| This still is not quite grappling with the fundamental issue imo Realpolitik, in the sense Morgenthau and Kissinger understood it, absolutely takes into account management of public opinion and risks related to violation of international standards. It just does not only take those into account in decisions related to national interests. > But the claim that "Biden actually saved lots of Palestinians from dying" because of the "realpolitik" of the situation is silly. The claim that Kissinger actually saved lives by coordinating assassinations so that South America didn't need to be bombed into submission would be farcical, and so is this. This is stated as a fact and dismissed on the basis of a tacit moral argument rather than reasoning. Why would the claim be silly? I see no reason for those statements to be cast aside as un-addressable or 'farcical'. On the other hand... > 10 carrier strike group gets fucked up by Yemeni drones, or Iranian swarms If this were possible Houthi drones would have done it already (against a single carrier). > because they [China] invested in growth instead of carrier groups China has been investing heavily in their military for three decades [0]. And we will see about that growth part... it is not looking so rosy for Xi currently. 0 - https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/CHN/chi... |