Hofmaimaier„Nach meiner Kenntnis… ist das sofort, unverzüglich.“
FiniteBanjoIf only the Cold War were really over.
lemongarlicRussia can’t even successfully invade their neighbor, a former USSR member
But the USSR was able to propogate to the CCP which is propping up former USSR allies for proxy war including Cuba, Venezuela, Indonesia, North Korea, and Iran. They regularly prop up the Russian economy enabling the invasion of Ukraine. Recently they’ve expanding military coverage to Africa under the guise of space exploration. Among their more aggressive actions is supplying the weapons used by Hamas to attack the music festival and reignite the war used by Israel as an excuse to commit genocide. China also uses TikTok as a way to push their agenda and explicitly supported the Trump reelection which led to the largest rightward shift in youth voters ever recorded. China has managed to reclaim Hong Kong and is planning to conquer Taiwan, both notably US Allies in the east. They’re also highly aggressive with India, Australia, Phillipines, and Japan.
The cold war is still on. The tyrannical communist dictatorships are still around and trying to get bigger all the time.
Just because the countries that were in or aligned with the former USSR are working against American interests doesn’t mean the Cold War never ended lol. For example the fight with China is much more about economics trade manufacturing influence etc than over communism vs capitalism and China isn’t even communist anymore. The conflict with China is definitely a different one imo bound by very different rules
Purely Economic Reasons?
Is that why they put restrictions on fertilizer exports as the global market tightened, as if they weren’t only selling excess? Is that why they’re backing the Iranian regime to control natural gas supplies while already having nearly infinite natural gas with no buyers to compete with from Russia? Is that why they tear down temples in Tibet, commit genocide in Xinjiang, and use extreme force to recapture Hong Kong and soon Taiwan? Is that why they used TikTok to promote Donald Trump, the most anti-trade potus in over a century?
China is a malignant tumor on this world, Xi Jinping is playing a game of Conquest like his predecessors. The vast majority of their foreign policy is completely malicious and has no economic benefits.