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In reply to the discussion: Putin Wants To Win Badly [View all]
Martin68
(27,741 posts)54. Yes, we all know about the debt trap. But there are still small island nations in the Pacific, for example, the are
vulnerable to Chinese overtures. The total destruction of Taiwan would result in China becoming an international pariah. The Chinese economy depends on exports. They can't afford the repercussions. China will not "totally destroy Taiwan" as you claimed earlier.
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What a thoughtful post. I don't know as much as you but this seems pretty spot-on.
erronis
Jun 2024
#34
I think a bit of life lived in other places/cultures is absolutely necessary to develop a keen view.
erronis
Jun 2024
#42
Their dear and beloved leader says it is great, so it must be so. (Please don't notice the starvation).
Hermit-The-Prog
Jun 2024
#25
Anything that sets China, Russia and N. Korea against each other is a good thing for the world.
Martin68
Jun 2024
#21
I agree that China could get Taiwan in the end, which would be a tragedy, but I'm hoping for a detente.
Martin68
Jun 2024
#49
Yes, we all know about the debt trap. But there are still small island nations in the Pacific, for example, the are
Martin68
Jun 2024
#54
Majority of the Russian conscripts get very little combat training....................
Lovie777
Jun 2024
#4
Stalin also murdered the most competent generals because he feared them.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jun 2024
#18
Putin has suffered massive losses and has degraded the Russian military machine
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2024
#24
Some of those tanks are their latest, too, taken out by comparatively cheap drones.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jun 2024
#31