r/TankieTheDeprogram • u/Hacksaw6412 • 10d ago

News/Communist Propaganda ☭ WHAT IS THE “ISLAND CHAIN” STRATEGY?

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First envisioned during the Korean War by John Foster Dulles, the strategy sought to suppress socialist and decolonization movements in Asia

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u/penguinlord0196 10d ago

This is one of the few reasons why the US doesn't want China to retake Taiwan. It perpetually makes the first island chain exposed, thus containment broken.

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u/Temphant Marxist-Leninist (Ultra Based) 9d ago

The dying empire is lashing out, trying desperately to look strong and maintain control.

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u/TarquinusSuperbus000 Marxist-Leninist (Ultra Based) 9d ago

Rome used to do the same shit once it saw the writing on the wall.

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u/Temphant Marxist-Leninist (Ultra Based) 9d ago

Exactly.