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This approach has been the hallmark of Biden's foreign policy. They're working behind the scenes subtly and competently, making progress in ways that doesn't really track with the 24-hour news cycle and clickbait journalism. It's good to see the efforts paying off, but they really, REALLY need to work on their messaging.
Beijing has never cared much about the result of this Taiwanese election because the majority of Taiwanese support improving relations with China (see: votes for KMT, TPP). This entire claim of "tense cross-Strait relations" is a manufactured concern so Biden can knock a win.
The most significant recent tension in cross-Strait relations has been the declaration of the Taiwan Strait as international waters (induced largely by FONOPS declaring it as such) and the ending of some of Taiwan's special economic statuses for trade with China (induced largely by increased arms trade with foreign powers). Everything else is just posturing to save face on both sides.
That's nonsense, even if you pretend Taiwan is a part of China, which is clearly nothing more than a useful fiction for all parties, there is a space even at the narrowest point of the straight that is just EEZ. Which is a region that is free to navigate but the host country has exclusive rights to minerals, fishing etc within that region.
This is just strictly not true, otherwise Canada's Northwest Passage would be considered EEZ and not part of internal waters. EEZ is drawn from the extant point outside of the baseline.
LMFAO imagine describing Biden's foreign policy as subtle and competent while this senile dumb fuck is driving the world towards WW3. 😂
Your premise is the more ignorant of the two.
It's not a premise, it's an objective fact. Biden's support for the genocide that Israel is conducting is literally leading towards WW3. Anybody with even a couple of brain cells to bang together can see that.
My brother, the entire world is sliding into ww3... with or without Biden. It would probably be sliding faster without him.
The reason the world is sliding into WW3 is literally because US keeps picking fights with everyone. Nobody like you and nobody wants you. Stop trying to play world police, shut down your occupation bases around the globe, and fix your shithole country that's falling apart. US is a blight upon humanity.
Lol. Sure sure.
Your empire is crumbling, and you'll probably get to enjoy a civil war soon as the standard of living in US collapses. Best of luck to you.
Sure sure. Ain't my empire, chief.
If you live in the west you're living in the imperial core, and you're directly benefiting from the plundering the empire is doing. Once the plunder stops, then the imperial core will suffer.
Sure sure.
The fact that you don't get this makes it only funnier.
reminder not to argue with sh.itheads. It's a cyptofash instance, they're not acting in good faith.
you're absolutely right of course, it's so easy to get sucked into these pointless troll threads
You may limit yourself to [1] (one) clowning-on, but you gotta make sure it's an extra good one.
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