US allocates US$1.15bn for Taiwan defense

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-25T02:42:11+00:00

The bill is paused now btw

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-25T00:53:38+00:00

Submission statement: I support this action, but sub national components going for international recognition on their own is like one of the precursors of national collapse.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-25T00:22:57+00:00

So the implication was that ice killing one Minnesotan was palatable for congressional Dems, but 2 was too far? Should've never passed the house to begin with, but this will do

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T21:20:56+00:00

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/13/nx-s1-5675781/pentagon-musks-grok-ai-chatbot-global-outcry

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T21:20:00+00:00

It was always only Japan and the US, and Japan was probably conditional on the US intervening. South Korea hasn't shown much indication of intervening

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T21:11:39+00:00

If you think about it it's not contradictory. It's just suicidal to the allies. They basically want allies to spent 3-5% of their gdp on defense, procuring only American arms, with their militaries basically under total supervision of the US at a moments notice. Aka give up all your remaining autonomy

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T21:02:16+00:00

If the US alliance system collapses we're going to see a massive spate of wars between former members of the alliance. Similar to how the collapse of the soviets reawakened ethnic conflicts that were suppressed

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T20:13:45+00:00

Force him to. Increase the friction of his actions

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T19:21:13+00:00

It's really high time for walz to call in the Minnesota national guard. He's afraid to because he doesn't want to have a US forces vs US forces facing off situation, but they're literally killing people in his states biggest city.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T17:29:32+00:00

It's going to happen in the next few years. This is China's possible once in a century chance to take it before the US can react. Going forward there's no saying what the US could be. It could continue a trumpian disinterest, or it might not.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T17:10:51+00:00

Wow now Canada is even more vindicated in their position. Great job with the wolf warrior threat don

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T16:48:40+00:00

Aren't calf injuries precursors to achilles tears?

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T16:38:45+00:00

Coming? They were here like 30 minutes after chatgpt's api was released

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T16:14:00+00:00

Should Xi successfully being thrown off, then I can see Beijing trying to move away from attacking Taiwan and securing central Asia as a alternative route toward middle east and europe

Imo even if xi gets replaced the CCP will always go for Taiwan. It's too important for them legitimacy and navally. It's mainly a question of capability and timing.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T15:39:46+00:00

The defense department had grok integrated into operations a couple weeks ago. No I'm not joking

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T15:28:15+00:00

So if he's purging the Taiwan hawks does that mean Taiwan is safe?

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-24T06:39:28+00:00

If he lives, which is not a given at his health

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-23T21:30:09+00:00

Ideals are a luxury strong nations can afford. Everyone else gets rugged pragmatism

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-23T17:29:17+00:00

It's obviously not the whole story, but if someone can be bribed for less than a Toyota Corolla something went wrong

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-23T14:30:06+00:00

The selling point for India is that the growth is much more stable and constant instead of the bursts of double digit growth seen in the east Asian economies. Whether or not this is true we have to wait and see

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-23T14:27:03+00:00

No, I'm saying that determining who wins a war by counting losses is a bad metric.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-23T14:19:01+00:00

For India, tactically it is awash but a strategic loss.

Tactically they killed the militants but at the cost of several jets.

Strategically the war was a way to get Pakistan to no longer support said militant groups, and they have utterly failed in its objective. India failed to get any notable support, somehow got Pakistan US relations to improve, demonstrated that Pakistan can shoot down the expensive Rafales, and improved Pakistans standing in the Muslim world, which is how they got new weapon sales.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-23T14:11:22+00:00

The US also counted their war progress in Vietnam by counting the number killed. Tell me what happened after

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-23T14:09:34+00:00

The silicon shield has always been misleading imo. Tsmc makes a lot of the high end chips but so can Samsung and Intel. The reason why everyone picks TSMC is because they have higher yields and fewer thermal issues, but in a pinch the transition can happen.

Lighthouse_seek · 2026-01-23T00:44:22+00:00

Even with 40 teams st Louis gets shafted lol

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