CodeRedR51
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I'll take my chances.However if a draft were enacted again...good luck with that ideal.
I'll take my chances.However if a draft were enacted again...good luck with that ideal.
I'm guessing that Russia, China and Iran are preparing for WWIII at this moment in time. Not to mention North Korea.
Sometimes I forget that a lot of folks are busy working or going to school, and not retired and a news junkie like me. In case you haven't noticed, global tensions are rising markedly right now.Context usually helps, unless it's one of those intrinsic feelings you occasionally have.
Given the increase in US activity around the South China Sea over the last decade would it be a surprise if several nations were on high alert?Sometimes I forget that a lot of folks are busy working or going to school, and not retired and a news junkie like me. In case you haven't noticed, global tensions are rising markedly right now.
Given the increase in US activity around the South China Sea over the last decade would it be a surprise if several nations were on high alert?
But lets forget about China making islands that are in heavily disputed areas so they can install military bases.Given the increase in US activity around the South China Sea over the last decade would it be a surprise if several nations were on high alert?
Source, please?No, they're building islands so that they can claim the South China Sea as their territorial waters and reap the economic benefits that come with it. They're building military bases so that those islands are populated, strengthening the claim.
Source, please?
Source, please?
Alright. I just didn't know it was hotly contested.Exactly what @TenEightyOne said it's a well known fact and I'm surprised when people (shouldn't be) don't know this. If you care anything about international politics, this is quite up there, along with Eastern European relations with Russia, the conflicts in West Asia, the tension between Pakistan and India and so on...
South China Sea disputes that have been around for decades in a post world war two global community are very real, and provoked by China. With China being backed by many smaller nations, and using their (China's) influence over said nations to try and even disrupt those nation's economic sovereignty in the area. For example like Indonesia
Alright. I just didn't know it was hotly contested.
And because of the incident with the GTP Awards, I don't trust anything prisonermonkey says.
I meant that, just keeping it simple.No, they're building islands so that they can claim the South China Sea as their territorial waters and reap the economic benefits that come with it. They're building military bases so that those islands are populated, strengthening the claim.
You made it sound like they were pursuing a purely military agenda.I meant that, just keeping it simple.
No, they're building islands so that they can claim the South China Sea as their territorial waters and reap the economic benefits that come with it. They're building military bases so that those islands are populated, strengthening the claim.
I really hate how China just simply ignores the UN ruling.
The UN has no army. Might makes right. This is still a world of squabbling nation states.What's the UN going to do about it? Write a stern letter?
I doubt they'll extend compulsory recruitment to Australia - and it's rather poor form to rip off someone else's words without at least citing your source.If they ever bring back the draft I'm going to refuse to fight for America's war.
What's the UN going to do about it? Write a stern letter?
Impose much heavier sanctions, perhaps? Anything. UN's pretty useless right now.
Impose heavier sanctions on what...
China doesn't even follow what the UN says unless it benefits them, or they want to make it look like they're in support of something to help make personal political gains for China in the region.
I dunno, whatever they can.
So much for being a permanent member of the UN Security Council. What a joke.
Yes, they can. They've mostly done it to position themselves as being on the North's side, offering a carrot while the rest of the world brandishes a stick. But they're not obligated to vote for or against a resolution - they can abstain from voting, allowing it to pass without actually putting their name to it. They don't do it often, but when they do, it's seen as a pretty overt sign that they're not impressed with Pyongyang.Couldn't China just veto any sanctions against it due to its status as a Security Council member anyway?
it will only take one mad man in charge to start a war.
We already have several of those in place, which makes me think it will be much sooner than 50-60 years. Especially because by 2067 we will surely be under control of our robot overlords.