Thoughts -Taiwan/Crimea

[August1991]

I have been to both.

We live in a new world.

[Nationalist]

Crimea is now Russian. 

I don't believe the USA recognizes Tai independence. Should China decide to take it, I doubt even Trump could stop them.

[NAME REMOVED]

The USA could easily stop them. However, Trump is a coward, and would be paid off by the Chinese not to do anything.

[Michael Hardner]

52 minutes ago, DUI_Offender said:

The USA could easily stop them. However, Trump is a coward, and would be paid off by the Chinese not to do anything.

Easily?  How so?

[Army Guy]

On 11/11/2024 at 9:49 PM, Michael Hardner said:

Easily?  How so?

DUI you got some explaining to do lucy.....OOHH sh!t this should be good, NATO is afraid of Russia which is 3/4 beaten by the Ukrainians, how does the US beat up China who has a much larger military in every element army, airforce, and navy....

[August1991]

On 11/11/2024 at 11:02 AM, Nationalist said:

Crimea is now Russian. 

I don't believe the USA recognizes Tai independence. Should China decide to take it, I doubt even Trump could stop them.

When I was in Crimea, everyone identified as Russian. They covered their licence plates. From Quebec to Ontario. Imagine Anglos in DDO doing such.

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There is a difference between Taiwan and China. Taiwan is like Singapore.

[August1991]

Taiwan (Taipei) is a weird remnant of the Cold War.

It is part of China - like the Anticosti Island is part of Quebec.

[August1991]

Before 1989, like Truman and Reagan, we were correct to defeat the Soviets/Communists/Socialists who wanted to take over the entire world.

But now, in these 2020s, Americans are merely facing a typical opponent, in a new world.

[NAME REMOVED]

On 11/13/2024 at 4:23 PM, Army Guy said:

DUI you got some explaining to do lucy.....OOHH sh!t this should be good, NATO is afraid of Russia which is 3/4 beaten by the Ukrainians, how does the US beat up China who has a much larger military in every element army, airforce, and navy....

I think that old head injury from the Yugoslavian War is affecting your posting. May want to get that checked out by a doctor. 

[August1991]

On 11/25/2024 at 5:03 PM, DUI_Offender said:

I think that old head injury from the Yugoslavian War is affecting your posting. May want to get that checked out by a doctor. 

Serbia?

America (free trade) won in the 1990s.

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We now live in a world similar to the 1910s - not the 1930s.

Putin is no Hitler. Putin reminds me of Catherine the Great, Nicholas II.

After this Cold War, we need an arrangement for peace.

 

[herbie]

19 hours ago, August1991 said:

America (free trade) won in the 1990s.

Tell that to Trump... he needs reminding what free trade means.

[August1991]

On 11/27/2024 at 5:32 PM, herbie said:

Tell that to Trump... he needs reminding what free trade means.

Trump is playing the Ace card that Truman and Reagan gave him.

[August1991]

As I say, we live in a new world - like the 1815s.

We need new counterweights. 

[August1991]

After the cataclysms of 1789-1815, in 1815 in Vienna, Europe created a structure of peace. This structure lasted for 100 years,

This structure collapsed in summer 1914. Then, for 30 years, utter mayhem ensued.

In Yalta/Potsdam in 1945, Europe created a structure of peace. It collapsed in 1991.

Since 1991, Europe (the World) needs a new structure. Like 1815.

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We are facing  a collapse like summer 1914

 

 

 

 

Edited December 4, 2024 by August1991

[August1991]

To return to my OP,

Crimea is Russian in the same way that Longueuil is French.

(As languages go, the spoken difference between Russian & Ukrainian is about English-Scotland vs English-Alabama).

Two Notes: People in West Ukraine (Galicia) were part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. This is the better part of Ukraine.

Ukrainians are both Catholic and Orthodox (Ukrainian Catholic priests can marry.)

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Taipei is 1950s architecture - but food from all China.

 

 

 

 

[NAME REMOVED]

Now that Biden is out, and Trump and his cronies are coming in, I suspect that the Chinese will eventually invade Taiwan, especially if Trump's protectionist policies tank the US economy..  The US will be in no position to do anything, in the worst case scenario of Trump's new policies causing outrage in America to the point that the people start to revolt.

[August1991]

On 12/4/2024 at 6:44 AM, DUI_Offender said:

Now that Biden is out, and Trump and his cronies are coming in, I suspect that the Chinese will eventually invade Taiwan...

More than anything else, I wish for peace.

People in Taiwan (like Hongkong) should live well.

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In 2014, Russia took Crimea without violence. This dispute between Russia/Ukraine could have been resolved peacefully.

Since 1991, we live in a New World. We need new counterweights.

 

 

Edited December 7, 2024 by August1991