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The Taiwanese Are Worried That the U.S. Will Abandon Ukraine (www.wsj.com)

submitted 1 year ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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This was hands down my favorite bit from the article:

Some even maintain that every dollar spent on Ukraine is a waste of taxpayer money that could be better used on domestic priorities, such as combating the spread of fentanyl.

These arguments are misguided and dangerous.

How dare they suggest that money would be better spent addressing domestic problems than on a proxy war half way across the world. That's misguided and dangerous thinking.

I also love how the article takes it for granted that US must prop up puppet regimes in Asia as if that's somehow in the interest of the people living in US.

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[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Author works for CSIS. Let's take a look at a list of their major corporate donors:

Contributions of $250,000 and up

Amazon Inc. 
Aramco  
Bank of America Corporation 
Chevron Corporation  
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC 
Exxon Mobil Corporation 
FedEx 
General Atomics 
GSK plc 
HII 
Leonardo S.p.A 
Lockheed Martin Corporation 
Microsoft 
Northrop Grumman 
Pratt Industries, Inc. 
SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation)

While we're at it, let's look at government donors:

Contributions $250,000 and up

Government of the United States 
Government of Japan 
Government of the Republic of Korea 
Government of the United Arab Emirates 
Taiwan

[–] falconhoof@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

:shockedpikachu:

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

international-community-1 international-community-2

But for sponsors of shitty think tanks.