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[–] Pili@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 years ago

Maybe they would be more on edge if Mexico was doing yearly military exercises with China at the Texas border, simulating an invasion of the US.

Oh wait, wrong country...

Meanwhile, in the real world

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

You will learn nothing from this.

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[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Northern Command confirmed the combined Chinese and Russian naval patrol, telling the Journal: “Air and maritime assets under our commands conducted operations to assure the defense of the United States and Canada. The patrol remained in international waters and was not considered a threat.”

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

I heard you the first time.

They called it "highly provocative" (i.e. actions of aggressors) and sailed their warboats around as a show of force (basically "arranged for missile launches"). The parallels are pretty damn clear, even if the US's response was obscured with mealy mouthed politicking.

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[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Retired military person called it provocative. Not the military.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

At a certain level "retired" is just for plausible deniability.

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[–] UFODivebomb@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago

Lol. Maybe in authoritarian China. In the US that's just a sound byte of no influence.