Comments by "Persona" (@ArawnOfAnnwn) on "CaspianReport" channel.

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  38. ​ @captainalex157  Bruh the Vietnam war was also the US 'defending its allies'. 3 million Vietnamese died as a result. There's nothing defensive about the US' 'defences'. They're excuses for defending its hegemony. Who're they going to defend anyway? Taiwan? The US didn't even support Taiwan initially, only after the Korean war - cos then it fit into their larger global war against communism (and it had nothing to do with democracy - Taiwan was a dictatorship itself back then). And who're they going to defend Taiwan from? China has been threatening Taiwan for seventy years, yet today not only is Taiwan prosperous, but China is its largest trade partner by far (contrast that with Cuba, another island that made the mistake of allying with the rival power - and has been invaded, blockaded, embargoed and sanctioned for the last half century by the US for it). The Taiwanese themselves are more circumspect about the whole thing - their own surveys show only about five percent of the people in favour of immediate confrontation, whereas the vast majority of Americans are gung-ho about it (of course they are, the US never has to deal with its messes - it can always retreat as it did in Afghanistan, while its home turf hasn't seen war for over 150 years). So who exactly are they helping, the Taiwanese or their own interests? Ditto Japan. Ditto Korea. Ditto Vietnam. Ditto India. None of them are as keen on fighting China as the US is. Sure they don't like China, but they actually have to deal with the fallout of a war - the US can just helicopter in and out as it pleases. The US' idea of 'helping its allies' always curiously aligns with helping itself. That's what hegemony is all about.
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  43.  @2funny269  Considering that Zelensky was trying to join NATO even before this war, yeah. The 2014 occupation of Crimea followed the Maidan revolt that saw Ukraine switch to the West, and the 2022 war started after Zelensky made noises about them joining NATO. It was even preceded by a message not to Ukraine, but to NATO, which NATO ignored. Russia has seen country after country join NATO, against its wishes, for 3 decades now. Protesting didn't work, so they tried making the point by force. Like it or not, it's seen as an extension of American power, just as the Warsaw Pact was Soviet power. Similarly do you think China wants Taiwan just cos of some historical claim? Lol no, they've left well enough alone for over half a century now. The current tensions began in 2017 - nothing changed in China then (Xi came to power in 2012), it changed in America. Specifically Trump came to power and launched an anti-China crusade, which Biden has continued. Taiwan is part of the US' 'first island chain' aimed at constraining China just as NATO does to Russia. Hence why the Chinese are so determined to make sure they never get it, since it's already allied with the US. Even flattening it would be preferable to them than letting America have it. Ultimately neither of these nations will never let the US gain unassailable power over them. They'll go to war before they let that happen. Just as the US didn't tolerate its rival having forces close to them. The end result of this contest is just ever more war.
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