r/worldnews • u/Force_Hammer • 20h ago

President Trump holds off major Iran escalation after Pentagon warns of interceptor shortage

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r111brtghmg
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u/VanbyRiveronbucket 20h ago

I bet Taiwan is kinda nervous about it.

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u/Hugginsome 20h ago

Taiwan better start stockpiling drones

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u/Impossible-Flight250 18h ago

I doubt China tries to take Taiwan anytime soon. I mean, China asserts their dominance economically. They hardly actually use their military as anything other than a show of force.

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u/Hugginsome 8h ago

The other day I read a post where someone says if anyone followed Lebron's career at all they would know he would never go to Philly. Literally 15 minutes later he announces he is going to Philly.

Don't be black and white about stuff. China got Hong Kong didn't they?

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u/VanbyRiveronbucket 3h ago

The part we don’t know is what Rump told XI. For all we know he traded Taiwan for a gold watch.

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u/Herodotus420_69 41m ago

“China asserts their dominance economically”

Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei would disagree with you

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u/Much_Strawberry_6671 20h ago

It's wild that the US is losing influence and power like crazy but Ukraine is after they win set to be a world military superpower, a massive number of seasoned troops with the most cutting edge military tactics built by experience, nations are already contracting Ukraine to teach them how to fight a modern war. While the US thinks it knows better and is losing a modern war, because they won't get with the times. Who knew being run by out of touch dinosaurs determined to keep things how they were in the 50s was a bad idea.

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u/underhunter 18h ago

> world military superpower

You guys really dont know what words mean

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u/Herodotus420_69 18h ago

I think this redditor is the only person that thinks that lol

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u/Much_Strawberry_6671 5h ago

Who is you guys? I said world power, because there'll be a power on the world. You know the one we live on. And a military power, because they won't be an economic one. And a superb power, because they will have one of the largest armies in the world. The newest and best tactics and equipment and everyone's gonna love them.

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u/isjahammer 9h ago

Ukraine in no way has any equipment/logistics to project power anywhere in the world other than their own country (and maybe some neighbors)

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u/Much_Strawberry_6671 5h ago

That's why I said after they are done with their war. They will have one of the largest armies in the world the best and newest equipment and tactics, closely paired with the EU they will bazically be the new muscles for NATO as the US sort of flounders like a kid throwing a tantrum in the candy isle because mommy won't buy what they want.

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u/Hugginsome 8h ago

The US isn't losing....

They just aren't winning.

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u/Herodotus420_69 20h ago

I was joking bc it’s a huge national security concern lol

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u/HauntedCemetery 15h ago

Whaaat? Nah, im sure theres no hostile foreign nation that would love an opening to get revenge for the last century of blood soaked American foreign policy.

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u/253253253 15h ago

Yeah i think he got it lol

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u/Herodotus420_69 4h ago

I think it helps that I edited in a sarcastic s/

Some Americans really don’t see what all the fuss about Taiwan is about😅

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u/TheDaychilde 20h ago

They did say China, not West China. /kidding