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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (14 children)

I was wondering how they "punctured" this military vessel, then I watched the video... They're fighting it out on freaking zodiacs.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (13 children)

The Chinese are pursuing a very weird passive aggressive strategy here that I do not at all understand.

"Surely if we spray water at the other boats and run our boats into them and jump on board the opposing ships with poking weapons like some kind of Maori tribesmen the rest of the world will get sick of it and go away and give us what we want i.e. full control of the South China Sea, without us having to actually start a war about it"

I really don't understand. I can't even say for sure it is a bad idea, because like I say I just don't understand, but it seems unlikely that it's going to produce the impact that they seem like they want it to produce.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I only have two ideas:

They're seeing what they can get away with. Or, and more likely, normalizing more and more aggression in pursuit of seeing what they can get away with.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

The tried and true Russia strategy. China learning well from neighbor.

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