More interesting than whether or not we are actively engaged in pushing the Chinese economy down is whether or not this is in retaliation for today's "unrelated" events that grounded all of UAL's planes for several hours and knocked the NYSE off-line for a significant period of time, or whether those same events are in retaliation for our pushing the Chinese economy down.
From my vantage point, today's attacks don't sound Chinese. They sound Russian. The Chinese are typically the stealthier type, while Putin and his cronies are more likely to crash the front gate with a bottle of vodka in one hand and a Kalashnikov in the other, singing songs in praise of the motherland... as for a motive for the Russians, I think retaliation for the economic sanctions we've pushed through the UN is motive enough.
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sodaphish ago
More interesting than whether or not we are actively engaged in pushing the Chinese economy down is whether or not this is in retaliation for today's "unrelated" events that grounded all of UAL's planes for several hours and knocked the NYSE off-line for a significant period of time, or whether those same events are in retaliation for our pushing the Chinese economy down.
From my vantage point, today's attacks don't sound Chinese. They sound Russian. The Chinese are typically the stealthier type, while Putin and his cronies are more likely to crash the front gate with a bottle of vodka in one hand and a Kalashnikov in the other, singing songs in praise of the motherland... as for a motive for the Russians, I think retaliation for the economic sanctions we've pushed through the UN is motive enough.