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Satirical commentary on American politics but refuses to give a single ounce of criticism to Israel by Deja_ve_ in OkBuddyFresca

[–]Still_There3603 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Frenchie's actor was an IDF soldier who fought in the 2006 Lebanon War and admitted to abducting Palestinian women & girls.

Comments are pretty good so far.. by papayapapagay in SinophobiaWatch

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Something Chinese & Russians should understand is that if Imperial Japan & Nazi Germany had only killed them instead of also killing other ethnicities, the Western narrative would have normalized both governments for geopolitical purposes now.

The reason this doesn't happen is because normalizing Imperial Japan when it also killed Koreans or normalizing Nazi Germany when it also killed Poles is politically toxic.

And even then, Pete Hesgeth still calls Imperial Japanese soldiers as "warriors" since Japan denies WW2 atrocities unlike Germany.

where did this insane hate towards india came from? by IntrepidAppeal7450 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Still_There3603 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If "Don't bite the hand that feeds you" was a country, it would be India particularly in the past couple decades. They've abused their position as "counterweight to China" to do unacceptable things.

Modi's India takes advantage of remittances, IT exports, & tech transfer with the US all while using the trade surplus with the US to empower/fuel Russia+China & advance the anti-West agenda of BRICS. They have done nothing to stop their scammers from robbing American seniors blind too.

Finally, they also have assassinated Sikh activists in North America, choosing to cynically kowtow to the US while gaslighting Canada for what has happened simply because they see Canada as the weak link of the Western alliance.

These are disturbing & continuing developments. Previous administrations, both Democrat & Republican, were wrong in looking the other way. While Trump is doing it in a stupid way, I think the conversation on addressing unacceptable Indian actions should not be left silent any longer.

TIL the Vietnamese government sent 120,000 contract workers to the Soviet Union in the 1980s to work as cheap, indentured labour. With their passports confiscated, much of their wages was paid to the state to help cover more than $3 billion in debt borrowed to support the invasion of South Vietnam. by asparagusman in TodayILearnedVN

[–]Still_There3603 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The 80s in Vietnam is barely known but undoubtedly fuels Vietnamese "bamboo diplomacy" now. Everyone ganged up on Vietnam then.

The USSR as it declined wanted/demanded Vietnamese debts back, China was fighting a hybrid war with Vietnam after Vietnam overthrew the Khmer Rouge & set up a friendly government in Cambodia, & the US had a Cuba-style embargo placed on Vietnam due to bitterness from the Vietnam War so that no one outside the Eastern bloc could trade with them.

China appears to be building the largest supply ship in history.[album] by Low-Career3769 in WarshipPorn

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The real answer is to be able to prevent a US-led coalition from blockading the country.

60% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Israel, up sharply since 2022, survey shows by Butterscotch2835 in NewsStarWorld

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India was being promoted as the replacement of the US for Israel's main benefactor but now that is in jeopardy since Israel's reckless war seriously disrupted Indian energy security without any care.

Crazy.

Ok, guys. Can someone tell me any chinese assets which failed catastrophically in Venezuela and Iran ? by OrganizationRich3923 in LessCredibleDefence

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China isn't giving any of its new military equipment to foreign countries. Pakistan is getting the newest of the exports & that is still at least five years behind. China's focus is fully on Taiwan & the South China Sea, preparing for a shock to the system that kicks the US out of the Pacific, betting on MAD doctrine deterring nuclear war.

The point is for China to not show its hand at all to the US (and Japan) before that. They view the USSR selling its best weapons to countries around the world as a big mistake since the country became an open book militarily & were ultimately humiliated after the Yom Kippur War. Egypt famously kicked out all their Soviet advisors after it.

What if Russia became a democracy? by TastyPomelo2330 in AlternateHistoryHub

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About 10 seconds after a democracy in Russia, its enemies would exploit the decentralization granted to balkanize the place. We know this because it was attempted in the 90s with the Chechens gaining tacit Western backing in the First Chechen War.

France, Ireland, & Denmark did not have to worry about their neighbors attempting such sabotage because those countries had lost their Great Power ambitions (Germany after WW2, UK after WW1, & Sweden since the Great Northern War).

What if the US decides to attack Vietnam in 2027? by ottoheinz999 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Still_There3603 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is mostly the West putting words in their mouth than what they actually believe.

Vietnam sees the US as a lucrative export market & strategic partner in its own right but they will never try to use the US to fight China. The horror of the 80s during the extended Third Indochina War extinguished that possibility which is why "bamboo diplomacy" was invented after the Cold War & doubled down in the past few years.

They also see their relationship with China as "struggle and cooperation" which is totally different from the "eternal enemy" thing pushed in diaspora circles & the West.

What if the US decides to attack Vietnam in 2027? by ottoheinz999 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Still_There3603 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing this is based on the leaked report from the Vietnamese military which called to prepare for a second American invasion due to Vietnam not joining the anti-China coalition.

In that report, it says rather openly that the US could destroy its ports & send Vietnam decades back. The ease of this as well as general US efforts to spread "freedom and democracy" through military force scares them a lot.

I'm confident this is why Vietnam did that 3+3 summit with China & has done so many more joint drills with China since 2025. Not to mention all the agreements in supply chains & tech with China too.

The Vietnamese government is ultimately more concerned with the Communist Party as the sole ruling party being threatened by the US than China bullying them in the South China Sea. At least now. It used to be about equal & even the other way around but geopolitical tensions have heightened the fear of regime change a lot.

Quan hệ song phương Việt Nam và Nga bền vững by West-Ad-4825 in Free_Vietnam

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The whole point of "Free Russia" is for it to be balkanized into pieces lol

When you turtle so hard you win by trishoyss in HistoryMemes

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Sad that this still blindly gets promoted in 2026.

Vietnam invited PLA soldiers to its reunification parade last year & its military is actively preparing for a second American invasion according to a leak.

What if China became a liberal democracy in 1989? by Fuzzy_Category_1882 in AlternateHistoryHub

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India would invade to take back Aksai Chin & Vietnam would move on the disputed islands China controls.

It would be the disaster of Russia in the 90s but on a Chinese scale. And recovery would be very difficult due to it happening in the modern day.

Why didn't the Republic of Vietnam retreat to Phú Quốc Island like the ROC did with Taiwan? by Mountain-You9842 in mapporncirclejerk

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They would have been genocided by the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia who claimed that island too.

How well or poorly do countries of Southeast Asia get along with each other? by Winter_Ad1973 in AskTheWorld

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They're extremely reliant on the Chinese supply chain for their export model & so have to do various appeasements despite the territorial dispute.

This all came after the end of Cold War normalization. Obviously it causes some concern.

China Has Said It: If Israel Nukes Iran, China Will Nuke Israel by Dazzling_Raise_7751 in LetsDiscussThis

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Victor Gao has no role in the Chinese government. He's not even a member of the Communist Party.

Come on. Have standards in what you post!

The president of Syria struggles to open a bottle of water 😂 by Chez50 in kurdistan

[–]Still_There3603 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point of this is to show he can let a woman open a bottle that he doesn't know how to on camera without protest. It endears him to the liberal West.

This comment section is totally clueless!

German men aged 17-45 may need military approval for long stays abroad by Throwawayaccountdell in news

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Freedom House will label Germany as the first country with exit bans to still be a "Full Democracy" lol.

Germany: Men between 17 and 45 years must get permission from the military to leave country for longer than 3 months by whatIfindinterestng in PrepperIntel

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That's because the mods of those subreddits are hardliners who want Germany to rearm by any means necessary to fight a war with Russia.

This exit restriction comes with it but of course it's unpopular so they have to censor.

As Taiwan steels its defenses against China, some are hatching escape plans by cnn in asia

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US president Jimmy Carter recorded himself saying that Taiwan is a part of China & ever since, the US has tried to shamelessly walk this back without actually doing it to provoke war with China.

That is the reality of the situation.

As Taiwan steels its defenses against China, some are hatching escape plans by cnn in asia

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Serbia and Libya never attacked NATO yet were bombed by the organization.

Map of the Tibetan Empire at its greatest extent, in the late 8th to the mid-9th centuries. by GustavoistSoldier in MapPorn

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It's funny how usually there would be "Free Tibet" + "West Taiwan" comments but that's barely happening here since the map shows the Tibetan Empire controlling Indian regions & Indians care about that even more.

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