Connecting the dots - Are we on the brink of calamity?

[Carringbush2010]

The USA could be fighting a civil war.

That depends on one's perception, some could view the US is in a civil war right now, personally that would an hysterical view imo. If you're talking about a civil war like their last one, well no one is gonna go there.

We could suffer a bad pandemic in the next 30 years, we got off lightly with covid. We could suffer a fee more of these in our lifetime.

And we may not, and we learnt a lot from Covid, if we do have another we'll be better prepared to deal with it.

Climate change is going to displace a lot of people.

No doubt, again human kind is a clever and resourceful lot and we'll learn to mitigate against and prevention methods. Not saying a completely ideal outcome but certainly we won't doing the same expecting different results.

Not sure where the west is going but it's divided by extreme fringes

No it's not, that's a perception of the noise. Describe how the west are at odds with itself, do you mean adverse in values and ideals? I don't see it.

Sure there's division among fringes, thankfully they're minorities. The rest of us aren't at war with each of our neighbors.

This is the sort of hyperbole that should be ignored or avoided. I'll kindly ask if you could refrain from such hysteria.

You're better than this em.

Either way the global economy is screwed for the next five years at least

That's already claimed a scalp in itself; Sri lanka

Now Sri Lanka is what I'd call a good example of Calamity.

If the whole world went down the same path then yeah, calamity, but it's not and it won't.

 

[JoondalupJ]

China invades Taiwan equals likely in next 10 years.
China invades Australia in next 40 years - very unlikely imo but still possible.

The best times were post WW2 through to about now, things are going downhill globally right now.

They'll be another pandemic in out lifetime too.

Man lighten up, don't

The overstating:

The US is falling out of a liberal democracy

Putin will push the button

Meanwhile Xi WILL invade Taiwan and by extension '* why not invade straya? just coz we can*

Some of the hyperbole driven by msm is so easily gobbled up by the gullible.

For starters with that deranged dwarf Putin, ask yourselves these questions.

Did not this dhead want a quick decisive annexation of Ukraine? Well obviously he publicly alluded that, didn't get that. So now what 8 months into this 'liberation of Russia' has failed, why hasn't he already ordered a nuke offensive?

Therein lies your answer.

Secondly, Xi will obviously be looking at a (supposed) superpower annex another very small liberated nation, on its border, no 100 miles of ocean between it and still not able to achieve its objective. Admittedly incompetency plays a part here. None the less............. Xi will look at this and think twice if not thrice - given the collaborative rhetoric in opposition from the west of Xi's 'unification' intentions.

Thirdly, as 'divisive' as the US is, there is no known universe that collectively the US is just going to fall into dystopia and out of liberalism at the drop of a hat and change its societal model to remedy. An absurd notion.

Lastly, as scary as Xi may come across, there is no known reason for him to come troping down through SE Asia just to invade and teach us a lesson and take our resources, and 'unify' us in an authoritarian socialist republic. (Like we'd all just accept that and say 'ok come in and do what ya want').

As much as he may want to bend us over his knee and spank us like us a belligerent child doesn't equate to he's got much bigger fish to fry.

Seriously, perspective needs to be taken here, all this Armageddon talk is just that, talk.

Great comment, true, China are business minded, its all about the game. They were on their way and COVID messed everybody up.
But China were moving and they were successful and getting economically huge.

Then they began in 2014 around then, expanding a bit, building military islands, arguing with SE Asian nations over fishing rights, sailing war ships around the Pacific. bribing corrupt pollies in some Pacific nations?

Probably trying to impress, with a hard hand, but also saying don't interfere we're not going to create problems, we do want to follow through with our economic plan to be the world leader in finance. They were on the way, but, COVID and blame came , and we still aren't sure what really happened.

It is a big game competition, business! But China would be cruelling itself to star a major conflict, it would be detrimental to China's future, they want to
make money! Their future is in the West!

I agree too, that the USA is not going to sit down and say we give in. I believe they are still a sleeping giant when the need arises.
Any who disagree have missed something, a bit of logic maybe. Why let your guard down, you can always look slower and weaker.

Now China might have strange ways of saying all these things , but provoking the West in some ways, that is creating the anti-Chinese propaganda machine in the west?

It has actually shown that China still haven't learnt that when you deal and do business, there are usually two in the game, or more sometimes.
You ,Mr Xi, the CCP and China can't be the only winner. belligerence makes people think you don't want to deal.

Taiwan will be done by talk what ever the outcome, there has to be a way, unless Xi stops his obsession with that country.

Absolutely as well, all the Armageddon talk is just rubbish comments, some people on here need to stay away from any tall building until you you calm down and stop being negative.

 

[Marcel Proust]

PM asked about US nuclear-capable bombers

Reporter:

Can you confirm that the US is preparing to deploy six nuclear-capable bombers to northern Australia?

Albanese:

We engage with our friends in the United States alliance from time to time - there are visits, of course, to Australia, including in Darwin, that has US Marines, of course, on a rotating basis stationed there

 

[JoondalupJ]

PM asked about US nuclear-capable bombers

Reporter:


Albanese:

Albo is getting worse at shirking around the issue, probably a bit frightened Xi might clip around the ears.

Hew should just own up,and say you bet we have!

Yes long distance B52 bombers will be stationed in Australia , yes on a rotation, one plane for the next one
to stay.
The way I read it these B52's 6 of them would be here all the time.