@penel0pe you make good points as well. You say it can’t really be a war unless there is opposition, which there isn’t any, and that gives me pause.
On the other hand, these seemingly disparate events seem to me as though they could possibly be a leading up to a much larger attack on China by the US. I hope I am wrong.
I think other events are more consequential in bringing a forward that confrontation:
* US attack on Venezuela, because it strikes at the heart of Russian and Chinese alliances and plans.
* US-European escalation in Russia, attacking close to Putin's residence and also be the internally launched (western) drones which hit Russian nuclear bombers. Humiliation is a powerful dynamic.
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@penel0pe I considered putting the attack on Venezuela as an option, but I tend to believe it is a continuation of the US policy of aggression in the Middle East, and so I would consider the so-called “12-Day War” (which is about to become a much longer war) as the more consequential event of the two.
Good point.
My own (inexpert) analysis is that the middle east aggression upsets nobody who cares and has a big enough stick to fight back.
But Russia and China are hurt by the Venezuelan aggression.
Just my opinion.
@penel0pe you make good points as well. You say it can’t really be a war unless there is opposition, which there isn’t any, and that gives me pause.
On the other hand, these seemingly disparate events seem to me as though they could possibly be a leading up to a much larger attack on China by the US. I hope I am wrong.
@ramin_hal9001 I think it's the kidnapping of Maduro because it demarcates the end of the US pretending to care about sovereignty, retroactively legalizing Putin's invasion of Ukraine and giving China carte blanche in Taiwan. At least the US tried to pretend the Iraq invasion about WMDs. Trump has straight up admitted Venezuela is all about oil.
