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Guy's avatar

These people make the old Robber Barons of 100 years ago seem almost warm and cuddly.

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Zachary Guadamour's avatar

WTF ever happened to diplomacy? The US nuked disarmourmnet treaties. Isn't it about time to bring them back so we don't risk blowing up the world?

As always, Ben Norton, you cover a topic thoroughly.

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Paddy McQueenie's avatar

There is No Fucking Way Anyone will go to War with China, And if this shitfaced Deluded Lie laden Trump Administration does Finally lose their Shit, God Help Them and The American People because even if my country had all the Starship Enterprise Ships with James T, Picard, Janeway, and Pike, I would not Pick a Fight With China, Number One they have a Massive Army of Millions on every Continent and Country in the World they are at peace with us just now simply because None of the Western Warmongers have attacked China Yet Number Two The Chinese would wipe the fucking floor with any Western eejit who Attacked them, Number three Trump is a Bully all Bully Boys are Cowardly Bastards and when someone has had enough of their empty threats and posturing and this someone knows this Trump character is full of PISS AND WIND then Trump shall have his Balls Booted all the Way up into His Throat. Here Endeth The Lesson Donald Quack Quack Trump.

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Nobody's avatar

“Balls booted all the way up into his throat.” Hilarious.

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Charles Kelly's avatar

Ben, this is a fabulous report. After reading your report this morning I wanted to take some time before commenting. One thing I did was to take out my world map and review the Indo-Pacific geography. Taiwan in only a 30 minute flight from mainland China.

Looking at a number of the reasons for US agression toward China - "to exert control over Taiwan"; "America's Crusade - against the International Left, China and Islam"; and the "3 pillars - Renewing the Warrior Ethos, rebuilding the military and restoring deterrence".

HTF can anyone consider that this island of 23 million, with the official language Mandarin could be controlled by a bunch of billionaires in California?

As for America's Crusade, Americans don't know what the Internation Left is, most Americans love Chinese food and products and very few know that there are 10 times as many Muslims as White Evangelical Christians.

Then the 3 Pillars (after Lawrence's '7 Pillars of Wisdom' following WW1)...these are something from a grade B Hollywood Western. WTF.

You also opened a can of worms with the info on the Palantir, Anduril and Space X association with their two points of denial of seizure of Taiwan and defending the homeland.

All of these privatized Military Industrial Complex "Warriors" have multiple passports and private jets. When it comes to defending the homeland...they are GONEZO!! Peter Thiel has a New Zealand extra passport so he will be the furthest away when the ACTION STARTS.

Keep up the great work.

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

The US might be preparing for war on China, but China has already won. The ports are already looking rather empty on the west coast... When Americans discover they can no longer afford their cheap Chinese imported goods, the US military might be too busy keeping a civil war in check to start a war elsewhere.

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Mikhail Tarech Reheem's avatar

This is the most deflating Geopolitical EconomyReport I have ...read.

It is absolutely disgusting living in the United States of Amnesia...a country in the grip of the most stupid rich people the world has ever seen...people with no history except violence and ignorance...

It is painful to be present here and unable to leave this...

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Chris R.'s avatar

This is disturbing… I do recall (on RW Yourube) during the pandemic a surge in anti-Chinese propaganda, lots of anecdotal reports of how the Chinese people were being taught to resent Americans in their schools and psychologically prepared by their media for an eventual war with US. We, accordingly, would accept that their ‘irrational hatred’ would leave us no choice.

While it would seem more likely the reverse is true (or truer) that Americans are being psy-oped… to stoke paranoia and rationalize whatever insane behavior on ‘our’ part.

Escalating absurdity in the name the fantasy.

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7swordMary's avatar

❓“Creating Strategic Dilemmas”❓

MORE U.S. SLAUGHTER Of CIVILIANS❗️

DEATH & DESTRUCTION is DCs ONLY “Contribution” to Humanity

⛔️ ❗️NO ZioNaziMossadMafia “THEOCRATIC” DICTATORSHIP Of HUMANITY ➕NuclearHolocaust HANNIBAL DIRECTIVE EVer❗️⛔️

WHO ARE GOD’s CHILDREN ❓

In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught

“Blessed are the peacemakers for *they* will be called Children of God.”

— Matt. 5:9

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𝓙𝓪𝓼𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓦𝓸𝓵𝓯𝓮's avatar

The stupid, it burns🤦‍♀️

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Annie Johnson's avatar

LEGALLY BLIND THUS CAPS: IM AFRAID TO GO TO BED AT NIGIHT.

WHO IS DIRECTING FOREIGN POLICY?

Michael Anton is Director of Policy Planning

(REVIEW LEO STRAUSS)

Michael Anton: The Philosopher King of Claremont Institute, a Project 2025 Advisor

Michael Anton is Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State

aLSO Jack Roth Senior Fellow in American Politics at the Claremont Institute.

CLAREMONT INSTITUTE: American conservative think tank based in Upland, California, founded in 1979by four students of Harry V. Jaffa.

Harry Victor Jaffa (October 7, 1918 – January 10, 2015) was an American political philosopher, historian, columnist, and professor. He was a professor emeritus at Claremont McKenna College, Claremont Graduate University, and was a distinguished fellow of the Claremont Institute. Robert P. Kraynak says his "life work was to develop an American application of Leo Strauss's revival of natural-right philosophy against the relativism and nihilism of our times

ENDOFPAGE

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Jaison Rodrigo da Cruz's avatar

Texto magnífico e esclarecedor.

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Klonda56's avatar

Why dont the tech bros focus on finding solutions to America's epidemic of tech addiction infused depression, its suicide, or its collective drugs addiction.

Why dont the tech bros solve the fact that the US has so many regions with polluted air, poisoned soil, poisonius tap water, some with no running water at all ?

Why dont the tech bros solve America's third world levels of child birth? Or clean its filthy junkie ridden streets?

Why dont tech bros solve the fact that America has basically ho high speed railways?

Why dont the tech bros fix Americas rusting bridges and highway overpasses, its corroded pipes, or its crumbling roads, or creaky stinky subway systems inthe few cities that even have them?

WTF use is technology if the most you want achieve with it is to sail thousands of miles across the oceans plotting to mass murder people there?

This is not advancement. It's actually just high-tech savagery!

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Godfree Roberts's avatar

China's Navy is twice the size, half the age and 4x better armed than our 20th century fleet.

China's 100,000 strong missile armory has twice the range and striking power than our sparse, 20th century crap. Why, because the PLA invested billions taming 21st century propellants (N15B) and explosives (CL-20) and we invested zero.

And people wonder why I drink.

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