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US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still say that Taiwan has two uses that struggle to coexist, manufacturing and military. Once the manufacturing one becomes defunct, what is left is its military use.

[–] Farman@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasnt there a us senator that tried to start a war in china presicley because she had a lot of intel stock?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

US also nearly started a war with Iran over a fucking pistachios (not solely, but it was a factor)

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

United Fruit Company has entered the chat.