the encleve has been real this whole time
the encleve has been real this whole time
It depends on how you define it, China has a long-term strategy, reunification could still take decades, even more so since Taiwan is an important US base
France has always had its own interests, and also wants to free itself from US political and military domination over itself, but it is still a country that cannot be trusted.
They are not able to maintain all their fronts, especially with Ukraine and Israel, it requires a lot of military, financial, intelligence and political resources to maintain. And it’s a double-edged sword, the more they try to maintain it, the more things get worse on the domestic front.
And there is also the detail that Isarel needed help from the USA and their vassals in the region to intercept, they couldn’t do it alone
It’s not a purchase, it’s a rental.