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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1500 on: August 06, 2022, 05:43:51 PM »
Good movie by robocop guy



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1501 on: August 07, 2022, 12:18:05 AM »
Quote from: Jura-Glenlivet II on August 06, 2022, 01:07:50 PM
Quote from: boydster on August 05, 2022, 03:44:41 PM
Quote from: Jura-Glenlivet II on August 05, 2022, 08:33:05 AM
and leave Kinder eggs for the kiddies courtesy of uncle Sam.
Excuse you? I think you meant Hershey's milk chocolate candy eggs? Or maybe Reese's egg-shaped peanut butter cups? My freedom translator got confused and thought there was some kind of weird Cadbury egg shaped thing you might be referring to with toys inside and that is an abomination. I'll have to consult a Watchtower magazine to figure out the proper penance for this kind of blasphemy.


Colour me astonished and shamed. Kinder eggs are so irredeemably shit I just took it for granted they hailed from the US and not being aware that American children are incapable of reading instructions or have such shallow learning curves that they would just consume toy and all to their detriment and that said confection is therefore considered lethal, surprises me perhaps more than it should.
I stand corrected.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/04/07/why-are-kinder-surprise-eggs-banned-in-the-us-16424160/

Apparently its a vague regulation that blocks it.  The kind that protects kids from accidentally eating small things imbedded in chocolate and didn't account for giant plastic eggs, coated in chocolate.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1502 on: August 07, 2022, 12:11:59 PM »
Quote from: Elon Musk
“If the president is working so hard to free someone who is in jail in Russia for some weed, shouldn’t we free people in America?” the Tesla CEO asked on an episode of the Full Send podcast this week.

“There are people in jail in America for the same stuff. Shouldn’t we free them too? My opinion is that people should not be in jail for nonviolent drug crimes.”

As detestable as I find Elon, dare I say, he has a point.

America.... Land of the free.... Also has over 2 MILLION people in jail.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1503 on: August 07, 2022, 04:50:16 PM »
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/07/democrats-senate-reconciliation-votearama-00050222

The democrats are going to do something instead of their current strategy of nothing.

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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1504 on: August 07, 2022, 09:28:25 PM »
Quote from: Crouton on August 07, 2022, 04:50:16 PM
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/07/democrats-senate-reconciliation-votearama-00050222

The democrats are going to do something instead of their current strategy of nothing.
The last time they did this, we got Obamacare.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1505 on: August 08, 2022, 06:32:55 AM »
Shoudlve done this with the original

But i think manchin held it up?
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1506 on: August 08, 2022, 06:30:49 PM »
I believe that covid has stripped Biden of his weak human form and what has emerged is Dark Brandon.

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« Reply #1507 on: August 16, 2022, 12:41:55 AM »
Another delegation to Taiwan, China spitting the dummy again.

It really seems like America wants to goad China into a war. Maybe America thinks it can win? Maybe war time presidents are more popular?

I think America (and the wider West) should have uncoupled itself from China first so that we don't need them anymore.

As much as China sucks, America is just being antagonistic here. Reckless. Irresponsible. You don't need to physically go there to 'show support'. Just face time them and tell them. ::)
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1508 on: August 16, 2022, 02:34:51 AM »
Quote from: Masalang the Torpedo on August 16, 2022, 12:41:55 AM
Another delegation to Taiwan, China spitting the dummy again.

It really seems like America wants to goad China into a war. Maybe America thinks it can win? Maybe war time presidents are more popular?

I think America (and the wider West) should have uncoupled itself from China first so that we don't need them anymore.

As much as China sucks, America is just being antagonistic here. Reckless. Irresponsible. You don't need to physically go there to 'show support'. Just face time them and tell them. ::)

USA is busy investing heavily in Chip Manufacturing in the USA right now. This is part of a drive to get USA into manufacturing again so that it can be less dependant on global supply chain for essential products.

This company https://www.asml.com/ (ASML) makes the machines that makes microchips. This is not some tool thats hammered together in your garage. Each machine costs in the range of $300 million and up, and only single digit amount of them are made each year. You can make simpler microchips without these, but things like computers, cell phones and all modern chips are made from these. Everything from Intel and AMD is made with these machines. These machines, and by extension ASML, get to decide who participates in the future of high tech manufacturing.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) owns a very large share of AMSL. The other companies that own it are European and South Koreans. These companies chose who in the very long waiting list gets a machine. China currently has zero of these machines and USA has very few. Taiwan knows they have something important to the world, and they will trade it for Freedom from possible invasion. If the USA wants to manufacture Chips, then they need to protect Taiwan. Going to Taiwan is really about securing US interests.

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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1509 on: August 16, 2022, 02:43:54 AM »
Quote from: MaNaeSWolf on August 16, 2022, 02:34:51 AM
Quote from: Masalang the Torpedo on August 16, 2022, 12:41:55 AM
Another delegation to Taiwan, China spitting the dummy again.

It really seems like America wants to goad China into a war. Maybe America thinks it can win? Maybe war time presidents are more popular?

I think America (and the wider West) should have uncoupled itself from China first so that we don't need them anymore.

As much as China sucks, America is just being antagonistic here. Reckless. Irresponsible. You don't need to physically go there to 'show support'. Just face time them and tell them. ::)

USA is busy investing heavily in Chip Manufacturing in the USA right now. This is part of a drive to get USA into manufacturing again so that it can be less dependant on global supply chain for essential products.

This company https://www.asml.com/ (ASML) makes the machines that makes microchips. This is not some tool thats hammered together in your garage. Each machine costs in the range of $300 million and up, and only single digit amount of them are made each year. You can make simpler microchips without these, but things like computers, cell phones and all modern chips are made from these. Everything from Intel and AMD is made with these machines. These machines, and by extension ASML, get to decide who participates in the future of high tech manufacturing.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) owns a very large share of AMSL. The other companies that own it are European and South Koreans. These companies chose who in the very long waiting list gets a machine. China currently has zero of these machines and USA has very few. Taiwan knows they have something important to the world, and they will trade it for Freedom from possible invasion. If the USA wants to manufacture Chips, then they need to protect Taiwan. Going to Taiwan is really about securing US interests.

I'd say it's too soon to poke the bear. Maybe if America diverted part of that $700 billion defense budget into industry to make it more self reliant, that would indirectly be a boon for self defense - because other countries know you can back up your threats because you 'dont need them anymore'. China is as belligerent as it is because they know the world needs them for their supply of goods. America and others also need to stockpile the raw materials - a lot of which is in China.

Australia should find other buyers for our raw materials and products too so when the time comes, we can seamlessly pivot and leave China in the lurch without any or much economic damage to ourselves. Right now, our success hinges on China buying from us. Absolutely stupid model as Europe found out with its reliance on Russia for energy


Although if America was keen to look at China's military preparedness, poking them is a good way to find out. Maybe China played into their hands and gave them valuable intel
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1510 on: August 16, 2022, 07:13:51 AM »
Quote from: MaNaeSWolf on August 16, 2022, 02:34:51 AM
Quote from: Masalang the Torpedo on August 16, 2022, 12:41:55 AM
Another delegation to Taiwan, China spitting the dummy again.

It really seems like America wants to goad China into a war. Maybe America thinks it can win? Maybe war time presidents are more popular?

I think America (and the wider West) should have uncoupled itself from China first so that we don't need them anymore.

As much as China sucks, America is just being antagonistic here. Reckless. Irresponsible. You don't need to physically go there to 'show support'. Just face time them and tell them. ::)

USA is busy investing heavily in Chip Manufacturing in the USA right now. This is part of a drive to get USA into manufacturing again so that it can be less dependant on global supply chain for essential products.

This company https://www.asml.com/ (ASML) makes the machines that makes microchips. This is not some tool thats hammered together in your garage. Each machine costs in the range of $300 million and up, and only single digit amount of them are made each year. You can make simpler microchips without these, but things like computers, cell phones and all modern chips are made from these. Everything from Intel and AMD is made with these machines. These machines, and by extension ASML, get to decide who participates in the future of high tech manufacturing.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) owns a very large share of AMSL. The other companies that own it are European and South Koreans. These companies chose who in the very long waiting list gets a machine. China currently has zero of these machines and USA has very few. Taiwan knows they have something important to the world, and they will trade it for Freedom from possible invasion. If the USA wants to manufacture Chips, then they need to protect Taiwan. Going to Taiwan is really about securing US interests.

The "silicon shield strategy".

If China chose to invade then realistically I don't know if there's much we can do to stop them.

It sounds like a ridiculous idea but we could just give Taiwan a nuclear triad.

Another idea, Taiwan is a pretty small country. It would be difficult but not impossible to move them and all their shit to the United States or Canada.

As far as this idea that we're goading Taiwan into a war... We're sending old people to Taiwan to have photo ops with politicians there. If they choose to view this as an act of war then they can view pretty much anything as an act of war.

For all I know a little provocation might avoid a war. We tried appeasement with Russia. Didn't go so well.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1511 on: August 16, 2022, 07:40:48 AM »
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 07:13:51 AM
Quote from: MaNaeSWolf on August 16, 2022, 02:34:51 AM
Quote from: Masalang the Torpedo on August 16, 2022, 12:41:55 AM
Another delegation to Taiwan, China spitting the dummy again.

It really seems like America wants to goad China into a war. Maybe America thinks it can win? Maybe war time presidents are more popular?

I think America (and the wider West) should have uncoupled itself from China first so that we don't need them anymore.

As much as China sucks, America is just being antagonistic here. Reckless. Irresponsible. You don't need to physically go there to 'show support'. Just face time them and tell them. ::)

USA is busy investing heavily in Chip Manufacturing in the USA right now. This is part of a drive to get USA into manufacturing again so that it can be less dependant on global supply chain for essential products.

This company https://www.asml.com/ (ASML) makes the machines that makes microchips. This is not some tool thats hammered together in your garage. Each machine costs in the range of $300 million and up, and only single digit amount of them are made each year. You can make simpler microchips without these, but things like computers, cell phones and all modern chips are made from these. Everything from Intel and AMD is made with these machines. These machines, and by extension ASML, get to decide who participates in the future of high tech manufacturing.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) owns a very large share of AMSL. The other companies that own it are European and South Koreans. These companies chose who in the very long waiting list gets a machine. China currently has zero of these machines and USA has very few. Taiwan knows they have something important to the world, and they will trade it for Freedom from possible invasion. If the USA wants to manufacture Chips, then they need to protect Taiwan. Going to Taiwan is really about securing US interests.

The "silicon shield strategy".

If China chose to invade then realistically I don't know if there's much we can do to stop them.

It sounds like a ridiculous idea but we could just give Taiwan a nuclear triad.

Another idea, Taiwan is a pretty small country. It would be difficult but not impossible to move them and all their shit to the United States or Canada.

As far as this idea that we're goading Taiwan into a war... We're sending old people to Taiwan to have photo ops with politicians there. If they choose to view this as an act of war then they can view pretty much anything as an act of war.

For all I know a little provocation might avoid a war. We tried appeasement with Russia. Didn't go so well.

Taiwan has almost the same population as Australia. America already doesn't like brown people coming in from Mexico. How will they feel about taking on millions of yellow people from Taiwan? Given a lot of your population watches Fox - I'd put this in the impossible category - and I hate using that word!

Also the logistics of moving 24 million people off in short order, when it's probably an active war zone at the time might be a tall order. I'm sure most will want to stay while there is no active conflict - plus it's their home. If the Ruskis wanted Alaska back by force do you think those people would want to be resettled? Or stay and fight?

I can imagine China would also consider allowing Taiwanese people to settle in your countries (I'm sure Australia would accept too) as acts of war. (to be fair they consider almost anything an act of war). They got pretty pissed when we floated the idea that Hong Kong people under persecution from the mainland could settle here

I have a feeling Xi is a lot of hot air though. He knows the worlds resolve against Russia and we would do the same to them. We might need China but they need the world a hell of a lot more. It would end the PRC if we cut them off.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1512 on: August 16, 2022, 07:41:18 AM »
strategically speaking

china only needs to land and fortify.
they can land a substantial before any allied response time.
can one ACC do it?
they sent the reagan.

the usa is coming across the ocean and will then be trying to unsiege a sieged position.
then to block any re-enforcements USA will be monkey in the middle.

from what i can see, the taiwan strait is a whole lot less as far as the pacific ocean.

any blockade will need to be supported by bases in SKorea and japan and australia but even then, bombardment from the coast line to any armada sitting in the strait will just be a lot of death.
and if usa try to unseat from the back end, landing on the pacific side and pushing forward, it becomes an NK SK battle taht will kill the asset for generations.





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Armament   
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
Rolling Airframe Missile
Close-in weapons system (CIWS)
Armor   Unknown

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although they have quite the fire power, it's still a singular main target.
what are any of the 90 aircrafts going tod o when their carrier is pummeled to shit.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1513 on: August 16, 2022, 07:45:26 AM »
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 07:13:51 AM
The "silicon shield strategy".

If China chose to invade then realistically I don't know if there's much we can do to stop them.

It sounds like a ridiculous idea but we could just give Taiwan a nuclear triad.

Another idea, Taiwan is a pretty small country. It would be difficult but not impossible to move them and all their shit to the United States or Canada.

As far as this idea that we're goading Taiwan into a war... We're sending old people to Taiwan to have photo ops with politicians there. If they choose to view this as an act of war then they can view pretty much anything as an act of war.

For all I know a little provocation might avoid a war. We tried appeasement with Russia. Didn't go so well.
Here is the naughty bit where invading Taiwan does not really help China.

Although Taiwan has a major stake in ASML, The machines are not actually made there. They are made in Europe, USA and some in S Korea. So Taiwan has control of the technology, but invading them does not help China. If China invaded them, then sanctions would mean that they just get the machines in Taiwan, which helps them until they break. And these things are super super complex, so they do break and need consistent service.

What the invasion of Ukraine taught the world,
1 - don't be fully reliant on someone that you don't fully trust. - Hence local manufacturing becoming a major theme on all political fronts in the West. Covid help set this in motion.
2 - The west will cut its ties with you if you invade an ally. And even though it will hurt the West, when done, there will be no need for you.

Russia is screwed for the next 50 years because of this. They dont have an advanced industry to dig them out of the hole like Germany had after WW1. And their only sellable resource is being found elsewhere. Their only option is to trade with the lowest bidder.

China sees this, and probably wont make the same mistake.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1514 on: August 16, 2022, 07:48:45 AM »
Quote from: Masalang the Torpedo on August 16, 2022, 07:40:48 AM
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 07:13:51 AM
Quote from: MaNaeSWolf on August 16, 2022, 02:34:51 AM
Quote from: Masalang the Torpedo on August 16, 2022, 12:41:55 AM
Another delegation to Taiwan, China spitting the dummy again.

It really seems like America wants to goad China into a war. Maybe America thinks it can win? Maybe war time presidents are more popular?

I think America (and the wider West) should have uncoupled itself from China first so that we don't need them anymore.

As much as China sucks, America is just being antagonistic here. Reckless. Irresponsible. You don't need to physically go there to 'show support'. Just face time them and tell them. ::)

USA is busy investing heavily in Chip Manufacturing in the USA right now. This is part of a drive to get USA into manufacturing again so that it can be less dependant on global supply chain for essential products.

This company https://www.asml.com/ (ASML) makes the machines that makes microchips. This is not some tool thats hammered together in your garage. Each machine costs in the range of $300 million and up, and only single digit amount of them are made each year. You can make simpler microchips without these, but things like computers, cell phones and all modern chips are made from these. Everything from Intel and AMD is made with these machines. These machines, and by extension ASML, get to decide who participates in the future of high tech manufacturing.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) owns a very large share of AMSL. The other companies that own it are European and South Koreans. These companies chose who in the very long waiting list gets a machine. China currently has zero of these machines and USA has very few. Taiwan knows they have something important to the world, and they will trade it for Freedom from possible invasion. If the USA wants to manufacture Chips, then they need to protect Taiwan. Going to Taiwan is really about securing US interests.

The "silicon shield strategy".

If China chose to invade then realistically I don't know if there's much we can do to stop them.

It sounds like a ridiculous idea but we could just give Taiwan a nuclear triad.

Another idea, Taiwan is a pretty small country. It would be difficult but not impossible to move them and all their shit to the United States or Canada.

As far as this idea that we're goading Taiwan into a war... We're sending old people to Taiwan to have photo ops with politicians there. If they choose to view this as an act of war then they can view pretty much anything as an act of war.

For all I know a little provocation might avoid a war. We tried appeasement with Russia. Didn't go so well.

Taiwan has almost the same population as Australia. America already doesn't like brown people coming in from Mexico. How will they feel about taking on millions of yellow people from Taiwan? Given a lot of your population watches Fox - I'd put this in the impossible category - and I hate using that word!

Also the logistics of moving 24 million people off in short order, when it's probably an active war zone at the time might be a tall order. I'm sure most will want to stay while there is no active conflict - plus it's their home. If the Ruskis wanted Alaska back by force do you think those people would want to be resettled? Or stay and fight?

I can imagine China would also consider allowing Taiwanese people to settle in your countries (I'm sure Australia would accept too) as acts of war. (to be fair they consider almost anything an act of war). They got pretty pissed when we floated the idea that Hong Kong people under persecution from the mainland could settle here

I have a feeling Xi is a lot of hot air though. He knows the worlds resolve against Russia and we would do the same to them. We might need China but they need the world a hell of a lot more. It would end the PRC if we cut them off.


unfortunately the western world decided to give the middle finger to india in terms of covid help.
the only substantial military population to rival china and location.

location
location
location



and china's railroading the afghan minerals to get battery power and other natural resources.
high 1child policy male population with nothing to do.
extreme discipline amongst the school aged.
consolidated wealth at the top.
potential russian alliance.


gonna be a tough WWIII
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« Reply #1515 on: August 16, 2022, 07:57:06 AM »
India is part of 'The Quad'. America, Australia, India and Japan. It's entire existence is to curtail the rise of China.

Keep in mind the Western world is also pretty forgiving on India despite their stance in the Ukraine invasion
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« Reply #1516 on: August 16, 2022, 07:59:24 AM »
China isn't gonna invade.  They want to make a show that they own Taiwan and what the US politicians are doing is the equivilent to flipping them the bird.  But its not worth a war for them.  Posturing?  Saberrattling?  Yes.
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« Reply #1517 on: August 16, 2022, 08:16:43 AM »
Quote from: Themightykabool on August 16, 2022, 07:41:18 AM
strategically speaking

china only needs to land and fortify.
they can land a substantial before any allied response time.
can one ACC do it?
they sent the reagan.

what are any of the 90 aircrafts going tod o when their carrier is pummeled to shit.
Your thinking about a battle, not a war.

The aim is to win the war, not fight one battle.

There is the sticky situation where Taiwan has been given protection from the US. This means you risk nuclear retaliation if going against Taiwan. Sink an American air-craft carrier, and its free for all. The US has subs probably right in the middle of the Port of Tianjin.

China can certainly sink an ACC group. They have some decent hypersonic missiles (allegedly)
The US has multiple air force bases in Japan and S Korea. The closes one is Kadena Air Force base about 600km from Taiwan. China's air-force is mainly made of of Russian SU-27's and their own variant of it. At best, the SU-27 is comparable to the F-16, but im not even sure if this is true.

Chinas 400-500 Air Combat units may sound like a lot, but they wont stand a chance against what is just stationed in Japan. From Japan they can launch what ever they need to sink every single ship moving between Taiwan in China
Chinas Navy is mostly made up of old ships and small patrol boats.

But China's biggest issue will be what Russia learnt. When you invade a nation, its not your army against their army. Its your army against their entire population. Once China lands on Taiwan's shores, they are up against 7+ million male adults being consistently armed by the UN. With another 15 million women and children supporting them.

The PLA technically has over 2 million people. But most of them are support (like most militaries) and no country will send all of your soldiers to fight a war, especially when you have angered all the other nations too. So China will be sending at most a few 100 000 (How do they get so many of them to Taiwan?) scared soldiers to fight against 7 million men, fighting for their lives.

This is not a can of worms China will want to open.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1518 on: August 16, 2022, 08:37:47 AM »
The thing about Russia is that we can afford to cut them loose.  They have a lot of fossil fuels, some other raw materials, vodka I guess.  For all the noise they make their contribution to the world is actually pretty small.

China though, different story.  Severing ties would definitely hurt them a lot but it would also hurt us a lot and I don't know which one would suffer more.

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« Reply #1519 on: August 16, 2022, 09:03:55 AM »
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 08:37:47 AM
The thing about Russia is that we can afford to cut them loose.  They have a lot of fossil fuels, some other raw materials, vodka I guess.  For all the noise they make their contribution to the world is actually pretty small.

China though, different story.  Severing ties would definitely hurt them a lot but it would also hurt us a lot and I don't know which one would suffer more.

Sanctions is a game played between economists and politicians.

You dont take everything away, you always need something on the table.

But you start where it hurts them more than you. Ban all hi tech microchips into China, no more phone production. But the West can still get iPhones and Samsung's from other countries. Overnight you kill their GDP and shift economic resources to S Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, which is already happening.

Still not pulling back, okay, then you go for a halt on all Iron Ore. Restarting Iron Ore production in Europe, India, USA will be pretty quick, as most of it has stopped due to cheaper Chinese iron, but the industries still exist. But China does not have a lot of local Iron Ore, so their construction industry grinds to a halt.

Want more? Halt soy, beef and pork export to China.

And so on, and so on.

If your clever, you phase these one by one as your own industry ramps them up.

Notice how Europe never cut Russian gas right away, but gave themselves time to find alternative supply. Once they have an alternative, they have no reason to go back.

Sanctions always hurt both sides, the trick is to make sure it hurts them more than you.




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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1520 on: August 16, 2022, 10:00:16 AM »
its true

ever since nuclear the world powers have been fighting proxy wars
ukraine is the latest.
tehre was veneuzuela, desert stormI II, korea, vietnam etc etc




also true
yes subs lurk below the surface
forgot about those.
and navy would never announce their presence for obvious reasons.




true true
population was one reason why USA lost in afghanistan and vietnam.
and ukraine now.
will taiwan be able to do the same?
taiwan is an island
the people have to get their weapons somehow, unless they've already got them.



is the chinese mechanical military advanced or are they cardboard cutouts?
i dunno
they seem to have grabbed a lot of tech from manufacturing the worlds things.
how cheapo are the knock offs?
i dunno
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1521 on: August 16, 2022, 10:08:36 AM »
Taiwan being an island can also be an advantage. It's much harder to settle thousands of troops to overwhelm the populous in short order. Getting to the island will be a battle, then there is a population who has to fight or die. They can't flee like in Ukraine.

Russia can just roll in heavy artillery and thousands of troops across a land border. China cant roll in their tanks or other heavy weaponry to subdue to the populous. Everything will have to be by air and you would hope Taiwan (with the help of allies) can fend off against that

We may not want to actively fight the Russians to help Ukraine, but if we actively help Taiwan (all signs point to that we will), then it will be an unwinnable war for China despite a huge cost on all sides

Pretty sure they just want to keep the current status quo. Just whine like a bitch from time to time to assert dominance. It is enough to keep all sides from losing face (well China doesn't have much face left to lose anyway with its antics these days - not that it thinks so)
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1522 on: August 16, 2022, 10:54:15 AM »
That strength is also a weakness.  China can easily blockade them.  They wouldn't even need to be close enough to engage them.  We can't just land a bunch of weapons in a country adjacent to them like we do with Poland.

Once the war starts we won't be able to supply them without declaring war on China.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1523 on: August 16, 2022, 11:05:41 AM »
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 10:54:15 AM
That strength is also a weakness.  China can easily blockade them.  They wouldn't even need to be close enough to engage them.  We can't just land a bunch of weapons in a country adjacent to them like we do with Poland.

Once the war starts we won't be able to supply them without declaring war on China.
But this is part of the game.

If China blockades them, then the sanctions start.
It will hurt Taiwan, but will hurt China a lot more.

Its always useful to ask, "And then what?"
If you blockade Taiwan, then what?
If you launch a full scale assault on Taiwan, then what?

Its really pretty simple,

Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 08:37:47 AM

If you look at this pretty picture

Who's allies make up a bigger part of that pie? China or Taiwan?
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1524 on: August 16, 2022, 11:38:22 AM »
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 10:54:15 AM
That strength is also a weakness.  China can easily blockade them.  They wouldn't even need to be close enough to engage them.  We can't just land a bunch of weapons in a country adjacent to them like we do with Poland.

Once the war starts we won't be able to supply them without declaring war on China.


ahaahah

https://www.valuewalk.com/ukrainian-pilots-steal-28-mig-29-fighters-from-poland/


UKRAINIAN PILOTS “STEAL” 28 MIG-29 FIGHTERS FROM POLAND
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1525 on: August 16, 2022, 11:41:28 AM »
Quote from: Themightykabool on August 16, 2022, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 10:54:15 AM
That strength is also a weakness.  China can easily blockade them.  They wouldn't even need to be close enough to engage them.  We can't just land a bunch of weapons in a country adjacent to them like we do with Poland.

Once the war starts we won't be able to supply them without declaring war on China.


ahaahah

https://www.valuewalk.com/ukrainian-pilots-steal-28-mig-29-fighters-from-poland/


UKRAINIAN PILOTS “STEAL” 28 MIG-29 FIGHTERS FROM POLAND

Old news.  Also I believe that didn't actually happen.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1526 on: August 16, 2022, 11:46:25 AM »
Quote from: MaNaeSWolf on August 16, 2022, 11:05:41 AM
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 10:54:15 AM
That strength is also a weakness.  China can easily blockade them.  They wouldn't even need to be close enough to engage them.  We can't just land a bunch of weapons in a country adjacent to them like we do with Poland.

Once the war starts we won't be able to supply them without declaring war on China.
But this is part of the game.

If China blockades them, then the sanctions start.
It will hurt Taiwan, but will hurt China a lot more.

Its always useful to ask, "And then what?"
If you blockade Taiwan, then what?
If you launch a full scale assault on Taiwan, then what?

Its really pretty simple,

Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 08:37:47 AM

If you look at this pretty picture

Who's allies make up a bigger part of that pie? China or Taiwan?

If China can manage taking over Taiwan before we can respond military or economically then that's pretty much that.  There's not much to be done at that point.

I'm not saying the way we're going about this is right or wrong.  I really don't know.  I'm just saying that China invading Taiwan is an order of magnitude more concerning than Russia invading Ukraine.
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1527 on: August 16, 2022, 11:54:45 AM »
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 11:46:25 AM
Quote from: MaNaeSWolf on August 16, 2022, 11:05:41 AM
Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 10:54:15 AM
That strength is also a weakness.  China can easily blockade them.  They wouldn't even need to be close enough to engage them.  We can't just land a bunch of weapons in a country adjacent to them like we do with Poland.

Once the war starts we won't be able to supply them without declaring war on China.
But this is part of the game.

If China blockades them, then the sanctions start.
It will hurt Taiwan, but will hurt China a lot more.

Its always useful to ask, "And then what?"
If you blockade Taiwan, then what?
If you launch a full scale assault on Taiwan, then what?

Its really pretty simple,

Quote from: Crouton on August 16, 2022, 08:37:47 AM

If you look at this pretty picture

Who's allies make up a bigger part of that pie? China or Taiwan?

If China can manage taking over Taiwan before we can respond military or economically then that's pretty much that.  There's not much to be done at that point.

I'm not saying the way we're going about this is right or wrong.  I really don't know.  I'm just saying that China invading Taiwan is an order of magnitude more concerning than Russia invading Ukraine.

Well getting to it is one thing, subduing the population is another

Then the hard bite of economic sanctions making the victory give the meaning of the word 'Pyrrhic' a whole new level. The Mainland will have to worry about its own populous getting antsy when all manufacturing and industry and thus many jobs grind to a halt. All the rich millionaires and billionaires of China who depended on the global economy will be worth nothing.

Anyway, lets hope it's all moot. China wont do anything stupid. America will keep testing the limits, everyone is just going to stay mad at each other but because we need each other more than we'd like, we aren't going to kill each other
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1528 on: August 23, 2022, 12:36:52 PM »
in general

oz is running for senate
lizC lost her seat but she's not from where she's from.
some other dumbass didn't know how much grain cost in her race a few years ago.

why are all these empty seat filler, big corp/ party vote backers allowed to run out of state?

the whole point of the senate was to represent and give an equal vote (built in minority equalizer).
but that's washed away if the seat is occupied by a non resident.

how does that even work?
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Re: Why do you support Joe Biden?
« Reply #1529 on: August 23, 2022, 01:41:26 PM »
Quote from: Themightykabool on August 23, 2022, 12:36:52 PM
the whole point of the senate was to represent and give an equal vote (built in minority equalizer).
but that's washed away if the seat is occupied by a non resident.

how does that even work?
The difference between being a resident and a native.
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