And end of the WW1 was not exactly result of negotiations either.
Neither was the US civil war.
The parties in conflict do often talk via various channels, but the talks don’t end the conflicts, lost ability and/or will to fight do.
Meanwhile, the genius J.D. is explaining that World War II ended through negotiations.
Ah yes, those legendary Churchill–Hitler negotiations of 1945. How could we possibly have forgotten them?
That’s what I love about Trump’s “young team” — you can never predict what ridiculous thing they’ll say next.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement this morning on China Coast Guard activity to the east of Taiwan:
Lin Jian: Regarding the China Coast Guard vessel formation lawfully conducting law-enforcement patrols in waters east of China’s Taiwan Island, the China Coast Guard has already released relevant information. I would like to reiterate that China has an exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the waters east of Taiwan. Japan and the Philippines have bypassed China and arbitrarily launched so-called maritime delimitation talks, seriously violating international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, as well as basic norms governing international relations. They have seriously infringed upon China’s maritime rights and interests, and China will never allow this.
@DaBronco0 Maybe they cannot (they can though), but the US team will be packing after first game in playoffs and that only because almost everyone gets a place in playoffs in the current system
@MichaelCarota@KremlinTrolls So…a shallow pool of water is comparable in scale to a complex engineering undertaking such as high rise building…exactly how?
@slantchev The US$11 bn arms package from December, for example. Trump 2.0 is erratic, unpredictable, and amazingly corrupt administration. But it is largely consistent on Indo-Pacific. That, and fact that some prominent China hawks are in the administration. Is my confidence high? No.
@kelly_79769@JoshEakle Wrong. The US has always only acknowledged that the PRC says Taiwan is part of China. US position is that Taiwan’s status is unsettled.
@BuzzardCapital@McReynoldsJoe FFS what’s so difficult about it?
Every country files with the UN its official name and official short version. It’s like wondering if the French Republic switched name to France. The Czech Republic and Czechia are both valid names.
Not a defensive war?? What is that joke? Iran has told us repeatedly they will attack us, should we have waited for them to actually have a nuke or even missiles that can reach the USA with chemical or biological weapons??
We saved Europe and the UK in WWII. We did not need to. We did it because it was the right thing to do. Post WWII we had no reason to be in Europe, the threat to us was by air or sea.
NATO are ingrates. Even worse, Europe has been trading with Iran for years in ways that hurts the American people. The only reliable ally we have is Israel
Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake.
The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure.
The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America.
I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.
@JohnnyyTeixeira@Ronaldo98235866@sentdefender I was adressing your silly silly ideas about how IL works, but sure, except in this case, there was no danger to the sub crew. International law is binding (it is also a federal law). Concepts of national security are not. Your hypothetical example is stupid.