China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing’s ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict, testing Taipei’s resolve to defend itself and its arsenal of U.S.-made weapons.
The Eastern Theatre Command said it had deployed troops, warships, fighter jets and artillery for its “Justice Mission 2025” exercises to encircle the democratically governed island, conduct live fire and simulated strikes on land and sea targets, and drills to blockade Taiwan’s main ports.
The live-firing exercises will continue on Tuesday across a record seven zones designated by China’s Maritime Safety Administration, making the drills the largest to date by total coverage and in areas closer to Taiwan than previous exercises. The military had initially said artillery firing would be confined to five zones.
Estonia in this case is comparable to Taiwan. I.e. a small country trying to increase their capabilities to defend against tyrant Russia.
Oh, so you support North Korea’s military expenditure to protect itself from the USA? Should Cuba buy $11bn in military armament to defend itself from tyrant USA? You also rightfully support Hamas in its defense against Israel?
Wasn’t aware that the US was trying to annex North Korea and Cuba lmao
The USA has carried out a massive military deployment next to Venezuela, which has Caribbean waters, and has started murdering civilians and even attacks on mainland Venezuela. Do you really think Cuba or North Korea have fewer reasons to be afraid of USA invasion than Taiwan does of China, the latter not having participated in armed conflict in over 3 decades? The USA is actively carrying out military exercises in the Korean Peninsula.
Are you trying to portray Trump foreign policy as the norm for the US while also comparing it to Russia/China’s consistent imperialism over decades?
What an absolutely uneducated take. China hasn’t taken military action since more than 3 decades ago, whereas the USA in the 21st century alone has warred in Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Syria and many more. Please tell me one single event of “Chinese imperialism” in the last 30 years that remotely compares to the USA invasion of Iraq.
You named countries where wildly varying forms of US military action were taken for different reasons, most of those being justified and legally backed, none for purposes along the lines of annexation/subjugation. You think China’s bullying of Taiwan (seeking annexation), Philippines…doesn’t constitute imperialism because they haven’t pulled the trigger yet? Uyghurotta be kidding me
“The USA invasion of Iraq was justified” is not a take I thought I’d be seeing on Lemmy tbh. I will now disengage, won’t get anything from someone who thinks that the hundreds of thousands of murdered in Iraq were justified.
Notice how I said “most were justified”, meaning not all of them were, and you went and cherry picked Iraq? Which is obviously one I’d place in that group. That’s called being a bad faith clown or illiterate.