@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 9 hours agoTaiwan Invasion postponed til 2060sh.itjust.worksmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1105file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish28•edit-28 hours ago Category Iran China Ratio GDP ($ billion) 464 18,533 1:40 Population (million) 90 1,409 1:16 I don’t expect that Iran is going to realistically move the scales much one way or another as China’s decision-making goes.
minus-square@AnyolduserlinkEnglish24•8 hours agoIt’s less about their role in the long term and more about having another front open at the outset of hostilities. Every Arleigh Burke not tasked with intercepting Iranian missiles is another one inside the first island chain.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 hours agoNever underestimate the importance of that sweet, tasty oil.
I don’t expect that Iran is going to realistically move the scales much one way or another as China’s decision-making goes.
It’s less about their role in the long term and more about having another front open at the outset of hostilities.
Every Arleigh Burke not tasked with intercepting Iranian missiles is another one inside the first island chain.
Never underestimate the importance of that sweet, tasty oil.
What is this, a comment from 2005?
Yes. It’s briney, bitch.