Well, agreements aren’t worth the paper they’re written on if you can’t enforce them when push comes to shove. I agree that the US is less interested in meddling in every affair all over the world, but it’s a mistake to think that they’re not interested in maintaining hegemony and their status as the pre-eminent superpower. That’s the whole reason for the pivot to Asia, and both the Dems and Republicans are in agreement there: The goal is to contain China.
The danger, from Beijing’s perspective, is that the US can cut off or constrict maritime trade in the event of conflict or high tensions. China is a major importer of both, fossil fuels and food, as well as dependent on exports for its economy, as we all know. So controll over Taiwan and the South China Sea is seen as absolutely crucial, obviously to China, but naturally to the US too.
Unhindered access to global shipping, mostly.
The plural of anecdote is not data
Without Firefox there is no Gecko
There is no Firefox alternative. There is Firefox and there is Chrome. Everything else is just a fancy reskin of either one of them.
YouTube basically completely stopped recommending me those videos years ago because it learned I never click on them.
What does this even mean?
Pretty big difference between countries cooperating on security and one country just unilaterally and in secret operating police stations in a foreign country.
That project has been abandoned
Last.fm is really great for tracking, it’s been around for forever too, no idea why it isn’t more popular.
You can sign up for the Ukraine foreign legion. Why haven’t you done so?
Ukraine is a meat grinder, it is in no way comparable to invasions such as Iraq or Afghanistan, it would be more like Vietnam.
If they want to sign up to fight in Ukraine, they can go and fight in Ukraine. Calling for others to fight in Ukraine is a completely different thing.
I think calling for your own men to be thrown into the meat grinder is unacceptable unless you’re willing to lead the charge.
Only if you’re first in line
Everyone involved says this will take years to resolve, furthermore it’s questionable if the evidence is even sufficient for successfully banning the AfD. This is in no way a clear cut case.
He’s gonna increase tariffs for sure but not 20% across the board, that’s completely insane
There certainly is doubt. The population is already declining and the economy has been growing far slower, as of late, than it should. The US also has more powerful allies, we’ll see how much damage Trump will afflict on that front. China’s ascent seemed certain a decade ago, now it is doubtful.