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Mike Dilger ☑️ · 1w
I'm starting to think Brian Berletic is right. And I think Iran has no good reason to put mines in the strait, because it isn't a reasonable threat of deterrance against a superpower that has plenty ...
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Is that why they are withdrawing THAAD from South Korea? Shaking their allies needed to contain China just to be consistent with the counter-theory? Do you believe that USA has much more weapons than we know so they aren't actually depleting what they need to contain China?

Finally, if the oil isn't going to China it isn't going to the rest of Asia either, who is going to build all the things that the US consumer needs that was entirely made in China? Is the USA secretly reindustrialized already and self sufficient?
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Mike Dilger ☑️ · 1w
The US is oil independent. And they are willing to take a lot of pain to stay on top, even if it means the whole world takes a lot of pain. Military primacy supercedes other concerns. I think taking the THAAD from S. Korea was because they have to make hard choices, and the active war is currently ...