I have a running bet with my university roommate that America will collapse and disintegrate before China.
For now at least, the odds are in the favor of the pro China camp.
Fingers Crossed.......
People saying "the GOP are going to get wrecked by the midterms" are thinking way too small about what's going on.
Brother, there might not even *BE* midterms. Or at least, not in a form where people actually care about them as a means to resolve political divisions.
WOW
Erdogan hints that Turkey may need to obtain nuclear warheads,
“Some have nuclear missiles, [but they tell us] we shouldn’t have nuclear missiles.
I don’t accept this.
US and Russia have them. Every developing nation has them”
@CFCHeadquarter@TurkishFacts4U 🇹🇷Turkiye desires/needs nukes and may even already have all the required components, thanx to Pakistan 🇵🇰
But best to hide nuclear weapons possession while Turkiye is still dependent on sensitive equipment such as aero engines and semiconductors.
Imagine the Philippines being less corrupt than Malaysia.
Malaysia's prosperous future is in doubt if such overt and outrageous corruption is allowed and hailed as a successful procurement program.
@jurgen142785553 Malaysia should follow Philippines' example instead. They bought 32 S-70i Blackhawk for only $624 million from Poland. Way better than those renting scheme shoved to Malaysian military.
New FBI Director Kash Patel:
"America needs to wake up and prioritize Israel,
We will make sure that we stand by our number one ally, which is Israel."
@kemal1223s@T_Nblty Industrial Redundancy through the creation n maintenance of more than one supplier source and so eliminating a single point of failure.
Also, healthy competition is structurally enforced so no supplier can increase prices without fear of losing further orders.