I think the situation is a bit different here because you've got a country that's making a lot of specific territorial claims at the expense of basically every country around it. This is ha… (View Post)

None of these are as economically important as Taiwan but China currently claims territory already claimed by The Philippines, Vietnam, Japan and India. They're gradually ratcheting up pressure … (View Post)

Could be a bad English, the French equivalent "trahison" is *betrayal* as well as treason (treason being a betrayal of your own country), which makes more sense in the context. (View Post)

OK that's fair, I'm full of shit. What we do have is generals assuring everybody that Trump won't be able to do things; Pelosi seems to have been told Trump wouldn't be in control… (View Post)

I feel this lacks a stable equilibrium * If Trump is going to be the nominee, Biden will want to run. He beat him before, he knows Kamala would be a shitty candidate against Trump, he'll be old … (View Post)