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Post by duwayne on Apr 13, 2024 17:08:32 GMT
It seems we are just days or hours away from an Iranian attack on Israel of some kind. This likely event will certainly strain our ability to supply Ukraine. The Chinese have to be looking at Taiwan and licking their lips. If Xi Ping Pong is serious about his threats to re-unite Taiwan with the mainland by 2027 this may be his best opportunity. History may not be repeating itself but it is rhyming and the new Axis powers are China, Russia and Iran. Has Xi said he has plans to take over Taiwan by 2027 or something similar? |
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Post by glennkoks on Apr 13, 2024 17:43:46 GMT
It seems we are just days or hours away from an Iranian attack on Israel of some kind. This likely event will certainly strain our ability to supply Ukraine. The Chinese have to be looking at Taiwan and licking their lips. If Xi Ping Pong is serious about his threats to re-unite Taiwan with the mainland by 2027 this may be his best opportunity. History may not be repeating itself but it is rhyming and the new Axis powers are China, Russia and Iran. Has Xi said he has plans to take over Taiwan by 2027 or something similar? Yes, he has publicly stated that one way or another Taiwan will be “reunified” with China by 2027. Allegedly he has instructed his military to be prepared to take Taiwan by 2007 as well. |
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Post by flearider on Apr 14, 2024 9:01:10 GMT
Iran hitting Israel Russia in Ukraine what a wonderful time to go against Taiwan if there is a ground war in iran .. i could see china making a move ?
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Post by douglavers on Apr 14, 2024 11:21:50 GMT
Invading Taiwan would be difficult if the island defends strongly.
Sending an invading fleet across 180 kms in the face of drone attacks and anti-ship missiles might lead to impossible losses.
Beijing would need complete air superiority. Anti-aircraft missiles are now quite efficient, and I am sure Taiwan's mountains are now honeycombed with tunnels full of military hardware.
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 15, 2024 3:40:15 GMT
In recent years PBS has acquired a reputation of having a decidedly leftist leaning. I notice that Leftism is not much mentioned in this documentary about Nazis in the US in the 1930s. |
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Post by gridley on Apr 15, 2024 11:45:48 GMT
In recent years PBS has acquired a reputation of having a decidedly leftist leaning. I notice that Leftism is not much mentioned in this documentary about Nazis in the US in the 1930s. Well of course not! All good-thinking people know that Fascism is a Right-y thing. After all, Trump is Literally Hitler, and military = fascist and the Republicans are the military-industrial complex...
Also, please remember that there is only "right" and "left". There is no middle. There is CERTAINLY no second possible dimension to political views, much less a third or more.
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Post by duwayne on Jun 14, 2024 16:01:11 GMT
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Post by ratty on Jun 14, 2024 21:14:40 GMT
Possibly something to do with plunging their constituents into energy poverty? |
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Post by missouriboy on Jun 15, 2024 13:06:41 GMT
Take up your Penn and write a new future.   |
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Post by code on Jun 16, 2024 21:20:46 GMT
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Post by Sigurdur on Jun 16, 2024 21:46:48 GMT
I wouldn't put a poster of a missing dog from ND in France. |
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Post by missouriboy on Jun 17, 2024 12:56:17 GMT
Hurrah for Elon ...
And he might have added ... "Do a little good along the way."
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Post by glennkoks on Jun 17, 2024 16:58:35 GMT
I think Elon is off the mark. Humans survived the bottleneck after the Toba super volcano eruption roughly 75,000 years ago we certainly survive a self imposed demographic decrease. We don't need 8 kids anymore for the social security of the elderly.
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Post by phydeaux2363 on Jun 17, 2024 17:06:40 GMT
I think Elon is off the mark. Humans survived the bottleneck after the Toba super volcano eruption roughly 75,000 years ago we certainly survive a self imposed demographic decrease. We don't need 8 kids anymore for the social security of the elderly. True about the 8 kids, but we still need worldwide birth rates at the replacement level lest we enter a "Children of Men" dystopia. |
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Post by ratty on Jun 17, 2024 22:26:37 GMT
I think Elon is off the mark. Humans survived the bottleneck after the Toba super volcano eruption roughly 75,000 years ago we certainly survive a self imposed demographic decrease. We don't need 8 kids anymore for the social security of the elderly. True about the 8 kids, but we still need worldwide birth rates at the replacement level lest we enter a "Children of Men" dystopia. Poor countries will provide the worker shortfall for us? Check the US Southern border. One thing that stands out to me is the number of Subcontinent,** African and Filipinos workers in aged care here in Oz. ** India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives |
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