Danllan
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You are missing the point - but whether it's deliberately or not I don't know...Of course not. But we cannot influence it in a military way. It is delusional to think we can. The only way the Chinese people can obtain democratic freedom is to choose it and fight for it themselves. The USA won't help them. The UK simply doesn't have the capability.
Nobody is looking at regime change inside the PRC, that would be as impossible and stupid as the Chinese thinking they could do the same in the USA. What we are doing, at last, is stopping the unchallenged expansion of China and helping to defend those Chinese who did choose and fight for their freedom, i.e. the Taiwanese, as well as others that China is eyeing further down the road.
For reasons I don't know, many - left and right - seems to have written off the US because they have had two duff Presidents in a row, one left and one right. Their election doesn't really matter, long term strategy is pan / super-presidential.
Of course the UK can't do anywhere near as much as it once could, or may do in the future; but bringing in Australia to SSN capability, along with India's steady progress and, ultimately, Canada too, will mean that there is a credible check to China. And that is not including the ever-growing list of other regional powers such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia etc. who also have very real and justified concerns about China.
Make no mistake, if China is not stood up to it will keep pushing and pushing - study history.
There may come a point when you realise that you sulk just a wee bit too much. Delighted to read your post nonetheless, the more you whine, the more we have to smile about.Aussies say they approached UK about some sort or arrangement to get nuclear powered subs, so they could faf around the ocean, playing superpower.
Boris of course realised he can barely muster enough cash to build a new yacht for the royals to faf around the ocean, as if the empire still was a thing.
Therefore he went to the yanks, asked them to pony up and make a deal with the Aussies. Boris promised of course that UK would tag along, to carry stuff like bags and water bottles. Paddy Biden of course took full advantage. Good to have tagalongs, and good to have some cover so the whole thing looks like it’s not just an American imperial thing.
Oh, and here’s the thing. Shelia will still screw GB over a barrel, when it comes to the implementation of the minute details of the trade deal. Untraceable steaks will show up in Asda, at 10 pence a pound. Skippy steaks will be two dozen for a £1.50.
And STILL no comment about the EU's awful record in re migrants and law-breaking?