Xi Jinping is probably warming up a team to swoop in on this opportunity. although, I don’t think the US is ready to pull out since Donald has a lot of personal deals there.
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American blunders measured in election cycles are Chinese opportunities measured in generations.
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FIFY
Sure, but the U.S. is the floundering hegemony here.
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We can’t take all the credit, all the time though.
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This debacle is pretty squarely on Uncle Sam though haha.
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Worthwhile read comparing "war of destruction" vs "war of disruption." As some dead German guy said, "“The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by that test the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to turn it into, something that is alien to its nature.”
breakingdefense.com
Iran was the most successful failure in US airpower history - Breaking Defense
The US entered the conflict with a detailed plan for a war of destruction, but no serious plan for Iran’s war of disruption.
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Now there's talk of moving CENTCOM out of Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and move to Israel.
www.jpost.com
US evaluates moving CENTCOM forces and naval assets to Israel after Iran war | The Jerusalem Post
One option is to establish a new base in the Negev big enough to hold the American army’s forces, or to expand one of the Negev’s air force bases and allocate an American compound there.
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