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That's WWIII & a protracted conflict. The PRC would be risking it all for this. They don't have a lot of friends.

Yea...early days of cold war. Some of this played into the Korean War. Chiang Kai-shek had issues with corruption in his govt. There's a lot of Chinese history from that era.

Beyond "unfinished business from ~1945", the question is why? Why would the PRC risk going to war with multinational forces & devastating their economy for an island that poses no offensive threat? They stand to lose so much more than they gain.

You can only conduct armored offensives part of the year. No use in going on the offensive if all your spiffy western armor gets stuck in mud and destroyed. Wait until all the mud dries up (6-8 weeks). EDIT: I did see a sobering assessment tonight about the state of the UA/ZSU. The Ukrainians...

They are building a huge Taiwanese semi-conductor plant not far from where I live. There has been some wargaming that predicts a western victory in a PRC v. ROC war, with significant losses on all sides ( 2x USN carriers down, etc). China has problems with our fast attack subs. We have some...

It's the Russian way....such swell people.

It was only a matter of time. This could explain some of what's going on in Ukraine right now & why Russia seems desperate to find some kind of victory. Russia’s Economy Is Starting to Come Undone WSJ paywalled site, but the headlines are sufficient.

Yea, there's a few pics with here in USC gear on the sidelines.

Supposedly these are being used because the Russians don't have the optics/electronics to fix their more modern tanks. Kinda doesn't make much difference if you have thousands of convicts and conscripts to use to try and wear down the Ukrainians.

Immigrants? Seriously.....what else is there?

They have to pay the oligarchs & Generals first. Corruption pays well if you're at the top of the list.

They're trying to grind away at the Ukrainian forces so the UA/ZSU can't go on the counter-offensive. Ugly, but it may be effective. Russia likely knows they don't have the reserves to stop a full on armored assault (assuming the UA/ZSU can execute such a thing). It takes a lot of precise...

They did convict Mladic & Milosevic. Milosevic died before they convicted him but they continued anyway. Those 2 were butchers in the Yugoslav wars.

I remember that so well. Russians claimed the Ukrainians shot it down. Then a video appeared showing the BUK/SA-11 unit on the back of a flatbed heading back towards Russia, minus one missile. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsbC8yDeGUw

Depends on which "oldies". Some of today's "oldies" came out long after I was grown. 😳 🧓

You know you're getting old when there's stuff you grew up on showing up in museums. :)

Seems lots of items needed replacing in evacuated areas due to corrosion from the gas. Dedly killer left its mark. 😳

Graniteville train disaster. I used to visit that factory for work and was very familiar with that area. People got gassed with chlorine. :(

This is why Poland, Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania have been so generous to help out Ukraine. They realize they could be next and depending on US politics, they may be on their own.

Russia has been exposed for what they really are. There's a reason putin hates the west.