Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb: (trevorgoodchild@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:36:42 JST Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:
   >Best Korea is a nuclear-armed power
   >Best Korea has a longstanding security guarantee from China that the Chinese will assist it if attacked
   >Best Korea now has a new equal security guarantee from Russia that Russians will provide assistance if attacked
   >Best Korea is now the most powerfully defended and secure nation in the world
   
   . . . How does he do it :kimjongunlol:
   • Embed this notice
     Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb: (trevorgoodchild@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:36:40 JST Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:

     in reply to

     • zoazoa
     @zoazoa Yeah the Chinese are probably not overly happy but they're gonna have to deal with it, especially since they keep stressing this "multi-polar world" concept/framework
     
     In reality the Greeks figured out Rule Zero of geopolitics a long time ago: the strong do what they like, the weak suffer what they must
     Bread up, Bro likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     zoazoa (zoazoa@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:36:42 JST zoazoa

     in reply to
     @TrevorGoodchild Ironically pact with Russia hurts China more than the US, now China won't be able to use NK as a meatshield on a whim like the US does with its vassals
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:37:39 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • zoazoa
     @TrevorGoodchild @zoazoa I think china is ok right now with playing second fiddle to Russia; they allowed the US to "boss" them around for a few decades, so they are ok with playing the long game.
   • Embed this notice
     Orkin_Awk (orkin_awk@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:53:30 JST Orkin_Awk

     in reply to

     • Bread up, Bro
     • zoazoa
     @TrevorGoodchild @sickburnbro @zoazoa I think Keith Woods interviewed Orlov a few years ago
     Bread up, Bro likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb: (trevorgoodchild@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:53:31 JST Trevor Goodchild:verified::pondering_orb:

     in reply to

     • Bread up, Bro
     • zoazoa
     @sickburnbro @zoazoa Dmitry Orlov comments on this as well on those rare times I can find one of his interviews. He says that everything is just business with them. Very mercantile, very transactional.
     Bread up, Bro likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Bread up, Bro (sickburnbro@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2024 22:56:13 JST Bread up, Bro

     in reply to

     • zoazoa
     @TrevorGoodchild @zoazoa this history of China from The Discoverers and their business behavior from Poorly Made in China give one a very good mental model of how they work.
     
     They aren't inventors, because that's just how they work. They also don't mind fucking each other over because it's just business.
   • Embed this notice
     InvictusManeo (invictusmaneo@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 09:03:41 JST InvictusManeo

     in reply to

     • Bread up, Bro
     • zoazoa
     @TrevorGoodchild @sickburnbro @zoazoa If Iran drops committment to Armenia they can get the Turks and AZB into the fold and make Gengis Khan proud.
     Wouldn't doubt for a second that this is probably the hottest talk right now between Bejing , Teheran and Moscow.
     Bleed out the beast in a multi-layered all out attack that they don't even dare to game in their darkest nightmares.
     Then we see if the ROK and JAP want to die for Taiwan.
     
     Been checking out my predictions about the EU... rutte at nato when he's probably the most hated breathing thing in all the continent, we're well past the humiliation ritual even.
     Nobody really expects the obvious, uff.
     Bread up, Bro likes this.