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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You don't need to drop bombs to bully countries around you

[–] kablez@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

What's the bullying by China? Financial manipulation via the great belt?

I do acknowledge some of their neighbours have legitimate reasons to complain. e.g. Tibet. The Philippines.

That may all be bad but it's not on the same scale as starting a war that affects the world.

Especially a war that's so goddamn stupid, wasn't necessary and is about to end in a embarassing loss.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

My thoughts were mostly of Tibet and the other constant border disputes, but yes I can't disagree with the assessment of the war in Iran.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Your also forgetting about some middle eastern country's and a lot of African countrys, a few of them lost harbers and other inferstructure hubs and now act as there own when debts collapse and they repoed those places. Chinas not bombing people but they are definitely acting colonial, just they're own version.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

That link doesn't even support your claims, so either you're knowingly lying, or you're just posting links without reading, which is just as dishonest. This is how strong xenophobia is embedded in the West: they take it as given that knowingly lying is justified for attacking the foreign enemy.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lmfao, The Africa Center. Which is based in Washington, DC. Nice source, bud.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Is it wrong tho. See your one of those people that defaults to 'US bad=China good' I'm not wasting any more time on someone who's so confident in something they know nothing about or actually care about.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

No, moron, America has every reason to lie about China. Find a source from an actual African country, and not American propaganda designed to make mouth-breathers like you foam at the mouth about a country you know nothing about.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Source: it came to me in a dream

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Source: Fucking Washington DC, lol

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

"you people are brainwashed" they say, as they post a link they didn't bother to read from a US propaganda outlet

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Take a look at where the user's source is based, lol

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You think this is some sort of gatcha? Just because I'm not mindlessly attacking the US and supporting a equally as bad state, and you wonder why I think your reasoning is defective. Later never hopefully.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

When you have no counterargument so you just descend into meaningless reddit smugness

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

You're literally mindlessly attacking China and using sources from American propaganda networks, lol.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I never contested that america was bombing people you arragent dolt. They courced plenty of African and some middle East nations into bed defencive contract through rigged construction project that were purposly hard to pay off so China could repo the ports and building into military inferstructure.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

They courced plenty of African and some middle East nations into bed defencive contract through rigged construction project that were purposly hard to pay off so China could repo the ports and building into military inferstructure.

This never happened, and we can tell you're bullshiting by the fact you can't actually name a specific country, just a deliberately vague "African and middle eastern nations".

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What countries? Also you spell like a chud. I've never been called arrogant by someone who couldn't even spell it. Maybe try turning on spellcheck if you want people to take you seriously.