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@pepperVenge
I don't think that the US would take that risk.
Russia knows that it wouldn't in a conventional war. It has, simply put, less to lose by threatening nuclear war.
The US knows this too, and may think twice about even trying. A cornered animal is more likely to lash out, after all.
And btw, the US is doing nothing near the level it did with China in the 1990s. It understands boundaries, it only selectively chooses to enforce them.
Its likely that, since keeping the Bering Strait open is in both Russia and China's interest, the US (despite having the bigger military) wouldn't dare to block it.
Russia, even after the end of this conflict, will become the world's breadbasket again, with a hand over North Africa, Turkey, and most importantly Middle East's throat.
Holding potential Arab Spring and Levant migration to EU as a bargaining chip is more powerful than you think
I don't think I have to mention how quickly stores around the world would go broke without Chinese products.
Most finished goods still come from there, and the US does not have the capacity to replace even a fraction of what China makes. They would also face pressure from Europe to end the blockade.
You don't need to have the bigger military to win a conflict
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@bluerath
Also, the ones "easily overtaking them" are still not disproving the trend I outlined, Anchorage OP city, France is secretly huge, why geography makes the US strong, Dutch engineering, starlink, Israel stronk, and so on
I'm not pining for pro-whatever country videos (climate change= Russia superpower video was poorly researched) but I wish he'd look into the nuance of the 'adversarial' countries just once
Turkmenistan Plan To Close the Gates of Hell, perfect idea (it's true too)
Why there are no Israeli passport stamps
The logistics of building a trans siberian bullet train
Why Iran produces so many doctors (and why they leave)
Etc
His video style always shows countries not in the west through a monolithic lens, or through geography, but never through development projects or as an actual place people live in, with things going on in the country (exception is china)
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@pepperVenge
Shortened,
'Can do' doesn't mean 'will do'. Plausibility matters just as much as capability.
If the US goes too far, not even Europe will throw support behind it, making the effect lessened and the action toothless.
Russia's access to its own side of the Bering is not disputed, so US blocking it would garner no support and give Russia the blameless right to counterattack.
China's 9-dash line is different- it only becomes legitimate if no-one challenges it, and since there's no consensus on the borders, the US can challenge it without handing the Chinese a legitimate excuse to attack.
Russia's sovereignty over its own territory isn't under question, and attacking Russia directly is something the US won't do- they refuse to set up a no-fly zone, potentially shooting Russian planes, or letting Ukraine fire into Russian territory.
(which was my whole original point- they don't attack Russia directly, that's a fact. And since the US has better armed forces, the only answer to "why don't they then?", is MAD).
I don't deny what you said, but I think you're trying to disprove a different point to the one I'm making.
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@siamangape8853
From the Palestinian's point of view, you shouldn't be occupying the land they had lived on for 1,000+ years. You can say "this is our homeland, we were here in ancient times!" But that's ridiculous- you can't make political claims from a religious book. Would you accept if Italy claimed Spain and Portugal? Or if Turkey claimed Mongolia? Stretching your claim back 2,000+ years makes no sense.
That's why they don't see you as being native to their land.
In terms of modern history, Israel successfully convinced England to let Jews migrate back there, but nobody asked the Arabs already living there if they wanted this, or if they could even hold 6 million more people on their land.
In 1948, England drew borders for both the Jews and Palestine Arabs, but because the Jews arrived without considering the wishes of the Arabs, they never considered it legitimate. Imagine someone breaks into your house and barricades the kitchen. The police come and make you give away your kitchen, to make everyone happy. Is that okay to you?
That's how Arabs in Palestine feel about you.
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@pepperVenge
No, I'm not grasping. I'm explaining why certain lines, even in the US' case, won't be crossed.
I'm not sure how else to explain it to you:
I think that the US still believes- especially given how recklessly it has acted recently- that Russia would actually attempt a nuclear attack, consequences be damned.
I also did address that point on China, though indirectly, in the first comment. Pure capability works in tandem with plausible defensibility.
That is to say, if Russia's sea lanes within its own EEZ are actively blocked, it will be much more willing to counter because there is plausible reason to do so.
There will be much less, if any, backlash from the "international community" because, whatever they may think of Russia, they are all party to agreements that state a country can counter-attack when its sovereignty is violated. To willingly disregard the norms that they themselves abide by and benefit from would be politically untenable.
Now back to the China point.
In the late 1990s, the US sent warships right next to China's border with Taiwan to defend it. This would be unthinkable today because, in the eyes of the world, China would be justified in protecting its borders- so the economic and political fallout of aggressively preventing another US encroachment would be reduced compared to, say, Russia in Ukraine.
The US knows this- which is why it hasn't done anything like that since, despite repeat violations.
Regarding Ukraine, you're ignoring that the US hasn't done many other things, despite repeat calls from Western countries. The vast majority of the rejections follow the same core logic: doing this would bring us in direct conflict with Russia, which (despite what you said, which is true) we don't want.
If you're convinced that Russia would lose, why the American hesitation? Why might that be?
Because I'm right. MAD works, and doing something that gives Russia plausible reason to respond indiscriminately (and defend those actions) is politically /unthinkable, even in the US.
For example, despite lots of Baltic, Polish, Lithuanian, and European pressure, the US has refused to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Washington also makes Ukraine promise every time it sends weapons that it won't fire beyond Ukraine's own borders.
Consider what they are avoiding here.
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@jdeuraud1096
China did not build them all. And you are trying to shift away from my point: the US, despite all of its wealth and power, is unable or unwilling to provide basic services for most of its citizens. The wealth and power just makes the fact much more pathetic.
"when Africa defaults on their loans China is going to take that"
By whatever means necessary. The US must be brought back down to earth. It gained most of its overseas bases and territory from Europe in WWII. The Europeans got them through colonialism.
I see that as far, far less moral than a "debt trap" (not exclusive to China, and never called that when France does this is Africa, or US does in Micronesia).
"The US has the #1 commercial rail system in the world"
Why do Americans have a psychological need to both rank everything, and insist they are #1?
I think it is projecting some kind of insecurity. No country self-assured in its achievements would need to scream it at everyone so much.
The US has the longest rail network, yes. But it is not as efficient as other countries, because it is older, and it is not even necessary. You have many rivers and could use barges for cheaper.
"the reason we do not have a major passenger rail system is because we like our private automobiles to much"
This reminds me of our nationalists who say, 'we don't need your silly Western technology, we have our own things here!" A very nativist, "look how much cool stuff we have" sentiment.
And it is not even true. Zoning laws simply disallow any infrastructure to exist which could eventually be connected with a transit network. Would you like to know how I know you're wishfully thinking?
The areas that have been grandfathered in (before the zoning codes) are usually the highest-selling. Those dense, non-American styled places are the most valuable and the most popular.
You do not even allow a free-market, which you love so much, to dictate what type of housing you have. And here you sit typing to me about what every American wants.
Maybe they want a Soviet-style microblock neighborhood? Too scary?- let me rename it: a Lisbon-style "megablock" neighborhood, fancy!!
"(My first new vehicle was when I was in the US Navy.)"
Well, this explains a lot about how you think. Did they tell you that the US has never lost a war, like they do in the Army? Well, if not, I see your spending habits are just as sensible. Was it a Charger or a Mustang?? :)
"I’ve owned 5 properties and my top pay was 65K per year"
This is not the majority of Americans. It is like telling Marie Antoinette about the starving French, and having her list you her dinner menu. Your problem is country-wide, it is not solved just because you have it good
"You ever done this on your own property?"
Not mine, a friend's dacha. We have bears instead of quail))
"that has become an issue in every developed nation"
Whose fault is that? Which event usually causes obesity to spike? Maybe, the introduction of certain companies, from a certain country?...
"you can be so fucking ignorant of the US after watching this vid"
Me, ignorant? I have lived there. I do not understand why immigrants come. Unless you are dirt poor, it is no country to build a life. It seems you are ignorant-- every problem I stated, you replied with your single, individual experience. You seem unable to consider that there are 330M population, and trends persist across them.
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