U.S. upgrades military command in Japan, warns of China threats (www.reuters.com)
from RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 29 Jul 2024 16:28
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someguy3@lemmy.ca on 29 Jul 2024 16:52 next collapse

Talks about South and North Korea, China, Japan. No mention of Taiwan.

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 29 Jul 2024 17:22 collapse

The statement criticised what it called Beijing’s “provocative” behaviour in the South and East China Seas, joint military exercises with Russia and the rapid expansion of its nuclear weapons arsenal.

Pretty easy to read between the lines on this one. Neither side needs to mention Taiwan in order to know what this is really about.

veritetw@lemmy.world on 30 Jul 2024 13:54 next collapse

Note the fact that US never grant TW statehood nor independence. Taiwan is the only pitiful political entity in first island chain that has no US military base, the cost of which TW will be happily to pay.

TW has been buying US weaponry since after WWII. But most purchases undelivered, very much delayed, or in the form of delivering outdated weapons.

hark@lemmy.world on 30 Jul 2024 18:49 collapse

Largest military in the world warns of threat from other militaries.

RandAlThor@lemmy.ca on 30 Jul 2024 19:51 collapse

Actually China has the largest military in the world.

hark@lemmy.world on 30 Jul 2024 19:54 collapse

I meant by funding. Raw people power does not matter as much in modern warfare.

RandAlThor@lemmy.ca on 30 Jul 2024 21:22 collapse

Yeah have you ever heard of PPP? Obviously not.

hark@lemmy.world on 30 Jul 2024 22:27 collapse

Have you heard of the military bases that the US has all around the world? Obviously not.

RandAlThor@lemmy.ca on 31 Jul 2024 15:04 collapse

I have not only heard I have seen them. Chinese have the largest military by man power and the largest navy by number of ships in the world.

hark@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 2024 00:13 collapse

You keep trying to dance around the issue of how much the US projects their power across the entire world. Imagine if the headline was “China upgrades military command in Cuba, warns of US threats”.

RandAlThor@lemmy.ca on 01 Aug 2024 13:24 collapse

Your reading comprehension is poor. I made zero point about US power. You keep deflecting the issue of your basic error and minimizing the Chinese aggression against its neighbors. Issue is Chinese expansion and aggression in South China Sea, in the straits of Taiwan and Sea of Japan, and how it’s neighbors are now banding together to prepare for this aggression. Your masters the Chinese are dumb because by making threatening gestures towards its neighbors it’s brought this all on to themselves. They really haven’t been smart, if you can think about. But you are a low level worker at a troll farm, and incapable of thinking.

veritetw@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 2024 13:59 collapse

If US is being serious, it should establish a military base in Taiwan – unless US just treat TW as the next Ukraine.

Note the fact that US never grant TW statehood nor independence. Taiwan is the only pitiful political entity in first island chain that has no US military base, the cost of which TW will be happily to pay.

TW has been buying US weaponry since WWII. But most purchases delayed, outdated or undelivered.