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He’s basically making the assumption that China bad throughout the video. His major argument is that yes Ukraine was a national embarrassment but that shouldn’t dissuade us from supporting Tiawanise separatism. People like him make assumptions that other great powers have to behave in a strictly American fashion. Russia didn’t wage a blitzkrieg on Ukraine opting for a more maticulous ground operation. It was clear that they were going to win from the start. It was clear every step of the way that they had an overwhelming advantage, 7 to 1 at the start and now a 15 to 1 advantage. Yet despite their overwhelming victory you have commentators suggestioning that Russia is blundering it’s way to victory because it didn’t blitzkrieg or rely on shock and awe bombardment.
I doubt China is going to storm the beaches. They aren’t going to wage war according to US military theory. Making that assumption is about as stupid as it would have been to make the assumption about how Russia was going to act out it’s military operation.
As far as China using the threat of invading Taiwan to bulster it’s national unity, I think that’s based on nothing than what’s going on inside the dude’s head. The greater concern is that the US is openly talking about containing China while training and funding separatists.
They’ve been probing China for weak points for a while now. We shouldn’t view Taiwan as a seperate thing from Hong Kong.
He’s basically making the assumption that China bad throughout the video. His major argument is that yes Ukraine was a national embarrassment but that shouldn’t dissuade us from supporting Tiawanise separatism. People like him make assumptions that other great powers have to behave in a strictly American fashion. Russia didn’t wage a blitzkrieg on Ukraine opting for a more maticulous ground operation. It was clear that they were going to win from the start. It was clear every step of the way that they had an overwhelming advantage, 7 to 1 at the start and now a 15 to 1 advantage. Yet despite their overwhelming victory you have commentators suggestioning that Russia is blundering it’s way to victory because it didn’t blitzkrieg or rely on shock and awe bombardment.
I doubt China is going to storm the beaches. They aren’t going to wage war according to US military theory. Making that assumption is about as stupid as it would have been to make the assumption about how Russia was going to act out it’s military operation.
As far as China using the threat of invading Taiwan to bulster it’s national unity, I think that’s based on nothing than what’s going on inside the dude’s head. The greater concern is that the US is openly talking about containing China while training and funding separatists.
They’ve been probing China for weak points for a while now. We shouldn’t view Taiwan as a seperate thing from Hong Kong.