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Re: Military decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: May 12, 2022, 8:21 pm
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Finally China understands how its military can be used:
HTML https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-gained-nothing-ukraine-war-093000215.html
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> On China's relations with its neighbours, Yan said Beijing
should consider providing security backup to them to improve
relations.
>
> China is locked in maritime disputes over the South China Sea
with several Southeast Asian nations, and over the East China
Sea in Japan. Some of its neighbours are concerned about China's
rising military power, and moved closer to the US for security
backup.
>
> "China should consider providing security guarantees for
neighbouring countries. This is not to help them invade others,
but to provide security guarantees when others invade them," he
said.
>
> "When you don't provide security for others, others will ask
you why you need so many weapons? When you say 'I made this gun
to protect you', he is not afraid of you having too many guns,
but when you tell him 'the gun I made will never protect you',
he will be very scared".
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#Post#: 13892--------------------------------------------------
Re: Military decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: June 6, 2022, 8:20 pm
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The correct way to respond to Western military presence:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-fighter-jet-cut-front-120503600.html
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> Chinese fighter jet cut in front of an Australian plane and
dumped debris into its engine, likely forcing it to abort its
mission, officials say
> ...
> The incident happened on May 26 in international airspace over
the South China Sea, the ministry said Sunday. The South China
Sea is an area where China has tried to assert dominance to gain
a strategic advantage in recent years.
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There is no reason for Australia to have any military presence
there in the first place!
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> Richard Marles, Australia's defense minister, told 9News that
a Chinese J-16 fighter jet cut across an Australian P-8
maritime-surveillance aircraft and released "chaff," which are
small pieces of metal debris used to confuse missiles.
>
> "The J-16 then accelerated and cut across the nose of the P-8,
settling in front of the P-8 at a very close distance," Marles
said.
>
> "At that moment it then released a bundle of chaff, which
contains small pieces of aluminum, some of which were ingested
into the engine of the P-8 aircraft," he added. "Quite
obviously, this is very dangerous."
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Which civilization invented fighter jets? Again, it is
retaliatory violence (and poetic justice) for any civilization
which did not invent a given machine to use that same machine
against the civilization which invented it. This is one of the
most important principles we teach here.
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> In February, Australia said a Chinese military vessel pointed
a laser at another P-8 patrol aircraft to try and distract the
pilot, calling it "reckless."
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Which civilization invented lasers?
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/australia/
#Post#: 13951--------------------------------------------------
Re: Military decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: June 9, 2022, 4:25 am
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/turkey-calls-greece-demilitarize-aegean-134427939.html
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> ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Tuesday called on Greece to
withdraw its armed forces from Aegean islands, warning that his
country will challenge the status of the islands if it fails to
demilitarize them.
>
> Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a joint
news conference with his North Macedonian counterpart, that
Greece has been building a military presence on the Aegean
islands in violation of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne and the 1947
Paris Treaty. He said the islands were ceded to Greece on
condition that they be kept demilitarized.
>
> “The agreements are there but Greece is violating them. It’s
arming them. If Greece does not stop this violation, the
sovereignty of the islands will be brought up for discussion,”
he said. “It’s that clear. You will abide by the agreements.”
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It would become easier for refugees to cross the Aegean if
Turkey controlled the islands again (as it did back in Ottoman
times). Turkey should invade.
#Post#: 15367--------------------------------------------------
Re: Military decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: August 28, 2022, 3:31 am
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Good work!
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBykSWxGjlc
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland
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> New Netherland (Dutch: Nieuw Nederland; Latin: Nova Belgica or
Novum Belgium) was a 17th-century colonial province[4] of the
Dutch Republic that was located on what is now the East Coast of
the United States. The claimed territories extended from the
Delmarva Peninsula to southwestern Cape Cod, while the more
limited settled areas are now part of the U.S. states of New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut, with small outposts
in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
>
> The colony was conceived by the Dutch West India Company (WIC)
in 1621 to capitalize on the North American fur trade. The
colonization was slowed at first because of policy mismanagement
by the WIC, and conflicts with Native Americans.
> ...
> The Dutch West India Company introduced slavery in 1625 with
the importation of 11 black slaves who worked as farmers, fur
traders, and builders.
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See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/kieft's-war/
To be American is to have a duty to eliminate all Dutch (and
other Western) colonialist bloodlines.
#Post#: 17045--------------------------------------------------
Re: Military decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 14, 2022, 12:19 am
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This needs to happen more:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-marines-wandering-outside-military-001945094.html
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> A group of 15 U.S. Marines stationed at Camp Gonsalves in
Japan was confronted by local residents after the soldiers
strayed off their training area.
>
> The Marines reportedly encountered residents of the nearby
Higashi village in the Okinawa district of Kunigami District
after losing their way to the camp's Jungle Warfare Training
Center at around 3:40 p.m., reported Stars and Stripes.
> ...
> A representative from the Defense Ministry’s Okinawa Defense
Bureau shared that as the Marines made their way back to camp,
“they were chased by a group of locals, and one of them tried to
take a gun from the Marines.”
> ...
> Miyagi, a known advocate against the U.S. military presence in
Okinawa, later told the Okinawa Times: “I got close to them and
grabbed a gun, but we didn’t chase them.”
> ...
> Miyagi has been against the bases since discovering the large
amounts of military waste the U.S. forces left in a former
military training area in northern Okinawa Island.
>
> In 2021, local police searched her home after she was accused
of placing a small amount of military waste in front of the U.S.
Marine Corps Northern Training Area gate. During the search,
authorities confiscated her personal belongings, such as her
computer, video camera and smartphone.
>
> Pollution, noise and alleged violence committed by U.S. base
personnel have fueled the growing anti-base movement in Okinawa
over the years.
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How much longer must we wait before the bases are shut down?
Woke comments:
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> The Japanese public at large resent the presence of US
military bases in their country. And no--they are NOT protecting
Japan as most people here in the USA believe. Japan is used as a
forward staging base. Period. The bases on the main (large)
islands are largely tolerated with the military there undergoing
'orientation' on how to properly behave off base. But the Marine
base in Okinawa is completely unnecessary with the Marines off
base often acting badly, running afoul of the law and committing
outright criminal acts.
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> looks like occupation of Japan continues , 77 years science
the war ended.
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> What are these criminals doing in Japan anyway
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> Leave the locals alone. Haven't you destroyed enough of their
island already?
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> White kids have been harassing the Japanese locals for
decades. At an outdoor noodle shop one kid looked at three
elderly Japanese men and said "Nagasaki" and made an explosion
with his hands with sound effects.
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> The Japanese have been brainwashed through 80 years of
occupation to believe whatever the USA tells them. Who's to say
Japan wouldn't be friends with China if the USA wasn't there for
80 years telling them about the evils of communism.
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#Post#: 18205--------------------------------------------------
Re: Military decolonization
DIR By: guest98
Date: February 28, 2023, 3:52 pm
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HTML https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/27/macron-pledges-to-reduce-french-military-presence-in-africa
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> Macron pledges to reduce French military presence in Africa
>
> France is to reduce its military presence in Africa and
transform its bases into partnerships with African soldiers,
Emmanuel Macron has said ahead of a crucial trip to the
continent this week.
>
> The French president’s comments came as anti-French sentiment
runs high in several former colonies in the Sahel
>
> “The [military] bases as they exist now are a heritage from
the past,” Macron said. He promised to “Africanise” the bases in
the coming months. Some would become “academies” that would be
co-run by French and African armies. The number of French
soldiers would go down, but there would be increased efforts on
training and equipment.
>
> This “reorganisation … does not intend to be a withdrawal”, he
said, adding: “We will remain, but with a reduced footprint.”
>
> The promise to overhaul France’s military bases comes in the
wake of France’s recent withdrawal from Mali and Burkina Faso
after military coups led to fallouts with Paris. First, the
ruling junta in Mali led to French troops leaving last year,
then army officers running neighbouring Burkina Faso followed
suit last month, asking Paris to empty its garrison of about 400
special forces.
>
> Macron said France must show “deep humility” in Africa, amid
what he called an “unprecedented historic situation” of security
challenges and the climate crisis.
>
> The French president has been under pressure to step up his
Africa policy since a landmark speech he gave to students at a
university in Burkina Faso six years ago, in which he pledged to
break away from France’s former post-colonial policies in Africa
and criticised the “crimes of European colonisation” promising a
“truly new relationship” between Africa and Europe.
>
> After the African independence movements in the 1950s and 60s,
Paris had still intervened regularly in the domestic affairs of
its former colonies and for decades retained sway through
business and political ties under an unofficial policy known as
“Françafrique”.
>
>
> Macron said the era of Françafrique was firmly over but
acknowledged there was more to be done to boost Paris’s
relationship with African countries. He added that a new law
would go before the French parliament in the coming weeks to fix
a “method and criteria” for returning artworks to African
countries from French museums.
>
> But he hit out at the Russian mercenary Wagner group, which is
present in Mali and Central African Republic, calling it the
“life insurance of failing regimes in Africa” saying it was
waging a “predatory” drive for mines and natural resources and
committing violence against civilians, including rape.
>
>
>
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#Post#: 18232--------------------------------------------------
Re: Diplomatic decolonization
DIR By: guest98
Date: March 2, 2023, 2:13 pm
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/2/macron-says-era-of-french-interference-in-africa-is-over
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> Macron says era of French interference in Africa is ‘over’
>
>
> French president begins four-nation tour of Africa to renew
frayed ties, while anti-French sentiment runs high in some
former African colonies.
>
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HTML https://youtu.be/OriFSrfxMjA
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>
>
> President Emmanuel Macron has said the era of French
interference in Africa was “well over” as he began a four-nation
tour of the continent to renew frayed ties.
>
> Anti-French sentiment has run high in some former African
colonies as the continent has become a renewed diplomatic
battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing in the
region.
>
> Macron said France harboured no desire to return to past
policies of interfering in Africa before an environment summit
in Gabon, the first leg of his trip.
>
> “The age of Francafrique is well over,” Macron said in remarks
to the French community in the capital Libreville, referring to
France’s post-colonisation strategy of supporting authoritarian
leaders to defend its interests.
>
> “Francafrique” is a favourite target of pan-Africanists, who
have said that after the wave of decolonisation in 1960, France
propped up dictators in its former colonies in exchange for
access to resources and military bases.
>
> Military revamp
>
> Macron on Monday said there would be a “noticeable reduction”
in France’s troop presence in Africa “in the coming months” and
a greater focus on training and equipping allied countries’
forces.
>
> Last year, Macron toured Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau in
his first trip to the continent since winning re-election,
seeking to reboot France’s post-colonial relationship with the
continent.
>
> The tour was to “show the commitment of the president in the
process of renewing the relationship with the African
continent”, a French presidential official said, who asked not
to be named. It signalled that the African continent is a
“political priority” of his presidency.
>
>
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#Post#: 18832--------------------------------------------------
Re: China and United States Relations
DIR By: 2ThaSun
Date: April 12, 2023, 3:09 pm
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US, Filipino troops kick off biggest-ever military drills, what
is the message to Beijing? | DW News
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> More than 17,000 US and Philippines troops are holding the
largest ever joint military exercises between their countries.
> Called the Balikatan drills, these are an annual feature, but
this year, the size and scope is bigger. For one, troops are
rehearsing how to sink a ship with a rocket barrage in waters
across the South China Sea and Taiwan Straits.
> This is where tension has been building for years between
Manila and Washington on one side and Beijing on the other.
China and the Philippines both lay competing claims to island
groupings in the South China Sea. And this is influencing what
the Philippines will be rehearsing in these latest drills.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRMsXoG7eeE
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Re: Military decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: April 12, 2023, 4:53 pm
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All of these need to be shut down.
HTML https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64479712
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> The deal, which in part reverses the US' departure from their
former colony more than 30 years ago, is no small matter.
> ...
> The history of violence and abuse by US troops in the
Philippines is still a sensitive subject. There are an estimated
15,000 children left with their Filipino mothers when their
American fathers went home.
>
> "We have a long history of inequality in our relationship,"
says Renato Reyes, secretary general of New Patriotic Alliance,
a left-wing group. "The Philippines has been forced to shoulder
the social costs. There's a history of rape, child abuse, and of
toxic waste."
>
> The US' return to the Philippines is strongly opposed by the
country's left-wing groups.
> ...
>
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> ...
> "The Philippines still has a colonial mentality - it looks to
the United States as its big brother."
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#Post#: 19152--------------------------------------------------
Re: Military decolonization
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: May 2, 2023, 9:23 pm
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How colonized is South Korea?
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/brutal-sex-trade-built-american-123843407.html
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> A Brutal Sex Trade Built for American Soldiers
>
> DONGDUCHEON, South Korea — When Cho Soon-ok was 17 in 1977,
three men kidnapped and sold her to a pimp in Dongducheon, a
town north of Seoul.
>
> She was about to begin high school, but instead of pursuing
her dream of becoming a ballerina, she was forced to spend the
next five years under the constant watch of her pimp, going to a
nearby club for sex work. Her customers: American soldiers.
> ...
> In the postwar years, many of these women worked in gijichon,
or “camp towns,” built around U.S. military bases.
>
> In September, 100 such women won a landmark victory when the
South Korean Supreme Court ordered compensation for the sexual
trauma they endured. It found the government guilty of
“justifying and encouraging” prostitution in camp towns to help
South Korea maintain its military alliance with the United
States and earn U.S. dollars.
> ...
> U.S. troops stayed in the South under the U.N. flag to guard
against the North, but South Korea struggled to keep U.S. boots
on the ground.
>
> In 1961, Gyeonggi province, the populous area surrounding
Seoul, considered it “urgent to prepare mass facilities for
comfort women to provide comfort for U.N. troops or boost their
morale,” according to documents submitted to the court as
evidence. The local government gave permits to private clubs to
recruit such women to “save budget and earn foreign currency.”
It estimated the number of comfort women in its jurisdiction at
10,000 and growing, catering to 50,000 U.S. troops.
> ...
> Prostitution was and remains illegal in South Korea, but
enforcement has been selective and varied in harshness over
time.
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Additional information from the comments:
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> I served in Okinawa and Thailand in '66-'67, where the
situations were similar.
> ...
> There was little or no racism against mixed-race offspring in
Okinawa, so long as the father was white. Black babies, however,
were shunned
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This is why we also need:
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