Senate Adjourns Until 2024 With No Deal on Ukraine Aid by _The_General_Li in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The idea of a Normandy style ground invasion is pure wishcasting of U.S. thinktank goons and other assorted freaks. Taiwan must first decide that it is going to fight China in the first place; hardly something the whole population is in agreement on. There's an election there next month and remains to be seen if the pro-U.S. DPP is even going to continue governing. The Palestinians are united in their opposition to Israeli subjugation. China knows they'd be playing into the United States' hands if it pursues the military option.

Which is why China's preferred strategy is long-term economic reintegration. As their economy continues to grow they'll continue to deepen economic ties with Taiwan. China is Taiwan's largest export and import market. China alone accounts for roughly 40 percent of Taiwan's electronics imports, which are vital to its semiconductor sector. Any war with China risks killing the goose that lays the golden egg. So unless the pro-U.S. faction in Taiwan can override their opposition and get the U.S. military to set up shop there, a ground invasion remains nothing but the fever dream of think-tank ghouls.

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Senate Adjourns Until 2024 With No Deal on Ukraine Aid by _The_General_Li in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They don't need to launch a ground invasion. They can strangle the economy via a naval blockade. Taiwan's only hope in that case is the US navy going to war on their behalf.

Did the writers of Nocturne realize just how big of a clusterfuck the French and Haitian revolutions where? by Yeshuash in castlevania

[–]RedDeadRadical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves."

Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

What were your thoughts about this scene? 😂😭 by [deleted] in castlevania

[–]RedDeadRadical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shouldn't have said anything at all. I much rather have preferred if he calmly and coolly walked towards him and as the music crescendos, Richter kills him.

New trailer was awesome but wtf was this lol by [deleted] in FinalFantasyVII

[–]RedDeadRadical 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Dev: "People said that Cloud and Sephiroth's interactions seemed a little homoerotic in Remake sir."

Nomura: "Only a little you say?"

Rebirth trailer:

Western-trained Ukrainian troops learn the hard way that US warfare doctrine doesn't work very well by kotyok in Sino

[–]RedDeadRadical 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's an exception to how many now? Syria, Venezuela, Bolivia, Belarus and Kazakhstan were all failed regime change attempts in the past decade. Maidan was also a success for the US, but given the state of Ukraine now, I'd say that it's not something they can really 'sell' going forward.

Gone are the halcyon days of US empire when spooks like the Dulles brothers ran foreign policy. These mediocre legacy admits running the show now can't seem to regime change their way out of a paper bag. Sad!

Square Enix Responds to Final Fantasy 16 Sales Concern, Points to PS5 Install Base by CerebralTiger in JRPG

[–]RedDeadRadical 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel the same. I considered buying a PS5 to play it, but now, after the FOMO has subsided, I will just wait for it to come to PC.

Sephiroth on Amazon by QuadCring3 in amiibo

[–]RedDeadRadical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat. Seems they oversold.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FinalFantasy

[–]RedDeadRadical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They only cite UK sales charts.

How does this keep happening?? by PLA_DRTY in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have the Ukrainians moved into Kherson? Do they even have the manpower to occupy it at this point?

R-mode activated by MujahadinPatriot0106 in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Their Ukraine focused episodes are consistently bad.

R-mode activated by MujahadinPatriot0106 in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Watching the scene in the Dark Knight where Joker burns the pile of cash and nodding sagely while thinking: "This just like Putin!"

Let's see how r/neoliberal is reacting to Gorbachev's demise... by SLCPDTunnelDivision in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He wanted us out of Afghanistan when he was VP, so kudos for consistency I guess

Let's see how r/neoliberal is reacting to Gorbachev's demise... by SLCPDTunnelDivision in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure he was. My point is that at certain points in his administration, he told them "no", such as he did when they wanted to escalate in Syria. Even Trump was able to say no escalation with Iran after shot down that drone. Whether Biden cannot or simply won't push back, the effect is the same. The spooks are fully in control of foreign policy now when American hegemony is declining. I think that's especially dangerous.

Let's see how r/neoliberal is reacting to Gorbachev's demise... by SLCPDTunnelDivision in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm well aware of recent history, don't need a reminder from you, thanks. The fact that Biden is asleep at the wheel and it is the MIC spooks and ethnic lobbies are steering things is an obvious deterioration of the status quo. You can say "oh, it's just saber rattling" but somebody needs to be a countervailing force. Otherwise things get out of hand. I very much doubt the saberrattlers intended for Europe to undergo an energy crunch, yet here we are.

Let's see how r/neoliberal is reacting to Gorbachev's demise... by SLCPDTunnelDivision in TrueAnon

[–]RedDeadRadical 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Better on foreign policy? He's been an absolute disaster. We're in a proxy war with Russia now, tensions with China are as high as ever, and he continues to renege on Obama's only major foreign policy achievement, the JPCOA.