> ukraine would happily go back to being a russian serf state? naa, just be neutral(buffer). as kissinger wanted it to be. > so all of ukraine actually, secretly wants to give up and let russia annex them? western ukraine wants to part of the eu. not eastern ukraine. what i personally advocated for back in 2014 was a partition. ron paul made the same argument in the video i linked earlier. the problem is, the only parts of ukraine that have any value are the russian-speaking areas that voted for yanukovych. ukraine is worthless to america without them. which is why (((ukraine))) is literally genociding itself to retake crimea where everyone hates them. > china wouldnt have to play the soft power game if it wasnt beholden to the west. beholden is the wrong word, retard. china isn't not invading taiwan because they're indebted to the united states, but because it would be extremely costly, and there's no guarantee china would even succeed(america has publicly stated we would come to the defense of taiwan). moreover, why would china fight a costly and destructive war when it will eventually retake taiwan in one piece?
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