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Biden says US troops would defend Taiwan; White House backtracks remarks

Discussion in 'Latest US & World News' started by CornPop, Sep 19, 2022.

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  1. LangleyMan

    LangleyMan Well-Known Member

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    China and Russia didn't take Old Bone Spurs seriously. What now? Are you telling us you plan on nominating someone Xi Jinping and Putin will be worried about?
     
    LangleyMan, Sep 23, 2022
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  2. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    like the Alaska's ranked choice voting?

    the real problem is, 3rd party often splits the vote of one party and the other wins by default
     
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    FreshAir, Sep 23, 2022
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    submarinepainter Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I hate ranked choice Golden of Maine stole the election Ranked choice is cheating, this year may be different as we have an (L) on the ballot , so I will vote L,R, and leave the rest blank
     
    submarinepainter, Sep 23, 2022
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  4. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    only way more than 2 choices work, otherwise 3rd parties are just a wasted vote
     
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    FreshAir, Sep 23, 2022
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  5. submarinepainter

    submarinepainter Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    my 1st vote will go to the 2nd one to the AKA the penquin, Lepage
     
    submarinepainter, Sep 23, 2022
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  6. FreshAir

    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    who?
     
    FreshAir, Sep 23, 2022
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  7. Lil Mike

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    OK I don't think they need any carriers to attack an island off their coast, and we don't have 14 carriers in the 7th fleet. But..if you don't think the Chinese military could give us a problem in 2022, I'll do nothing to change that opinion. Let's hope we don't have to test it.
     
    Lil Mike, Sep 23, 2022
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  8. Lil Mike

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    Doing the opposite? I just wanted to maintain strategic ambiguity. What is this opposite you are referring to?
     
    Lil Mike, Sep 23, 2022
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  9. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    Additionally the Chinese seem very aware, s
    Agreed.

    This article pretty much says what I wanted to. Much better and with vastly greater authority

    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/chinas-hollow-military/
     
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Sep 23, 2022
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    submarinepainter Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    submarinepainter, Sep 23, 2022
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  11. submarinepainter

    submarinepainter Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I cannot vote for a D period so.... only L and some R's . I sometimes like a D but they have screwed so many times
     
    submarinepainter, Sep 23, 2022
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  12. psikeyhackr

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    Yeah, keep Xi confused.

    "Know your enemy know yourself" - Sun Tzu
     
    psikeyhackr, Sep 23, 2022
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    If we allow USA to be "world police" we will inevitably end up with the situation we see in America with the brutality and murder of unarmed black males, in other words, an utterly racist governing body.
     
    Esau, Sep 23, 2022
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  14. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    And it will end up being largely BY other armed black males. That won't happen though, we will be bankrupt well before then.
     
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Sep 23, 2022
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    I'm referring to how USA police treat unarmed black males as a template to how USA would "police the world".
     
    Esau, Sep 23, 2022
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  16. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    It would still bankrupt us. It nearly has.
     
    Aleksander Ulyanov, Sep 23, 2022
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    Not if they are paid in resources like ....hmm, idk....semi conductors?
     
    Esau, Sep 23, 2022
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  18. Seth Bullock

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    Our Founders never intended for the POTUS to have the unilateral authority to enter our country into a war of choice.

    I do not want our country getting into a war with China over Taiwan. I sympathize with the people of Taiwan, but I am not willing to go to war against China to save them.

    I do not want to go to into any war of choice under this bumbling dolt of a president.

    Some people seem to think a war against China would be as easy as a war against some third world backwater like Saddam Hussein’s army. I think you’re very mistaken.
     
    Seth Bullock, Sep 23, 2022
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    fmw Well-Known Member

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    More likely they would not risk it if they thought it would lead to war with the U.S. Nobody wants to go to war, including the Chinese. Give them a real incentive not to start one.
     
    fmw, Sep 23, 2022
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    Yes but they don't know how to do it.
     
    fmw, Sep 23, 2022
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    so you could vote for an R, but not a D, so go ahead and vote 3rd party then, works for me
     
    FreshAir, Sep 23, 2022
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    psikeyhackr Well-Known Member

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    We get to choose between ******* A and scumbag B. Voting for delusional idealist C may just help the worse of A and B win. That is what happened in 2015.
     
    psikeyhackr, Sep 23, 2022
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    yep, that and many not voting got us Trump
     
    FreshAir, Sep 23, 2022
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  24. LangleyMan

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    I have a difficult time wondering how our leaders could be so stupid as to allow Taiwan to become absolutely critical to the West.
     
    LangleyMan, Sep 24, 2022
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    I don't think there's a strict parallel.
     
    LangleyMan, Sep 24, 2022
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