I promise that if we start shelling houses in Honiara I will strongly condemn that and work against it
Left: US statement on Russia and Ukraine. Right: US statement on China and the Solomon Islands.pic.twitter.com/SAfsMVemWa
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Isn`t it an Onion article? Fun as hell and for free, I`m down
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If you've followed the China/Solomons story, it really is the case that China is "bribing its way" into an institutionally weak country.
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China and Taiwan have been doing this forever, not just in the Solomons but with pretty much every PNA country.
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Now when the US invades the Solomons, Chinese foreign policy analysts can talk about how it was an inevitable result of their failure to consider how the US would react.
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Is Solomon Island on the border of USA?
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Thucydides' astute observation about foreign policy remains true: "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." Hypocrisy is to foreign policy what judicious lies of omission are to a successful social life.
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And therefore???
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it is the old do what we tell you not what we do routine.
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