fits my needs posted:

they just need to train a cadre of chenweinhuas or whatever to engage in posting warfare across western platforms

DiscountDildos posted:

https://twitter.com/JChengWSJ/status/1489856566408843264?s=20&t=7mJ-wzFiKEakDiFf49XSog

Hell yeah

Some Guy TT posted:

this just in breaking news of muslim genocide in central asia

https://mobile.twitter.com/redfishstream/status/1489630448225427461

oh just them? ahhh never mind

Some Guy TT posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/DerekJGrossman/status/1489977025670512644

Some Guy TT posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/badiucao/status/1489813903416893444

Atrocious Joe posted:

https://twitter.com/KareemRifai/status/1489820319229652998?s=20&t=1MPTi0PvYh3JHpwSrKko9g
https://twitter.com/YN_Nope/status/1489729798226071555?s=20&t=1MPTi0PvYh3JHpwSrKko9g

Some Guy TT posted:

DiscountDildos posted:

https://twitter.com/JChengWSJ/status/1489856566408843264?s=20&t=7mJ-wzFiKEakDiFf49XSog

Hell yeah

DiscountDildos posted:

https://twitter.com/JChengWSJ/status/1489856566408843264?s=20&t=7mJ-wzFiKEakDiFf49XSog

Hell yeah

BattleMaster posted:

japan fought germany in world war I, attacking their colonies in the pacific, and had good relations with britain in the first bit of the 20th century. For instance, they had a technology exchange program where the british built them a battleship while their engineers watched, in order to learn how to make good battleships themselves. they also sent a heavy cruiser to king george's coronation in 1937. and unlike germany, they didn't completely ignore the various naval treaties of the 20s and 30s.

their entry into the axis and war didn't really have anything to do with pre-existing relationships and had essentially everything to do with them becoming a pariah state over their war in china and they said gently caress it, let's join with the other pariah state who is at war with people who are holding back our colonial ambitions and just do what we want in the pacific.

edit: the western allies having holdings in the pacific that had resources, especially oil, that they needed and could seize also sweetened the deal. for instance, the 1944 battle of leyte gulf was one of the biggest naval battles in history because the japanese threw everything they left into trying to hold onto the philippines, because without the oil production they had seized there they couldn't run their navy. when the battle was lost, any ships that could retreat back to japan did so loaded with as much loot as they could carry and once they made it to port sat there for the rest of the war because they had no fuel

On Canadian Involvement (There are whole chapters, this is just from the intro) posted:

“One problem with this traditional view was that the potential destabilizing impact of intervention in regional crises was frequently underestimated, and the possibility that intervention itself could be construed as an act of aggression was often overlooked. That was how the Japanese viewed the reinforcement of Hong Kong’s garrison with Canadian infantry in the fall of 1941. Moreover, the potential for great powers to be drawn into conflict over relatively minor issues that they otherwise would have avoided or minimized was increased substantially; conversely, weaker states such as Canada were emboldened to take dangerous action.”

“Aside from Britain, smaller Western powers with forces in the Far East served as U.S. clients, albeit under the illusion of maintaining sovereignty. With respect to the reinforcement of Hong Kong in the fall of 1941, it has been widely assumed that Canada was simply a loyal British Dominion following instructions from London, but this is far from accurate. Although Canadian military policy remained wedded to that of Great Britain due to organizational and logistical considerations, after the fall of France, Canada’s foreign policy shifted, aligning with that of America. This has been demonstrated by several Canadian historians, but the larger ramifications of such a transformation on Allied Far Eastern strategy remain unexplained. As American involvement in China’s affairs increased steadily following Roosevelt’s reelection in 1940, Canadian involvement in China began. Hong Kong was reinforced with Canadian infantry instead of British troops because Canada’s policy of military intervention in China originated from inside the White House. Thus, in addition to the AVG and Lend-Lease aid, the other important but underrecognized example of Western support to China was Hong Kong’s reinforcement with Canadian troops. This topic is covered in detail in subsequent chapters.

Providing greater urgency to Anglo-American efforts was the near destruction of the Soviet Red Army and the potential for a Soviet defeat. Because of the problems with Chinese morale and the persistent possibility of peace, the decision to reinforce Hong Kong’s garrison was undertaken by the Canadian government with the goal of maintaining Chinese resistance. It was a diplomatic gesture aimed at bolstering Chinese morale, with the primary objective of providing indirect support to the Soviet Union at a time when the Red Army faced destruction. Ottawa’s decision to take such a step was made when the situation in the USSR appeared to be most critical—at the beginning of the battle for Moscow. The deployment kept Japanese attention fixed on China and southern operations, thereby enabling Stalin to transfer a sizable percentage of his Far Eastern forces westward. In this light, sending Canadian troops to Hong Kong was one of the most significant symbols of Western support to China prior to the outbreak of the Pacific war.”

“The ensuing Anglo-American military disaster was partly the result of this policy, and the most damaging consequences were felt initially at Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong in December 1941. But Allied leaders saw the outcome differently. The main purposes behind strengthening the Anglo-American commitment to China in the latter half of 1941 were to provide indirect support to the Soviets’ Far Eastern flank and to solidify the alliance. Thus, officials at the highest levels in both Washington and London considered the result a success. The battle of Hong Kong should serve as a reminder, however, that the cost in lives made collective security in Asia an expensive proposition, especially for smaller powers such as Canada.”

Some Guy TT posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/isaacstonefish/status/1489666440735059971

someone actually said it lol

CaptainACAB posted:

lmao the biden admin got tired of getting asked for evidence and just told the few journalists not just owned by the CIA to gently caress themselves, and the blue hogs are all fine with this, ready to start WW3 with literally no evidence whatsoever.

actually getting really worried here because the insane mass murderer Joseph Robinette Biden Jr has shown he is perfectly willing to kill millions over a lie. he was one of the primary architects of the iraq war after all.

Tankbuster posted:

God all this poo poo for the lame olympics.

Tankbuster posted:

God all this poo poo for the lame olympics.

Palladium posted:

They will milk the 5.6 billion AND paste stickers over the Huawei logos

Majorian posted:

Yeah opening ceremonies are usually boring but this one was particularly boring. As are most Olympic events.

lobster shirt posted:

reading a reddit post asking "what did you think of the olympics openign ceremony" and like 75% of the comments are "gently caress the genocidal warmongers of the ccp" lmao this country is so pathetic

AnimeIsTrash posted:

Hockey used to be the best part but thanks to the NHL and IOC it sucks rear end.

eSports Chaebol posted:

let’s not forget that Hitler said “Jewish culture is a part of German culture” and sponsored public pro-Judaism initiatives while secretly conducting the Holocaust. if he had trotted out one of the many state-sponsored yeshiva students who openly supported the Third Reich to light the Olympic torch in 1936, would that have changed anything? I think a lot of the tankies here would have cheered it on!

eSports Chaebol posted:

let’s not forget that Hitler said “Jewish culture is a part of German culture” and sponsored public pro-Judaism initiatives while secretly conducting the Holocaust. if he had trotted out one of the many state-sponsored yeshiva students who openly supported the Third Reich to light the Olympic torch in 1936, would that have changed anything? I think a lot of the tankies here would have cheered it on!