Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "'You don't behave this way between allies' says French ex-diplomat over new US-UK-Australia deal" video.

  1. Not as bad as the UK been embarrassing it's selve e by sticking to the coat tail of the US no matter what, we really need to grow a pair of balls in the UK and do what's in our interest and not what's in the US interest and it's not like the UK can't do that as France and Germany does it all the time, in the end, it just makes us look weak in the UK.
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  2.  @kylosun  I'm not saying China doesn't need to be contained, but the problem is the way the US is going about it could start an armed conflict, basically, we should try and work with China, try and help the people to change the system from the inside, if we keep going down the route we are doing, I think it could lead to conflict, maybe even ww3, the more their backs are pushed into a corner, the more likely they will lash out and none of us want that. Personally, I think the EU should stay out of this, this is mostly a US-China thing, basically, China is a threat to US power, if the EU plays it's cards right, there could be a lot of economic advantages here, especially as the US, UK and Aus gets pushed out of China, that's leaves the door open to others like the EU to take advantage of it, the US won't like that but then the EU can dismiss the US in the same way the US dismisses others, self-interest. The irony is, I think the US will need the EU onboard to contain China, hence why China has tried so hard to divide the EU and US, they know if they are divided, it will be difficult to contain China as the US and EU are not likely going to be powerful enough to keep China in check with how quickly they are growing and if worse comes to the worse and the EU starts opening trading a lot more with China, well the US has a major problem, they can't punish the EU on trade without it hurting themselves which would play favourable to China, they won't like that the EU is taking advantage and getting a lot of economic benefits on trade with China, basically, if the US plays it's cards wrong and the EU stays neutral, it's going to be it a lot more expensive for the US and friends to take on China whiles at the same time having massive economic benefits for the EU. We should remember that the EU and many of it's countries are far less hawkish on China then the US, UK and Aus are.
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