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[–] spark947@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

You mean roughly the part of the world where the US used Agent Orange and flamethrowers?

Oh, and nuked twice. Almost forgot.

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Philippines: am I a joke to you?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Certainly not. They were colonized. Should have remembered that as well.

[–] spark947@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, you probably should listen to some Filipino perspectives on the south China sea.

[–] b3nsn0w@pricefield.org 1 points 1 year ago

or in the sovereign country where most of the entire world's chip supply comes from, but "china needs it more" so we should just let them invade

also, don't forget all the chinese propaganda about how they're going to dethrone america and become the world superpower. do they seriously expect to wage a cold war and not have the west respond to that?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Who are you even talking to? Did someone let Kissinger into this discussion? We have rules about that.