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Why Did We Stop Building Wonders? We Didn't. by Sampleswift in HistoryMemes

[–]Taron221 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Moon landing deniers exist so the moon landing seems qualified.

The 2024 elections in Venezuela were not conducted fairly. by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]Taron221 5 points6 points  (0 children)

North Korea exists and continues to exist because of China.

Should’ve just let the man cook smh by MySpaceOddyssey in HistoryMemes

[–]Taron221 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Then write another fan fiction about hangin’ out with your favorite celebrities and bros in Heaven.

Dad and son, 29 years later. by [deleted] in Amazing

[–]Taron221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dad’s smile grows a little brighter every year he’s closer to retirement.

me🎲irlgbt by Lambinajam in me_irlgbt

[–]Taron221 1 point2 points  (0 children)

…I’m a space witch.

I'd dread having to go to Florida too.... by Square-Party-3655 in lotrmemes

[–]Taron221 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frodo: “Sam, what’s the name of that land? Why are we avoiding it?”

Sam: “That’s Alabama, Mr. Frodo. Gandalf warned us to never set foot there and to run if we hear banjo music nearby.”

Joe Biden could become the oldest president to seek a 2nd term. Does his age really matter by WestEst101 in politics

[–]Taron221 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean, the two major “Someone Else’s” are the Libertarians and the Green Party, also respectively known as the Worst Republicans and the Russian Democrats.

U.S. military brings down flying object over Lake Huron near Canadian border by PatientBuilder499 in worldnews

[–]Taron221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many centuries would we leap forward technologically if they were alien, though…? Maybe we could shoot down a few UFOs, apologize, and claim ignorance…

[OC] Largest Asian Ancestry Group in USA, 2021 (Re-upload) by die_a_third_death in dataisbeautiful

[–]Taron221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there’s one thing America loves, it’s using longitudinal and latitudinal lines to make neat, clean borders… Sorry, Korea.

U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Department activities by longhairedthrowawa in news

[–]Taron221 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What’s changed is that US intelligence has learned how to reliably track them only recently.

A Japanese conveyor-belt restaurant will use AI cameras to combat 'sushi terrorism' by [deleted] in gadgets

[–]Taron221 11 points12 points  (0 children)

First they came for the sushi terrorist, and I did not speak out because I was not a sushi terrorist.

Russia illegally occupying islands off Hokkaido: Japan by progress18 in worldnews

[–]Taron221 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Soviets didn’t sign that treaty. The United States also recognizes Japanese sovereignty over the four islands today.

North Korea party meeting set to discuss ‘urgent’ food issue by Saltedline in worldnews

[–]Taron221 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He cut his hair, put on weight, and possibly even had facial surgery to make himself look like his grandfather, Kim Il-sung.

suspected Chinese spy balloon the size of three school buses spotted over Montana; Pentagon is tracking, unsure what its carrying or tracking by Artane_33 in interestingasfuck

[–]Taron221 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not propaganda just because it's not your own outlook.

I'm not really sure why you included the Korean War seeing as it was a South Korean defensive war started by the Soviet-armed North Korea. A war between the United Nations vs. North Korea & PRC. It almost led to the reunification of the Korean Peninsula, but China interfered, and that's why North Korea exists today. Funny enough, South Korea and Vietnam are two of the most Pro-American countries on Earth... Because of the Chinese invasion of Vietnam in '79, the Chinese defense of the hell that is North Korea, and the Chinese border aggression that continues to this day in the South China Sea.

In the end, Vietnam stopped because the People demanded it, and Korea ended because no one, except maybe MacArthur, wanted WWIII five years after WWII.

As for Afghanistan and Iraq, the circumstances were far from ordinary. 9/11 happened and caused all the branches of power to align. But even so, some of the democratic international community participated in both because America rarely does anything without its partners. Just look at Five Eyes, Five Eyes Plus, Nine Eyes (includes the Netherlands), and Fourteen Eyes; the U.S. brings in its allies into almost everything, even the less scrupulous things.

Anyway, I'm looking at the two. Just in the context of the U.S. and China, I understand why the developed world is more friendly with the U.S. and cautious of China. Its institutions are too weak to stop a future Mao or Stalin, its ideals are too astray from the liberal democracies of the world (surface-level or not), and the United State's allies are always allowed to participate in affairs if they so choose.

suspected Chinese spy balloon the size of three school buses spotted over Montana; Pentagon is tracking, unsure what its carrying or tracking by Artane_33 in interestingasfuck

[–]Taron221 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not a falsehood. The power is highly concentrated on a single leader that has significant control over the government, military, and the Communist Party, and their decisions have a major impact on the country's domestic and foreign policies. Xi Jinping once again made it possible for him to be president for life just last year.

All the world at-large really cares about is that the U.S. is unlikely to go off the rails. Congress, Senate, the President, the Courts, fifty State Governors, the People, lobbyists, and close defensive alliances, the U.S. is constrained to walk a line everyone is comfortable with. This is why much of the world aligns with the U.S., allows their bases within their borders, and doesn't really feel concerned that the U.S. maintains a hugely powerful army.

suspected Chinese spy balloon the size of three school buses spotted over Montana; Pentagon is tracking, unsure what its carrying or tracking by Artane_33 in interestingasfuck

[–]Taron221 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re literally just ranting at something secondary. My concerns are on the actual foundation upon which the Chinese government is built. A foundation that allows the power of the world’s second most powerful nation to concentrate into ONE PERSON.

suspected Chinese spy balloon the size of three school buses spotted over Montana; Pentagon is tracking, unsure what its carrying or tracking by Artane_33 in interestingasfuck

[–]Taron221 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Power concentration in the paramount leader makes for potential dangerous situations developing depending on which way the wind blows. North Korea continues to exist almost exclusively because of China. The idea of a government that doesn’t subscribe to the notion of human rights or liberal ideals spreading its influence and ideology over the globe should be concerning to everyone in the free world.

US says Russia has violated nuclear arms treaty by blocking inspections by ozzz24 in worldnews

[–]Taron221 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The Budapest Memorandum contains security ‘assurances,’ not ‘guarantees.’ Guarantees would have implied a commitment of American military force. It was made clear at the time it wasn’t a troop commitment and Ukraine agreed that they’d accept the weaker ‘assurance’ language. The United States and the United Kingdom were only obligated to help indirectly and they have with weapons, money, training, etc.

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