Biden and Boris to Help Australian Navy Get Nuke Boats

[togor]

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-get-us-nuclear-submarine-technology-china-looms-large-2021-09-15/

Nuclear powered, not armed, but to patrol waters the Chinese claim as their private lake.

It never occurred to the Japanese how trying to go big in the Pacific in the 1940's really really really rubbed the Westerners the wrong way. May be the same with the Chinese.

[dogtag]

Japan suffered from lack of it's own oil amongst other things.
China has plenty of oil and other resources including people.

[Fred]

And they’ve now gained full access to the rare metals in Afghanistan.
Add that to the 80% of the worlds rare metals that they already controlled.

[togor]

Chinese mining operations have a way of being very unpopular with the locals. It's what you would expect from a culture that really does believe it is the center of the world, going back millennia, even with that screwy written language which is incredibly inefficient.

[togor]

Anyhoo if the Chinese are going to run mines, better they pick up the security tab instead of US taxpayers right?

[lyman]

you forget the difference in Cultures,

the Japanese did not care about us, or any one, the way the treated the Koreans, Chinese etc demonstrated that,


the Chinese are similar, and care less than the Japanese about anyone, even their own citizens,

[Roadkingtrax]

And they’ve now gained full access to the rare metals in Afghanistan.
Add that to the 80% of the worlds rare metals that they already controlled.

Manifest Destiny stopped at the Pacifc.

[togor]

you forget the difference in Cultures,

the Japanese did not care about us, or any one, the way the treated the Koreans, Chinese etc demonstrated that,


the Chinese are similar, and care less than the Japanese about anyone, even their own citizens,

Remember most Westerners don't draw sharp distinctions, even as they themselves are tough as nails on each other.

The Japanese had no concept of the hornets' nest they stirred up at Pearl Harbor.

[lyman]

the 2 cultures are as different as night and day,

[Johnny P]

There may be a problem unless Biden can think of the Australian Prime Minister's name.

"Hey, down under."

[lyman]

There may be a problem unless Biden can think of the Australian Prime Minister's name.

"Hey, down under."

or Hey, Crocodile Dun..................mike gets shut off

[togor]

Apparently the French are mad at the deal.

I think the Australians chose well. The USN and RN are proven fighting navies if it comes to it.