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[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 67 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My favorite take on this development:

Not because I agree with it, but because how absurd that a guy with that name is saying it.

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 45 points 6 months ago

China with no credibility beats the West with negative credibility apparently.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 44 points 6 months ago

Palestinians: "What credibility do you have?"

China: "Uhhh... I'm not the other guy."

Palestinians: "Okay, checks out. When shall we meet?"

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

democrats: "why doesn't that work for us?"

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 29 points 6 months ago
[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago
[-] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 6 months ago

"The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them."

  • Julius Nyerere
[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago

but did julius consider there might be a dang cheeto in the whitehouse?

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago

Cause they are the other guy

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 months ago

China mediating US election would be helluva hilarious

[-] Krem@hexbear.net 45 points 6 months ago

here's what Herr Doktor WAR has to say about geopolitics:

[-] LemonGrease@hexbear.net 35 points 6 months ago
[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

The plastic Dr. War probably has more sensible takes on geopolitics than the twitter guy.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 34 points 6 months ago

Herr Doktor War is displeased by your peace negotiations

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 42 points 6 months ago

He's right that it's easy to fill a void left by western nations (but mostly America) being so phenomenally shit. Hopefully this works out the way the China-lead Iran-Saudi Arabia talks did - all China needs to do is be a fair arbiter and they'll have all the credibility they could possibly ask for.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 37 points 6 months ago

Western skill issue. I would simply not give unlimited military and political support to a genocidal apartheid state.

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 36 points 6 months ago

China: treats non-Western nations like rational human beings

Western nations: stop it, diplomacy is evil!

[-] Zrc@hexbear.net 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

being a neutral party is bad actually, you're only allowed to talk to Palestinians if you already fully support their genocide

[-] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 36 points 6 months ago

He had to put legacy at the end there otherwise it would also apply to every institution he believes in lmao. "We were here first!!! wojak-nooo "

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 42 points 6 months ago

China has had diplomatic relations with the Arab nations since about 650 CE, when Dr War's ancestors were squatting in mud huts trying to recover from the collapse of Rome, but it's the Chinese who have no legacy.

[-] Sephitard9001@hexbear.net 35 points 6 months ago

Yeah but China doesn't have a satellite state occupying their land does it smuglord

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 32 points 6 months ago

Not being deeply involved, I imagine, is part of the appeal. They can play neutral arbiter without inflaming old grudges

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 18 points 6 months ago

What do you mean you want the accused criminal to be judged by someone who isn't their half brother and best friend? What about credibility and legitimacy and legacy?!

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 30 points 6 months ago

Hol up everyone, Herr Doktor Andy War has some takes to share all-ears

[-] Guamer@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

Thank you for alerting me to this emote's existence

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

it's magnificent lea-finger-guns

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago

Their values aren't "inconsistently applied", they do not have values.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

He's so incredibly German, it's awful

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 6 months ago

Fitting namesake

[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

China has a lot of credibility in the Palestinian conflict, stretching back decades. With the founder of the PLFP saying “China is our best friend” and Yassir Arafat saying , “China was the biggest influence in supporting and strengthening our revolution.”

https://www.qiaocollective.com/articles/palestine-china

Article on the subject of Chinese historical support for Palestinian liberation.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago
[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Exactly. Just goes to show how historically uninformed, or even misinformed, most westerners are. This is part of why I try to defer to global south comrades, they seem to have a better grasp on things than I do even after years of intense study.

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