Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion

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Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion - Lemmy.film

What are they expecting to happen if they attack Taiwan? They’ll start the next world war. There isn’t a reality where the West is going to let them have it, regardless of how effective their “precision strikes” or suicidal their lunatics are.
I mean, isn’t this just the most schizophrenic framing. It’s Chinese soldiers who are lunatics for being patriotic but Americans are sane for threatening world war over a Chinese island on the other side of the world.
Suicide isn’t patriotic. And it isn’t a Chinese island; that’s the point. It’s a democratic, independent country that happens to be a US ally.

And it isn’t a Chinese island; that’s the point. It’s a democratic, independent country that happens to be a US ally. 😍

And it isn’t a Ukrainian province; that’s the point. It’s a democratic, independent country that happens to be a Russian ally. 😡

What does this even mean? You’re comparing cats and dogs in an attempt to justify PRC’s warrantless claim to an island they’ve never owned in modern history.
Taiwan and the Donbass Republics are both breakaway states supported by foreign rival governments. The similarity in the situations is why China doesn’t actually recognise them or the Crimean occupation; it’d weaken their position on Taiwan.