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yaesu

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2. I don't think China wants to do anything in the near term, say, before the midterms

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2026, 07:39 AM

Mar 25

They are riding high on the fall of democracy here and taking advantage of our demise by building stronger economic ties with the West. If they were to try anything now it would send the world economy into a death spiral and trash all the hard work they put in building new alliances. If the medtrms actually happens and Dems win the House and Senate China may decide to strike before tRump gets the boot otherwise they will probably hold off until the US is totally irrelevant, IMHO.

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Taiwan wary that China could exploit US distraction over Middle East war [View all] littlemissmartypants Mar 25 OP

Me too. twodogsbarking Mar 25 #1

I don't think China wants to do anything in the near term, say, before the midterms yaesu Mar 25 #2

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