I think it was deliberate. He wanted to emphasize the rule-based international order should be based on international law (Emphasized LAW).
And not (Anglo's perception of rule)-based international order.
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I think it was deliberate. He wanted to emphasize the rule-based international order should be based on international law (Emphasized LAW).
And not (Anglo's perception of rule)-based international order.
I have said last Sunday that USA & NATO fleets can clean sweep all the queuing line in Kabul Airport at once if they truly intend to offer freedom to the poor crowd waiting for days under harsh conditions awaiting their freedom lift!!
C'mon USA, NATO allies, show the world that your preaching match your deeds: TAKE ALL in the Kabul Airport to the freedom lands!
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-19/taliban-return-power-afghanistan-mao-zedong-us-lessons-history/100386792 See it's not just us who can see the parallels, even westerns are starting to recognise it. I am kind of impressed that there are people in the west familiar enough with On Protracted...
www.sinodefenceforum.com
TheDiplomat is is on the roll. Now deploying "heavy"weights such as John Bolton (known warmonger) a guy who never saw a war he didnt like, a MIC guy basically. A National security advisor of Trump's administration (Do I need to say anything more..)
Whats next? Is the TheDiplomat going to give a platform to other genius people like Steve Bannon, Mike Pompeo and Tom Cotton?
Joke of a magazine and a very obvious propaganda piece in order to assure Taiwan that the US would totally not abandon it. This piece was released in such a convenient time, after the Afghanistan evacuation disaster, that I couldn't help but suspect that this was ordered by the "Deep State" of the US (yes it exists).
Where is their supposed "independence" as a "free" media?
Whats next? Is the TheDiplomat going to give a platform to other genius people like Steve Bannon, Mike Pompeo and Tom Cotton?
Joke of a magazine and a very obvious propaganda piece in order to assure Taiwan that the US would totally not abandon it. This piece was released in such a convenient time, after the Afghanistan evacuation disaster, that I couldn't help but suspect that this was ordered by the "Deep State" of the US (yes it exists).
Where is their supposed "independence" as a "free" media?
If Biden admin played the cards right at the start of this mess, this would have been easily more than a ''Berlin Airlift''. It could have been easily been a ''Dunkirk'' moment in the sense of turning a withdrawal into a victory. But, while the logistical feats will do some good damage control. The event will be still viewed as a negative because of the right wing media isn't stopping with its negative coverage and it had anti Biden hate boner.
Wait? Was the right wing media at fault for showing the total chaos at the airport?
The right wing media "staged" the people falling to their deaths from the airplane?
The right wing forced Biden to first evacuate US troops while leaving US citizens and Afghan allies at the mercy of the Taliban in Kabul?
The right wing media said to Biden to unilaterally decide to evacuate in the middle of the night (morning), while the US' NATO allies were not consulted at all and caught with a surprise?
I think you are attributing too much on the right media. In contrast to what the US media say about Biden, this is a preventable disaster and it all falls on Biden, not Trump as they like to say.
Certainly, NATO allies all say the same thing. Biden is at fault even if Democrats and their media want to gaslight the world.
Yeah, there are some really shitty writers on there. Rick Joe is one of the worst.
*cough*
Anyway, it's like any other current affairs magazine or newspaper. The opinion section is something to be avoided. Since the Onion isn't open to submissions from overqualified clowns like John Bolton, I'm glad that The Diplomat is generous enough to let him share his thoughts so we can have a good laugh.
It's actually quite important that American hawks have a platform to vent on, so that we have early warning of their strange delusions.
I agree but I am taking offence that TheDiplomat doesn't actually say who is John Bolton when they give him a platform to voice his (garbage) opinion.
Here how TheDiplomat describes him for readers who are unaware of who he actually is:
If you are an unaware reader of the magazine, you would think that this person is respectable and has a lot of credentials. If you actually know anything about him then you would understand that they are trying to whitewash him and are trying to spread propaganda to the readers.
It would be the same if they had George Bush to write an Opinion article and they described his as "A well known painter, and an animal friend" or whatever. Total whitewash.
Yes, Rick Joe is good. But that doesn't negate the fact that anything outside of the military section, has dramatically declined in quality during the years. This article, hosting John Bolton, is just another proof of it.
I am eagerly awaiting for the (inevitable) Mike Pompeo article..
And some new reader at SDF thought The Diplomat is a Japan's publication since its HQ is in Tokyo
I felt itchy and had to correct it after some time seeing no one bothered to correct the misconception.
I felt itchy and had to correct it after some time seeing no one bothered to correct the misconception.
It is prob a diffrent John Bolton. The original warmonger John Bolton served in the army in the 70s, pre-apache helicopter and has been involved with geopolitics enough not to need another degree in it.