I really, really hope the protesters succeed. Iran has such a glorious history and wonderful people - they deserve so much more. It could retake its place as the shining example of countries in the region, as it was for most of the last 5000 years.
Yet another example of how reality has a liberal bias.
Huh, I thought they lived in Italy.
Oh, do you mean whoever this other person is? I read your post and was deeply confused about why Brigitte Bardot got so into the weeds with US politics.
Ukraine is still being actively devastated after three years by a country far inferior to China - I’m sure the Taiwanese would prefer to avoid that fate. Finland’s “victory” came at the cost of collaoration with the Nazis, which maybe was the right choice at the time, but not great in hindsight to say the least. It’s also hard to quantify the political cost when discussing a one-party state - it’s not like the CCP will lose the next election. I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m saying I’d prefer to support Taiwan to such a great extent that we don’t have to cross our fingers.
While this is all true, the aggressor being the largest green-water navy in the world skews the equation, plus the naval angle is of course only one of multiple avenues of attack. We can’t be complacent about Taiwan’s ability to defend itself, no more than we could say for example that Finland could hold off Russia alone.
That’s really the crux of the issue. If China finally move against Taiwan, who will help? Japan seems the most reliable ally at the moment, and perhaps Australia. The US are untrustworthy.
AFAIK they don’t have that many of the newer ASMs, and anyway a thousand isn’t really that many, especially given that Taiwan’s missiles are on the smaller end of the spectrum - we’re not talking KH-22 sizes here.
10 cent army? I want to see Taiwan armed to the teeth. They can’t solo the CCP in their current state.
Taiwan’s military is surprisingly ramshackle, unless you mean the US? I’m not sure they can reliably be considered an adversary of China anymore. Xi could buy a few million of Trump’s crypto and all would be forgiven.
Definitely a normal country full of well-adjusted people. We can see evidence of that on a daily basis.
I’ve tried several of these and have to wonder how the author came up with these suggestions, because they’re very different than their American “counterparts” on this list. With that said, I’ve been doing my part and haven’t bought a single bottle of anything from the US since this started. i do miss bourbon - it’s my favourite liquor - but I’ve gotten to try a bunch of nice ryes and other whiskys, irish ones in particular.
Edit: that article actually looks like ChatGPT content, which explains why it’s so bad and inaccurate.
Are they going to start shooting ICE detainees instead?
Americans have been huffing their own farts for so long about their country being the ultimate expression of democracy that they came to see it as an immutable fact of life rather than something that needs constant tending, and now they don’t know how to do it.
Dond Trump told his supporters to reject the evidence of their own eyes and ears. It was his final, most essential command.
Filling up my car’s gas tank takes forever with one 50ml bottle at a time, and I`m not sure the savings per litre offset all this money I’ve been spending on airplane tickets…
“Return to China” doesn’t even make sense from a historical standpoint. Xi must have studied under the same history professor as Putin.
Great, more fascistic nonsense from Gen Z males. At least I can find solace in the fact that Gen Z women overwhelmingly reject this, so they won’t be able to procreate.
Given the horrible legacy of Japan in Taiwan, the fact that Taiwanese prefer to align with today’s Japan than China illustrates just how much they don’t want to be governed by the CCP.
Did you know that obesity kills more people than cancer? That’s why we need to stop caring about cancer completely. Someone you know has cancer? Fuck them, because did I mention obesity is worse? We should only think about one thing at a time, and I get to decide what that thing is. Absolutely NOTHING should be done about cancer until not a single human being is obese.