Word.

Doubly true for Okinawans who have little to zero agency on their own islands and find themselves on the front line of American imperialism.

Along with Germany and South Korea. Recently the US has asserted its domination over the vassal states of Sweden, Denmark and the Philippines by building new bases. Sweden has even given away its sovereignty on the land occupied by the US. Apparently US law will prevail and Sweden has no jurisdiction. Unbelievable.

@@deanzaZZR 😨 so sad for Okinawans .

I like this man.

the pinoy are easily lulled by hollywood blockbuster movies..

Balcanisation of the Philippines are on the US agenda. Starting another proxywar is getting traction within the Biden administration.

Bongbong is under orders from Washington. The 10 Billion his family stole from the Philippines is in danger of being confiscated by the West. I find it incredible that the Filipinos elected this corrupt family back into power. They can get riled up over a semi submerged coral reef and a wreck, but say nothing about the money stolen from them. 10 billion would build a lot of schools, roads and infrastructure.

@@cashmerecat9269 Nah. Bong Bong needs to obey Uncle Sam, otherwise his daddy's ill gotten billions will remain frozen.

actually Colonial master never return PH to them. Colonial master setup "those families" as proxy to continue rule PH . Sad....

Exactly

Australia has submitted to Jewish-American idealism against China and Russian pragmatism.

Australia has submitted to American idealism against China and Russian pragmatism

@@ivoperic3992 yet China accounts for about 4x the amount of trade compared to the US.

Probably due to the fact that he is of Chinese ethnicity.

Yes, "ned" is alive & well in Taiwan. The people must be getting wise to it by now. All it really takes is for the people not to follow the divisive narrative. Apparently, a majority have done so.

Yes, after seeing Russia pulling out all those nukes, they re getting second thoughts about joining the Yankee posse

@africanchild825 Japan will go with whoever is more popular , just like school children 😂.

@@greendragonspirit1646 🤣🤣🤣

Well the Constitution of Germany took 2 weeks. One can see, why they start to fail.

Taiwan's offical name is Republic of China (RoC), according to its own constitution.

China has put enormes efforts in the BRICs and global south unification, even defensive measures like you describe can put strain on that effort and BRICs. I don't think that the current PRC leadership will do more than protest the US meddling in the unsolved Taiwan-PRC conflict.

​@@vgstbTaiwan is a very bright red line. It will take priority over all the rest. With 1.4 billion Chinese and a powerful military that is not deployed around the globe, I doubt if putting a cordon around Taiwan prevent US weapon deliveries and base building will be such a huge issue.

Again, remember that Taiwan had national elections last January and voted 60% in favor of a very close China relationship. Only 40% voted for the DPP US warmonger party. Taiwan would therefore have no problem being temporarily closed off by China. Most Taiwanese have relatives in China and most industries are closely linked to China.

@@aroonsubway2079 Yes but its like Brisbane calling itself the Republic Of Australia. First of all its not true second of all nobody cares except the US media warhounds.

Interesting observation, thank you for sharing.

They could recruit the oldies. Japan has a lot and they need some physical activity and a new purpose in life.

90 years olds?

@deanzazzr that sounds good , because that was the opposite to the build up of world war 2 in japan, they respected the empire and military with no questions asked.

Propaganda works! Give the media some time.

Two poorly written questions ie extremely vague, as yours is, clarifies nothing. "Intersection of those two things" is D- comp.

@@johnsmith1474AIPAC brags that US candidates they backed won over 95% of elections. Rothschilds, who kick starred Israel and have funded both sides of wars for centuries is profiting off of the needless war in Ukraine with multiple revenue streams. Larry Fink’s BlackRock is buying up Ukrainian farmland. BlackRock is invested in weapons manufacturing. BlackRock is invested in healthcare, which implicates them in the organ theft scandal profiting from wounded Ukrainian soldiers. BlackRock has more than $260 billion sunk into fossil fuels, and profited from interrupting the established flow of Russian gas to Europe, one aim of the US sponsored 2014 coup in Kiev. Besides, it’s what Israel wants and that’s who is represented by those continuing to appropriate money and weapons for Zekensky. It’s got zero to do with democracy. Senator Lindsey Graham a few days ago said Ukraine sits on $13 trillion in mineral wealth and Graham seeks to block Russia and China from accessing it so he favors turning the Ukraine into a meat grinder for soldiers.

@@johnsmith1474 Hi Johnny, acting obtuse and playing dumb again? You silly LLM CIA chatbot.

@@johnsmith1474 everyone else seemed to understand

one of the best geopolitics channels

Would brics accept Japan , given Japan's past atrocities to china?

Intriguing possibility.

That would be amazing.Japanese must be forgiven.We Brits did terrible things,and if our former victims forgave us,BRICS would save our self respect.

I find it hard to trust Turkey.

😂😂that would be insanity

I think that was the intention.

Japan and Germany both can prosper on Russian oil and gas, and that is the only reason for all these wars. Everthing else is just warpropaganda.

🤔 hmmmm you might have a point there. I will look into it.

Don't treat China as the enemy. Cooperate to switch to renewable energy asap because that's the plan to secure Humanity's future on earth. The less the US is economically/politically/geopolitically enabled, the better the chance of world peace. Japan and Germany could play a major role.

Their war criminals and associates are still very much in de facto power. Hope the younger generation will take over soon and pivot to peace and mutual prosperity by rejecting American warmongers.

The problem with Australia is that it is a vassal state of the USA and to a lesser extent, the UK. It is part of the anglophone Five Eyes, which includes Canada and NZ. Australia, in general, bows to the U.S. I will cheer the day Australia becomes a truly sovereign nation.

That would be rational, but Aussies are far too racist for it.

USA ought to join BRICS too, after purging the globalists who have usurped our constitution. 🇺🇸

@@truthseeker000000 It is because the US is still very powerful. Give it another 5 to 10 years and in the meantime, do nothing to make more enemies.

They are keeping a low profile and smart of them, they can keep building up their strenght and maybe marry Malaisia

@@tigersilberhannes9153 They should leave Timor first. They have a lot to fix for Timor.

My god that is poor.

Very British way of pronunciation.

@@PhiloSurfer Something went very wrong with English orthography at some point and 99% of native English speakers don't even see the problem. It's an even bigger self-delusion than Western foreign policy

Groan.

Stupid.

Slow child indeed.

By someone who has too much "gin" in his name?

@@PhiloSurfer Close. It was bourbon.

McGilchrist is a genius whose deep thinking has revealed so much about an enormous range of issues that are seemingly unrelated to the “brain”.

We are the minions.

Aren't you participating right now?

Yeah, they really want your opinion, Doofus

How to have when one's totally castrated? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Rice 🍚 balls 😂?

Well, you are gonna underestimate Japanese balls. Japan now just trys to be humble and soft, but behind the scene Japan carefully prepares to regain its sovereignty one or another, such as seizing every opportunity or excuse to improve its military capacity. Another obvious thing is that Japan trys inducing a direct fight between the US and China

Kimchi book

"How to speak US Engurlishee", Volume I.

militaristic does not always become hot war; kinetic does.

Sir, you sound very wise. May I know your ethnicity?

Mostly true. S Korea and Japan are not same and must be treated differently. I also think Pascal not quite understand the subtle issue

Hi Japanese here. Thank you for studying our language I do appreciate it But it’s only your opinion and I disagree with most of your points. Maybe your Japanese friends happens to be far right. But what you said doesn’t represent majority of the Japanese. Where did get the information that the Japanese were worse than Nazi military? On internet? I noticed nowadays many internet guys started saying that. I know from my parents stories that most civilians were only trying to survive and that itself was very tough let alone committing war crimes like Nazi did. They had no clue what some military special units were doing. You can’t expect young Japanese to feel responsibility for crimes of imperial military forces 80 years ago.

@@mizoguchiayuka218 like I said, I don't hate Japanese. In fact many of my Japanese friends are very good persons. But that doesn't mean the country doesn't have problems. The more I learn about the culture and history, the more dreadful the dark side looks to me. Underneath, Japan is cruel, cold blooded, violent. But on the surface, a carefully crafted mask is well maintained. That is, again,not to say the individuals are so. But history has proven time and again how insignificant individuals are at critical moments. Average Japanese are so used to submitting to their superiors, covering and lying for them. Many phrases Japanese use everyday are actually quite telling. Such as "pre war regime". Think about it, just short of shouting "we can't wait for next war". Though in English it is said forgiveness doesn't come with a debt, I sincerely believe all of us should be given a chance to throw away the baggages, bloody memories from grandfathers and great grandfathers, and call each other brothers. However, that must come after basic honesty. Not with a government tirelessly, constantly white wash the class A war criminals as "brave souls" or "national heroes". There are plenty of street interviews in Japan to ask young Japanese what Japan did in WWII. Most have very little idea. Many think Japan was victim. The fact that you don't feel sorry, isn't it quite something? And I am afraid increasingly it is Japan that can't let it go all along. After all, Japan has never redeemed itself. I just hope you won't find so much blood in your future as in the past with the likes of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi. Funnily enough, almost all famous figures in Japanese history are war lords. Sometimes the right wingers are actually quite honest. Like Ishihara Shintaro said, Japan is just a lapdog of the US. Yes, in his eyes Japan did no wrong. Because the world has always been a jungle. And Japan was simply being good pawn of the Anglo empires from Meiji to WWII. The same jungle order Blinken reaffirmed not very long ago. The question is do you think it is right or wrong? And what are you willing to pay for your belief, or the lack of?

@mizoguchiayuka218 read about : nanjing massacre, comfort women, unit 731, bataan death march, sook ching massacre , the list goes on about Japan's inhumane deeds of the past; then ask yourself if they were worse than the Nazis.

You answered your own question. The fact you can't move to China should tell you something. China is ultimately a homogeneous culture run by the Han supermajority that not only broaches no political dissent but no cultural dissent If you hate diversity, China is amazing.

Better off moving to Russia. They welcome the skills you bring.

@@robert_g_fbg I did move to Russia 😉