Literal schoolyard bully behavior on display here. “No one is above the law, and the law is what I say it is.”

“Mr Xi, the most powerful Chinese leader in decades, calls his one-party model efficient, equitable and dignified. In case foreigners miss his coded message—that competent government, equality and order matter more than freedoms—officials boast of ‘two major miracles’ that shaped China’s rise, namely ‘fast economic development and long-term social stability.’”

“Here in the liberal West we may not have such frivolities as ‘competent government, equality and order,’ but you can bet your last dollar you’ll have Freedom™ coming out of your nose. You’ll fucking drown in it!”

Thanks. What freedoms, again?

“‘It’s been surprising they’re adapting over time through trial and error,’ Justin Bronk, an airpower expert at the UK’s Royal United Services Institute, said.”

Justin Bronk, “airpower expert,” thinks a major military power with a long-established air force “adapting over time through trial and error” is “surprising.” Quite the scoop.

He misspelled “ruining.”

You gotta love that old bait-and-switch. Whose fault is the corruption again?

Not allowed to use Russian, though. Strange…

Putin “injects potential threats” into east Asia, a “region already strained by Taiwan tensions and South China Sea clashes.” Putin and Russia are cast as actively menacing the globe while all these other issues caused by the USA/NATO get to just passively exist with no discussion as to where they came from or what caused them.

“Guys sorry about trying to disenfranchise you from your native land but please stop blocking the roads it makes it harder for the stormtroopers to crush your protest.”

surprise shock

I guess this is what lend-lease is for. Could work if it wasn’t too late. It’s a war zone now.

I’m not sure that Ukraine has the infrastructure needed to support any number of f-35s, especially not since the Russians have bombed all their runways.

who?

Are they allowed to catch other fish there?