Why are the greens like this? How is being prepared to defend ourselves and help our allies “a concern”?

  • Rangelus@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    No it doesn’t, what a strange comparison. One has a nation state under attack by another, while this is about a joint military wargame with no direct benefit outside if some training, except for pissing of China. If the goal is to reduce tensions in the Pacific, as the Greens seem to want, then this is probably not a great use of our time.

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      no direct benefit outside if some training, except for pissing of China

      Training is kinda why we do these things though. And why would China care, it’s not like they’re planning any funny business, right?

      And as to the Ukraine comment, I was thinking more about how them trying to join a defense alliance (NATO) was a provocation, because Russia can’t bully them any further.