interview with German Tichys Einblick magazine.

The US blackmailed Russia in the winter of 2021 by threatening to sabotage Nord Stream to prevent the invasion of Ukraine. The US wanted to pressure Putin to leave the status quo in Ukraine.

"The demand was put forward shortly before the New Year of 2021, probably during the Christmas period. The idea was to find something unusual that the president (USA) could use as a bait or threat to convince Russia not to take military action in Ukraine."

The idea was to say to Putin: "We will blow up pipelines if you cross the border with Ukraine," Seymour Hersh said.

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[supersnoop]

Americans openly talk about intervening in Taiwan, while strongly against intervening in Ukraine. The only difference I see is Russia has a huge nuclear stockpile, and China doesn't. China needs a respectable nuclear arsenal, it's only thing US politicians fear and respect apparently.

The old adage applies to politicians the best...
Talk is cheap

Do you expect him to say "We will never help Taiwan, China's military is strong! A devastating war would adversely affect our strength in the region no matter what the outcome is!"?

 

[sheogorath]

What is making them hesitant is probably the fact that his successor would likely be Marine le Pen and that she would give them far bigger headaches than Macron ever did.

We thought the same thing about Meloni and turns out she is almost begging for knee pads so she can crawl better for NATO and the rest of the West.

 

[Equation]

Ahem...where all my Dalai Lama and "freedom for Tibet" fans at on this disgusting old man action?

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[siegecrossbow]

Ahem...where all my Dalai Lam and "freedom for Tibet" fans at on this disgusting old man action?

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[emblem21]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1645418253030682625

Yeah the USA can quite Frankly suck ding ding for openly supporting these damn dirty pedophile leaders. Seriously GTFO and go to hell, did it take that long for the truth to finally come out when it is obvious that the Dalai Lama has always been an evil prick. Sooner or later, is Biden going to be out as one of these people as well for how touch feelly he is with kids as well, I wouldn’t be surprised

 

[baykalov]

FT explains why the US and Europe must "defend" Taiwan.

"Why Taiwan matters to the world"
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