I'm retired now but in 97 my Industry was sent to China and Mexico.. I screamed as a few years later it was noted the Chip Manufacturing was gone to. Boy are we far sighted, oh by the way.....for years no young people were coming in looking for an Apprenticeship then after 97 there was little work for them anyway and I never passed on the Trade as was done to me. But People got bonuses for saving their company money, perhaps they know how to fix this, they sure got US here!
The Americans are behaving rather like Hitler: upping the ante each time and somehow believing that their bluff will never be called. Putin has certainly been remarkably laid back about US provocation, but that is no guarantee that the Chinese will be. The neocons are true maniacs.
I’m reminded of a 60’s vintage movie called “The Bedford Incident”, starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. Widmark plays a hard bitten naval Captain who pushes his crew relentlessly while pursuing a Russian submarine in a high stakes game of cat and mouse. A conversation which is overheard, but catastrophically misunderstood by one of the crew members, ends in an unintended nuclear incident that destroys both vessels.
The viewer is left to decide for themselves if it started a global war, I always assumed yes.
Point is, it seems to me that the situation we currently have is ripe for the same kind of “incident” to happen. Lots of over the top rhetoric, muscle flexing, sabre rattling and a cast of characters on our side that are somewhat less than circumspect when it comes to international diplomacy and unintended consequences.
Is it too paranoid to entertain the idea that the Dems believe heightened threats/military skirmishes from/with either China or Russia will help them in November '22?
Two years ago, I would have laughed at you. Today, I would say that anything is possible. Most conservatives have simply not grasped the fact that the Dems will do anything to maintain power. Anything! This is their last chance to destroy the US and they will not be stopped by voting.
It's going to be a massive game of chicken this autumn, ain't it? Will the crazies in charge of the EU and its member states stick with their sanctions and risking having their head adorn poles, or will they fold and do a deal with Putin?
You make a lot of assumptions there. How are things going badly for Putin in Ukraine? He has achieved all of his three pre-war aims and now has a buffer zone between him and the Nato nutters. You are correct about the Chinese economy but that gives Xi as much incentive to take the war route as it does for the neocons. And any economic blows we give the Chinese, they can more than pay us back for.
I'm retired now but in 97 my Industry was sent to China and Mexico.. I screamed as a few years later it was noted the Chip Manufacturing was gone to. Boy are we far sighted, oh by the way.....for years no young people were coming in looking for an Apprenticeship then after 97 there was little work for them anyway and I never passed on the Trade as was done to me. But People got bonuses for saving their company money, perhaps they know how to fix this, they sure got US here!
The Americans are behaving rather like Hitler: upping the ante each time and somehow believing that their bluff will never be called. Putin has certainly been remarkably laid back about US provocation, but that is no guarantee that the Chinese will be. The neocons are true maniacs.
I’m reminded of a 60’s vintage movie called “The Bedford Incident”, starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. Widmark plays a hard bitten naval Captain who pushes his crew relentlessly while pursuing a Russian submarine in a high stakes game of cat and mouse. A conversation which is overheard, but catastrophically misunderstood by one of the crew members, ends in an unintended nuclear incident that destroys both vessels.
The viewer is left to decide for themselves if it started a global war, I always assumed yes.
Point is, it seems to me that the situation we currently have is ripe for the same kind of “incident” to happen. Lots of over the top rhetoric, muscle flexing, sabre rattling and a cast of characters on our side that are somewhat less than circumspect when it comes to international diplomacy and unintended consequences.
Is it too paranoid to entertain the idea that the Dems believe heightened threats/military skirmishes from/with either China or Russia will help them in November '22?
Two years ago, I would have laughed at you. Today, I would say that anything is possible. Most conservatives have simply not grasped the fact that the Dems will do anything to maintain power. Anything! This is their last chance to destroy the US and they will not be stopped by voting.
No.
Madam Pelosi is not only Speaker of the House but also Secretary of State. Would this be an intra-party coup?
Another setback in the sanctions war?
EU, UK Fold? Delay Cutting Off Russia From Oil Insurance Market
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/eu-uk-fold-delay-cutting-russia-oil-insurance-market
It's going to be a massive game of chicken this autumn, ain't it? Will the crazies in charge of the EU and its member states stick with their sanctions and risking having their head adorn poles, or will they fold and do a deal with Putin?
I'm sure Milley Vannilly will warn China beforehand about any warlike moves the Dems make. Oh, sorry, wrong Potus!
They were going to tell him, but he got distracted by the ice cream truck music and wandered off.
Wow, they must be SO happy that Pelosi is coming to visit!
The war in Ukraine was over in the first two weeks with Russia clearly in control. Anyone claiming otherwise is simply not paying attention.
You make a lot of assumptions there. How are things going badly for Putin in Ukraine? He has achieved all of his three pre-war aims and now has a buffer zone between him and the Nato nutters. You are correct about the Chinese economy but that gives Xi as much incentive to take the war route as it does for the neocons. And any economic blows we give the Chinese, they can more than pay us back for.
https://www.theonion.com/china-threatens-to-retaliate-for-pelosi-s-taiwan-trip-b-1849343979