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An American Writer & Essayist's avatar

Excellently said. I’m thinking of reading up on the Belt and Road Initiative, as I know shockingly little about it. I used to have a little more knowledge when I watched Caleb Maupin, but he was biased in its favor as a Marxist-Leninist/Supporter of China and a journalist for RT.

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The Otter's avatar

Western commentators don’t want us to know that China is eating our lunch, or they really are just that ignorant.

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An American Writer & Essayist's avatar

Hehe. True.

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Ben L.'s avatar

"The West is governed by incompetent goons. At its best, America is a decaying empire..."

What exactly does The modern West defend, or even stand for? It's a third world walmart where invaders get all the perks of citizenship just by showing up.

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The Otter's avatar

That’s a big reason why it’s floundering. It has nothing to stand for and strips its citizens of pride.

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A beautiful brain's avatar

You're an idiot. The lack of analysis of nuclear destructive power in the hands of terrorists far more radical and dangerous than North Korea is very telling of a myopically self-serving negative viewpoint. You're also overstating the concern of a neutered Iran and its proxies. They pose some danger, but you're simply fear mongering. Trump's entry and exit was a power move like no other and the positive impact will be beautiful.

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The Otter's avatar

nukes are a nothing-burger and used to drum up public fear. It’s a propaganda tool, full stop. My next article will cover this.

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A beautiful brain's avatar

Also - because you're very American with the arrogance to state that Americans can't look inward and see their issues when you're guilty of the same behavior, let me anticipate your silly arguments.

1. Intelligence reports state that Iran has thousands of kilograms of 60% enriched uranium (which has ABSOLUTELY NO civilian application and is only a stepping stone to military use), BUT the Ayatollah hasn't given the order to make a nuclear bomb. Reports further state Iran is also producing and storing the other components to make a bomb. Presumably, you will argue that we need to wait for the ayatollah to give the order before we're alarmed. The unfathomable stupidity of this position is impossible to address. If you're this stupid, you're hopeless in your arrogance and there's nothing more to discuss. Apparently, you believe in the infallibility of intelligence gathering and the Iranian regime's word...but you don't believe them when they scream and chant death to America. And you're unaware of their global nexus of terrorism that currently and historically impacts US lives and interests? Ignorance is no excuse.

2. "Attacking Iran now risks lives." Perhaps, but not attacking now risks far more. Israel has exposed Iran and its proxies in ways that Russia only DREAMS of having done to Ukraine. Russia is throwing North Korean soldiers and Chinese and Iranian support into fighting and still can't win. A win in Iran puts a major dent in the axis of evil - economics without military backing is of little value. Now is the perfect time to eliminate the threat from Iran once and for all.

Fun factz -

1. China's aging population and negative population growth expects to have a population of under 500m in the not distant future. Any analysis of their economic and military threat and ambitions without this analysis is fundamentally flawed.

2. According to global studies, Iranians have the smallest penises on average. It makes sense that they threaten America to try to make themselves feel like they measure up. Their threats are quite colorful as well. The smaller the dog the bigger the bark - it's time to put the bad actors down.

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