Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "Can China Take Taiwan? Analysis" video.
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@KaikanoSei It's actually MUCH WORSE. Yeltsin brought the Soviet Archive documents before the world press in his last years to debunk Stalin.
In those documents was the Soviet-Nazi Pact. What shocked everyone was that STALIN started WWII in Europe. It was HE who drew the boundary. Hitler and his FM had no part of negotiations. (!) They merely signed on the copy that Stalin handed them! The Original stayed in Moscow. On it you can see how Poland was divided up by Stalin's crayon! Ripping Idiot merely initialed the original -- and requested a copy! The original pact specified that Stalin and Hitler were to invade on the exact same day: 9-1-1939. In real life, Stalin DELIBERATELY held back Soviet mobilization -- kicking excuses to Berlin. Stalin waited and waited until the full onus fell upon tyrant Hitler -- and dis-informed London that he was entering eastern Poland to STOP the further nastiness of bad guy Hitler -- who had 'started a war.' This was how Britain and France flipped Stalin from villain, which he was, to emergency humanitarian. (!!!) This was all exposed to the West -- and the source documents were laid in front of them on ranked tables for inspection right then and there.
Yet still, a full generation after, most historians and video accounts still place the onus on Hitler. Don't get me wrong: Hitler WANTED his war. But until Stalin enabled him, Hitler was thwarted at every turn. Yup.
When Goering scotched Adolf's invasion of the Czechs at Munich -- actually siding with Chamberlain -- behind the closed doors -- so no video -- Hitler was so furious he wouldn't speak to Herman for many weeks. Only after reading army reports about the Czech tanks and defenses -- strong enough to have destroyed the Nazi armies -- all by themselves -- did Hitler realize that Goering had actually saved his bacon. Suddenly, Goering was his best buddy, again. He had saved Nazi Germany from prompt destruction. Recall that the Mark III panzer had JUST begun production. Hitler only had TRAINING panzers during Munich. The Mark IV panzer had just begun production, a handful, in 1937. The Czech tanks would've blown everything the Nazis had totally apart. (47mm vs 20mm -- no contest at all.) Chamberlain and Paris had Hitler boxed in... economically. No rubber... on down the line. [ In whacky Nazi Germany, trucks were purchased for their tires. After their removal, the carcass was sold to a junkyard to become repair parts. Yup! So much for Nazi efficiency. The British refused to sell Hitler more than a trickle of rubber from Malaya, so too the French and the Americans. Like the Iranians today, the Nazis were forced to buy from third parties all the time, on the sly, to obtain anything like Hitler's dreams.
In sum: Hitler simply could NOT go to war without Stalin. Von Rundstedt's diary tells all that he figured to permanently retire only 24 hours before he got notice that he would HAVE lead an army group! That's how shocked the German generals were. Nazi mobilization for invasion began before Rippin Puppet even got back to Berlin. You can see that the 'negotiation' was not so. Adolf was like a sailor getting ashore at a brothel after ten-months at see. He was pre-sold on the product.
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@xviper2k You've been misled. Trump, due to his political position, played the classic triangular 'game' with Russia. Trump's aid has been via third parties. If you recall, [ "See Charlie Wilson's War"] The USA is absolutely paranoid about DIRECTLY, and very obviously, supporting anti-Moscow players. So, when ANYTHING is done to thwart Putin, it's behind the shadows. It must be news to you, but Trump has absolutely savaged the economies of Red China, Russia and Iran. He as NOT used direct military force. Instead, Trump spent MEGA-MONIES on the American Military-Industrial Complex. This spending is why -- in record time -- the USAF is moving on to a SIXTH Generation Stealth Multi-Role Fighter-Bomber-Reccon-Drone with a pilot's seat. Only now, after Trump has left office is this beast being made slowly public. And obviously it is being made public to make Biden look 'tough.' Other than breaking its wall of secrecy, Biden has never had anything to do with it.
As for Red China -- they were the financier for the theft of November. Trump was costing them billions per day. Video during 2020 showed vast docks near Shanghai IDLED, with moping stevedores whining about their collapse in action. Russia's economy turns on oil revenues. Note that fracking and Trumps diplomacy have crushed Putin's wallet. And as for Iran, they HATE Trump. They're in worse shape than either Russia or Red China. In a first, Trump got even Japan to stop buying Iran's stuff. For all president's prior, Japan was given a unique exemption from all American anti-Iranian oil embargoes. With Beijing swabbing their tushes, Tokyo -- and South Korea -- were right on board Trump's train to derail Beijing... and still are.
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@EvaExplores-x2x "The Land that Red China Lost" is SIBERIA -- not Japan, not The Philippines, not Vietnam, not Laos, not really even Korea. BTW, Red China STILL occupies half of Korea. It's that acreage on the other side of the Yalu River. The sole reason that North Korean citizens can flee -- unrecognized into Red China is that -- in that specific location -- they speak the IDENTICAL Language. (1) China -- going way back -- never unified its spoken tongues. That's why Southern China still speaks Cantonese, Northern China still speaks Mandarin, and there are a SLEW of other tongues still spoken all over. At Red China's scale, these other tongues have speakers in the tens-of-millions, each. The ONLY language that unifies Red China is the WRITTEN language. It's the same all over -- because it is IDEOGRAPHIC. So the same ideogram for house has all of these different pronunciations. Yes, national tests are always given in WRITING. That system of unification goes way, way, way back.
As for Taiwan, Beijing really does not want or need Taiwan. Rather the propaganda department needs an 'object.' What the CCP REALLY wants is SIBERIA. But they dare not say it. Moscow is too powerful. Beijing is going "to kill the chicken to scare the monkey." ie Intimidate Moscow by showing how strong it is vis-a-vis Taipei, (a minor atomic power.) Yes, Taiwan is an atomic power -- just like Israel -- it won't bring it up -- and will actually deny it if it IS brought up. They deny it by promptly changing the subject, something that they learned in Tel Aviv.
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Maaku Too That's exactly my point. They have a grossly over-sized army BECAUSE it has no external threats -- and the ONLY viable attacks Red China can make are via LAND -- ie SIBERIA.
There is no way on this Earth that Xi can directly threaten Moscow. It's simply too powerful -- and way too atomic. Its huge atomic stash is huge BECAUSE it's required to scare off Beijing.
Both Beijing and Moscow are developing hypersonic weapons that ONLY make sense if aimed at each other. By definition, a hypersonic weapon is not inter-continental. You lose distance once you bring your weapon down into the atmosphere. This means that both Russia and Red China are WELL within hypersonic range of each other -- they have a common border -- and they are OUTSIDE hypersonic range of America.
Existing ICBMs are MORE than sufficient to totally deter the USA -- and they plainly do so.
As configured, Russian and Red Chinese hypersonics are oriented towards a sneak attack upon each other. All other powers, (France, Britain, America) are already never going to launch an atomic attack on either authoritarian state.
The investment and priorities of hypersonic weapons make so little strategic sense for both nations to the point that the Pentagon and American think tanks simply can't comprehend why.
It's only when you realize that these weapons are facing off against each other that things fall into place.
As for invading Taiwan -- an alien nation -- it's the classic kill-the-chicken-to-scare-the-monkey logic.
Likewise, the Russians continually provoke the West with military displays that Moscow dares not use near Red China. Putin knows that psycho-man is very, very likely to take things BADLY. So he's scaring the chicken to scare the monkey. He knows that he can perform all manner of bluff and show WITHOUT NATO blasting Moscow into oblivion. But, the CCP has shown that it's raring to fight India, Taiwan and the USN.
The whole bio-warfare lab at Wuhan tells the entire planet where Beijing's head is at. And it's not a good place.
All evidence and statistical logic indicates that Red China has lost more souls to its bio-weapon than the rest of the planet. But, if you read the CCP's press releases, that nation really has no pandemic underway. Hah!
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Red China is a LAND POWER. The idea that she's even interested in such a small potato shows that her propaganda is working. You're looking in the wrong direction. Red China wants Siberia back. THAT'S what Beijing is 'on about.' She's not interested in 'nickels and dimes.'
BTW, Land Powers ALWAYS screw-up naval warfare. The Divine Wind is but one example. Spain in 1588 is another. Land Powers simply don't have great admirals. The only example of a Land Power doing well at sea was when Rome zapped the Carthaginians just off the coast of southern Sicily -- in the largest naval battle ever fought. (It eclipsed every one since. (!))
Putin's so-called buddy-act with Xi is just that, an act. He is fully aware that Red China is obsessed with getting Siberia back -- hence Beijing's pitch that it is a Polar Nation. Heh.
Lastly, Taiwan is an ATOMIC POWER -- same as Israel. Both do not publicize their status -- and do much to deny it. Yet, without atomics, Taiwan has absolutely no business operating many IRBMs. Without atomic warheads, such assets make not the least bit of sense. But like the Britain and French's atomic forces, Taiwan's is pure deterrence. It's obviously unstoppable. No-way is Beijing willing to sacrifice Shanghai and Beijing, itself, to absorb radio-active Taipei.
BTW, it took Britain and America YEARS of invasions to get amphibious warfare doctrine down pat... with vast target sets to keep their opponents frazzled. The Reds would have only a hand-full of target beaches -- which are so obvious that Taiwan has turned them into titanic kill-boxes. Beijing is using the scenario strictly as a training aid (for its staff officers) and motivational tool.
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