Why the US Military is Preparing for War With China

How the US is Militarizing the Pacific
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The US military is planning to have a transformative year in the Pacific. To them, that means militarizing the region. More ships, more planes, more troops, more missiles, and more agreements with allies - all aimed at containing China and their ambitions of power.
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[@CarNerd]

when you get all fake sincere during your ads, its super pathetic

[@agmhelena7266]

whats your printer bro? bet it needed magenta to print those docs

[@zeemanjr]

The US didn't just give us Australians the secrets of the nuclear submarines we the tax payer paid dearly for these subs.

[@azteclegalgroup7604]

China is pure evil. May God bless America! We Filipinos love America!

[@ATLASglobalmedia]

Down with China!

[@cherrie246]

As an Australian, I need to correct you Johnny, the US did not "give" Australia submarines, our government paid around $300 billion dollars for them with taxpayer money that was highly disputed by the public.

[@sky_feyd9581]

Men you guys got scammed pretty bad the deal with France was so much better you could have gotten subs in like 4-5 years but now it’s gonna be more like 15-20

[@thekingofkingsrp]

​@sky_feyd9581 clearly you don't understand the differences. US subs are undetectable by China.

[@orionstokesweiss2344]

Some things, almost regardless of how much you pay for them, count as given. The money exchanged is a fraction of the value of the submarines.

[@kishor.k8092]

As an indian i am now afraid to even put my underwears in open sun for it to dry what if it get blown away by wind ch!na would claim that also as it own citing some random made up historical fact like in 490 bc some random king was using it as a towel to wipe his face

[@marlinjojo6760]

you still need to give someone something if you're selling it to them. I think the way it was phrased in the video was to signify how incredible it is that the USA is handing over top secret technology to Australia. Its an extremely landmark piece of history that the USA is "freely" supplying technology for the Australian Navy to use as they see fit. It wasn't '"free", but it was "given freely"; as in there are no strings attached and we fully own and operate these subs ourselves.

[@harunarrosyidi136]

As a father of two and simply living here in the Beijing, i pray to the GREATEST that we may never experience another war. I want my two sons to become a doctor here in our province so that they could help someday in our community for free. Let us pray for our children's future and world peace.

[@purplemamba5510]

Until authoritarianism falls in the world there will be no assurance of peace. Authoritarianism breeds conflict and will forever be a sign of instability.

[@milkoowen6800]

The USA military machine need another enemy to keep making money, so it will never happen.

[@elwinlewis3486]

🙏🙏🙏

[@markoantoinehadrian7286]

Sure, I totally agree - but if the Chinese love their families - then do the easiest thing to do to prevent war with the free world: start a revolution and overthrow Xi Jin Ping. This guy, like Putin, is the cause of all your problems as a country.

[@Eroxtheset]

Amen, brother. Much Love to you and your family.

[@SophiaChristian-so2of]

BRICS wants to build a new currency. It is also worth noting that gold has historically been used as a store of value and a means of exchange, and some countries still hold significant amounts of gold in their reserves. However, it is unclear how a new currency backed by gold would function in the current global financial system and whether it would gain widespread acceptance. Ultimately, any decision to create a new currency would be subject to numerous economic, political, and logistical considerations.

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[@ABb-eu1jk]

Everyone is thinking from the perspective of the West led by the United States. The United States says China is a threat, and military bases are scattered around China. However, from China's perspective, these increasingly strengthened military presence are currently the biggest threat.

[@wenwuye8131]

The lessons of history have proven countless times that war means that countless lives are lost, and now Ukraine and the Basha Corridor have once again， May that cooperation can replace war

[@ABb-eu1jk]

@@wenwuye8131 战争都是完成政治目的的工具，不管战争到底是不是自诩为正义，受苦的永远是平民

[@naniabswax1680]

Looking from the perspective of China is no better. Both are superpowers. What about from the point of view of those tiny nations? Should they just put up with China's constant bullying ... taking whatever territory/resources it wants? Those tiny nations need a big brother as an ally to go against the bully in their neighborhood. As a Filipino, I'd rather speak English than Chinese.

[@ABb-eu1jk]

@@naniabswax1680 If the Philippines were to become one of its own provinces unilaterally by a certain country someday in the future, I don't think Filipinos would be happy either. Instead of playing word games with a vague so-called "bullying", they would focus more on aggressive military bases of a certain country.

[@naniabswax1680]

​@@ABb-eu1jk Since 1898 to 2016, there has been a Philippine movement for US statehood in one form or another. The US did not take it seriously nor did the majority of the Philippine populace. I was not advocating for statehood. Not even for becoming a US territory. Do you think, say, Indonesia will want to be a US state or territory? No? Then why would you think the Philippines will? Calling China a bully is just playing a word game? "Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. This imbalance distinguishes bullying from conflict. Bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior characterized by hostile intent, imbalance of power and repetition over a period of time." (Wikipedia on Bullying) Ermmm. So what do you call the actions of humongous China (which is economically and militarily superior) to continuously intimidate, harass and encroach on the territory of tiny Philippines? If that is not bullying, I don't know what is.

[@juiciness]

"In the nuclear world, the true enemy can't be destroyed. In the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself."

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[@blahbleh5671]

Wow so deep

[@isbuayne]

@@blahbleh5671 my G took the words out my mouth, or keys of my keyboard whatev

[@Eadric_The_Wild]

China only has a few hundred nukes. I'd like to see them try to start a nuclear war. The US has thousands of nukes.

[@joshuagainey1648]

Dude its 2023, we have tactical nukes now so Hiroshima doesn’t happen again. So please stop being a fear monger.

[@babbleboyquito]

Hey Johnny, just a slight correction. The Philippines is not claiming that certain areas of the South China Sea are Philippine territorial waters. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which the Philippines is a signatory to, a country can only claim up to 12 nautical miles from its baselines as its territorial waters. However, the UNCLOS also provides that the distance from 12 nautical miles, up to 200 nautical miles from the baseline is the Exclusive Economic Zone. This is the portion which the Philippines calls the West Philippine Sea. This was affirmed in 2016 by a ruling by an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the UNCLOS which ruled in favor of the Philippines against China. The same ruling also held that the nine-dash line claimed by China does not have any basis in international law. Not surprisingly, China does not honor this ruling. The US also is not able to completely support the ruling because it is not a signatory to the UNCLOS. As a result, China's Coast Guard regularly harass Filipino fishermen peacefully fishing in our exclusive economic zone. There was even one incident where a Chinese Coast Guard ship rammed into a Filipino fishing vessel and left the crew floating in the sea. As for the training of the US and Philippine militaries, the most recent Balikatan (which is the Filipino term meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder") Exercises held just this year simulated live fire exercises at sea, including drone shoot downs and targeting and sinking a ship at sea, off of Palawan island. Pretty strong signals to China, I think.

[@genocidegrand2057]

kinda ironic philipine welcoming back their old colonist back.

[@hkfoo3333]

for your info the UNCLOS court judgement was not legal as it did not comply to the rules of the UNCLOS quickly set up by a Japanese . Forget about the UNCLOS, that part of the sea belongs to China forever.

[@bellaluna730]

Thanks for explaining the International law aspects with regards to the Philippines.

[@chimmychonga7793]

@@genocidegrand2057ironic but better than having China as the overseer

[@bellaluna730]

@@genocidegrand2057Yep, the Philippines chose US for protection over Communist China. US is protecting it’s Allies.

[@lukeyung4933]

When you describe China as an aggressive country, I really want to know that the United States launched aggressive wars with various bad reasons in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Yugoslavia, which led millions of civilian tragedies, including countless babies , children, Americans even bombed hospitals, schools, MPs, what do you think?

[@jiawang-dk7tl]

He will miss your message

[@seanm241]

yeah both china and america have committed horrible acts in the name of prosperity and/or security, what else is new? "What about..." doesn't really work in this context since every country has evil people in it and has at some point or another done evil shit. If you wanna use that argument though I'd like to point out America has only been around for about 250 years as a political entity, while china has been around for thousands. Doing some quick math you pretty quickly come to find out China has contributed much more suffering to humanity, especially since Mao Zedong (mostly) reunited the country.

[@maxwang5582]

Oh really? Many countries used to have kings/queens and it was not their history right? So France only has 160 years' history? Then do your math again. Have fun@@smurfblue4792

[@SamkLoikwd]

@@smurfblue4792 what is the meaning of "a new political entity"?Ancient china is also a part of chinese history.

[@Be4rW1thM3]

America is over 9000 more top tier e.v i.l than russia and china combined.

[@Lawski000]

i like this video's title is US preparing for war while in thumbnail there's not a single bit of US soil.

[@zhongchu]

他们的钱在那里，但凡有人影响它赚钱，立马开始战争

[@andyabajo]

"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” - Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

[@widodoakrom3938]

True

[@prometheus5405]

"Ain't no way, bruh.” - Mikhail Gorbachev

[@curtiscanady7962]

I mean it’s common sense, he’s not saying anything surprising lol

[@azumishimizu1880]

Looking at the US they want too take the risk. But they must realise they never fought a major power on their own.

[@michaelward2898]

@@azumishimizu1880someone isn’t educated in us history

[@TimeBucks]

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Super

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[@Jouhatsu-oi5qg]

Crazy how humanity is fighting constantly.

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[@JackPitmanNica]

The US did not give nuclear submarine designs to Australia freely. It was incredibly expensive and caused a big ruckus in Australia... to say the USA is giving the weapons to Australia for free is very misleading

[@alanOHALAN]

it cannot be an innocent mistake, which makes me believe he works for the US propaganda department, aka CIA.

[@yowifeinmydm1609]

US is never giving anything for free. All they give to Ukraine is mainly paid by EU ( or better to say Germany ).

[@hyy3657]

so the US want Aussies to help, but not giving them the tech they need, also they have to buy it (American can profit for). make no sense to me, they need to be free. that is how you hire someone (so to speak), what are they thinking..?

[@Rosawww]

The worst part its. China its the no1 trade partner. most international students and tourist. the two countries dont got a dispute. Bad politicians

[@JustNotIt9927]

Well he never was trying to suggest that the US was giving australia the weapons themselves, but they were giving australia the DESIGNS freely, it was Australia's choice to purchase weapons from the US.

[@deceasednebula]

When you say that the US is giving Australia "nuclear submarines", it sounds like they are giving them submarines that launch nukes. It's important to note that these submarines do not shoot nukes, but instead are nuclear POWERED.

[@twowheelsandcroissant]

Aussies should never got into this game, just use the money for our people who are suffering from housing and welfare problems

[@zahrafahad4380]

They are with nukes 300 billion dollars 12 subs 12 subs 300 billion dollars

[@deceasednebula]

@@zahrafahad4380 not true, that would violate nuclear non-proliferation.

[@michaelrichardson428]

Exactly, thank you for pointing that out. No nuclear weapons on the subs, just nuclear reactors to power them. Johnny Harris gets a little carried away and does not realize what he is implying to people sometimes. Leaves out these key details.

[@NI-un8wr]

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[@lukajorg4244]

it's crazy to me that this whole video does not once it was mentioned that ONLY 12 countries recognize Taiwan and that China is literally bullied of its territory(if the whole world is asked including the USA)

[@jiaqingli5723]

And those 12 countries don’t recognize Taiwan as a country, they actually have to recognize that ROC ist the only government for China which is including Taiwan and mainland. At that point has a huge difference between west Medien propaganda and the political fact what they own government has.

[@krashme997]

Because we all know that countries don't recognize Taiwan only because they want to trade with China/get loans from it, but everyone thinks of it as its own country because in everything but theory, it actually is.

[@user-to4iq4bq9g]

@@jiaqingli5723They recognize Taiwan as a country. For eg, you need 'Taiwan Visa', not Chinese visa to enter Taiwan.

[@huangcc72]

Taiwan is not part of China(PRC), Chinese people even can't tell since which year Taiwan becomes a part of China and they are just brainwashed by CCP to spread the propaganda.

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[@astronautsamuel_xxv2295]

As a Filipino. I'm so tired and extremely scared. We have a deal with Superpowers disputes, we have to deal with China whose driving us out from our own sea, and our government is wildly corrupt and incompetent. Edit: I repeated corruption twice. That's how tired I am

[@kennhern]

The government so corrupt, you just have to mention it twice lol

[@59gris]

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[@randomka-52alligatorthatis34]

Malaysian here, not gonna say that my country's government is any better(less corrupt I guess). All I can say is, glad we're not in your position lol.

[@Ptolemy336VV]

The best case scenario for both Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Phillipines, Vietnam is that once China makes their move, that this move involves all of these nations at the same time. USA will 100% be there too, and so will Australia, New Zealand and likely also France and UK. And this is the list of countries at the very very least that will be joining you in putting a halt to China's grab of your seas and souvereignity.

[@TheUlquiorraCifer]

The Philippines is basically a Chinese colony right now. They're sending their worst too, from what I've seen.

[@Chase_Myles]

As an Indian, I was starting to wonder why USA all of a sudden was increasing ties with India when they have always supported Pakistan.

[@rbeeson12]

As an American, most of us would prefer to have India on our side than Pakistan. We should have never went to the Middle East. But fuck China

[@nishanths3374]

It's very obvious bro, they want India now lol and we need to take our next steps very carefully. We should also think about our situation in the Geo Politics.

[@janewildly]

Doesn’t India have an ongoing dispute with China over the bordering lands? It seems like US & India have a common adversary.

[@user-vc5zt9ci12]

​@@nishanths3374it's almost 100% economic reasons. Pivot away from China to other countries. Think about it if you want... or take the piles of money

[@orangecookie3132]

And also people who were in Afghanistan hates Pakistan for supporting Talibans

[@jackfilmedit]

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[@Ohrlstpph]

A war between two countries, both having the ability to totally destroy the world, is a terrifying thought. Let us all hope that it will not come to that.

[@colonizingpuertoricoisunde2971]

-Maxine Hong Kingston “we have to invent new images and ways of power. So far the world thinks of power as violence, that power comes from a gun. We must create a new kind of drama in which there is drama, but it's nonviolent.”

[@ggergger8584]

im not sure but it seems Chinas nukes can't reach the US, they wanted got rocket engines for it from Russia, but Russia declined it, so their nuclear threat is mostly local

[@2841guilherme]

maybe if US didn't try to militarize Asia lmao imagine China talking to Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela to implement a huge military presence in the North Atlantic Sea

[@NorthernNorthdude91749]

A nuclear war won't destroy the world. Civilization will survive.

[@bomination.]

I would support china all the way, america is the most evil regime the world has ever known.

[@FA-ft9sq]

It should be noted that escalation has already happened: when China started dredging and built up military bases in the South China sea in 2014. They completed the first military runway in 2015. This isn't a he said she said situation. In this case, China said it loud and clear and the surrounding countries are just responding. I also distinctly remember the Philippines voicing insecurity over the Mutual Defense Treaty with the USA when they asked for help then and only got platitudes. of ambiguity. Amidst all the inevitable both sides-ism framing, the countries requesting this type of escalations are being requested by the actual countries being affected. The USA, ever the opportunist, is happy to oblige as well as the partner countries requesting aid. The degree of bullying that China has been doing in the region is not Uncle Sam's doing. Indeed, there were actually signs that the USA was pulling away back in the 2010s.

[@wingip7237]

Really? So what do you call Obamas 'Pivot to Asia'? That began in the 2010's didnt it? Hardly what you call the USA puling away from Asia.

[@nickmccarter2395]

I came to say this, though I would not have articulated it quite as well as you have. Thank you. It's the same as NATO expansion. Those countries REQUESTED to be part of NATO, out of fear of a large, belligerent country. At the absolute worst, this is countries choosing the lesser of two evils. At best, this is smaller countries trusting NATO/US to help maintain their sovereignty. Either way, these are countries choosing NATO/US to help defend them from a country that is an actual threat to them.

[@williamlee7782]

Well, it's easy to blame the US when there are military bases literally outside of their country. It is good to understand history from as early as the Qing dynasty to today to understand china's mentality. They are restoring their former glory including the lands stolen from them by western powers. British with Hong Kong, Portuguese with Macau, etc. The spratly islands and similar was a brilliant move by them to counter US aggression in those areas to avoid being choked such as how this video laid out Japan's moves to contain China (orchestrated by the US of course).

[@filwg9684]

Cuba 🇨🇺 🇨🇺 🇨🇺

[@BravoCheesecake]

@@williamlee7782 Xi is not going to fuck you lil' bro

[@Thryvetogether]

Really scary stuff. Well done with explaining it to me in a easy to digest manner 👍 🎉

[@danes7700]

Great video! So insightful 😀

[@jumpinjehoshaphat1951]

Worth mentioning: the US has had mutual defense pacts with the Philippines, Japan, and South Korea, and been interceding in defense of Taiwan, for over 70 years. Defense cooperation with Australia (formalized in ANZUS) is also 70 years old.

[@siamcharm7904]

usa will be facing the vast hypersonic missile arsenals of russia and china. do american people know how much they will suffer from unemloyment due to empty stores, bankruptcys of apple, tesla, others, hyperinflation , financial collapse, etc ? what happens when a couple of carriers go down. then nkorea, pakistan, iran, get involved. will end in nuclear exchange.for sure. does tired old occupied japan really want to see its country return to 1945. think hard imperialist america

[@Frozander]

@@kemalbilmez9897 That's just not true. Japan is a democracy (but I bet a conspiracy theorist like you would love to make stuff up about that). And neither phillippines or south korea are controlled by US you have no proof to show for your claims.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

@@kemalbilmez9897Don't care. Every relevant nation in history has a genocidal past, its practically in man's blood just as is war. Grow up.

[@Peacenutman]

@@Frozander why you triggered?

[@jacqueskinov1462]

@@Peacenutman He's 'triggered' because what the first guy said is false. Both the Philippines and South Korea signed their individual mutual defense pacts with the US when they were already independent.

[@Jaackforbes]

I’m sorry but the US is not GIVING Australia anything, we are paying hundreds of billions of dollars for those submarines, “giving” is a slap in the face to the millions of Australians that now have to pay off this half a trillion in debt

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Precisely. Did the taxpayers vote for this?

[@Jaackforbes]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j we absolutely did not get a say

[@Aleksa208]

"Democracy"

[@jasondads9509]

Its ridiculous, we should be protesting like the french

[@edanar7194]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j absolutely not. The deal was very controversial with the Australian public and hurt Australian/French relations as we had to cancel a previous submarine contract we had with them

[@kiddierock2418]

Thanks for this little information sir John.❤️👍

[@illmaticeric]

Excellent video. Subscribed ❤.

[@drewteriyaki5398]

The biggest thing about this war is: *No one wins*

[@shasmi93]

That’s the thing. Why even put all the nukes around the area. Once us and China start launching nuke the world is done for everybody. The earth is already in a very bad spot and then add nuclear bombs on top…. No one wins that scenario.

[@sheltoniousmaximus6117]

Someone always wins, otherwise there wouldn't be war.

[@illbet4589]

In war there is always a winner. the only question is the cost of victory

[@RhettMueller864]

You’re thinking of nuclear war

[@thanasis-_-]

It would be better if china won, the American capitalism virus is destroying the planet.

[@feaxhely2808]

Since the United States is so worried about the Soviet Union's deployment of missiles in Cuba, why would it do the same to another rising power half a century later?

[@wenyichen5515]

嘉人是懂双标的

[@jackyoung375]

Our leadership is full of hypocrites and power hungry, greedy liars

[@WLB02]

Because Taiwan produces almost all the world’s microchips. They are essential to todays society. If China would overtake Taiwan they would gain so much power over the entire world.

[@usul573]

It's not doing the same though.

[@dog-hy8eu]

嘉然可爱捏

[@user-gx9yy5ew1n]

thnak yuo for showing us good information

[@funnypanda5401]

To quote simple sentence Japan: Why China keeps increasing its military spending and still calls itself peace-loving China: We are increasing our weapons so that your American father will be peace-loving too.

[@Aman-uu7vi]

A much easier strategy for western nations could have been avoiding the laziness in population and greed in corporations and not outsourcing most of their manufacturing to China. You have fed and grown this dragon yourselves.

[@shasmi93]

Yaaaa that’s what I’m saying. We invented the technology for microprocessors. We should have spent all this money on bringing them back to being made here in America. Then China can have Taiwan as we wouldn’t need them as much. We could fly all their citizens that work on microprocessors to live in America and China wouldn’t have access to our tech.

[@Aman-uu7vi]

@@shasmi93 agree. All these woke people don't realise the world is built on sweat and blood. While worker rights and economic growth has its value in society , you can't stay superpower without correcting your fundamentals.

[@boodymoai898]

هذا لأنكم كنتم تركزون طوال العشرين سنة الماضية في الحرب والحقد على الإسلام والمسلمين متجاهلين الصين وروسيا وهذا هو حصاد زرعكم الذي زرعتموه بأيديكم، الآن ستضطرون لدخول حرب مع الصين الآن أو لاحقا وسيكون الثمن كبيرا. ذوقوا قليلا من جرائمكم😁

[@steven5548]

@@boodymoai898As If any of us want to go to war. And if you think the Middle East will stay out of it you’re harshly mistaken . Should a war with china and US breakout; the entire world world will indirectly be impacted by it.

[@surfhappens202]

@@Aman-uu7vi How can you say "woke" then say something so anti-conservative?

[@gazooy45]

Other people have said similar things, but I will phrase it my own way: saying that other countries inviting US to create bases in their own country is a US provocation takes those countries agency away from them. Yes, the US does respond to that request because it suits their interest, but the US is not imposing its will onto those other nations. And if China “feels” boxed in its because their neighbors are trying to stop China just as much as (or maybe even more) than the US.

[@Tsuruchi_420]

Those countries don't have autonomy, if they don't show their bellies to the US, they get invaded

[@user-qv5hy4wf4m]

So Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria invited the United States to their land.Kill their people and rape their women. In the 247 years since the United States was founded, only 18 years have passed without fighting.The United States has waged more than 200 wars so far.A butcher who has killed countless people thinks he is a just judge.Are you Americans all so humorous?

[@TukwilaLiar]

Sounds similar to why Russia invaded Ukraine

[@neerajnair3655]

Sounds like Mr.Johnny here is making an excuse for China to invade Taiwan

[@muhammadhamzazafar6903]

exactly what russia said about the invasion of ukraine

[@welchroberts4038]

"If you install a lock I will rob you," threatens the thief.

[@---wc2zp]

Again, a really great content, from the best content creator out there, never disappoint

[@wenchen2612]

Regarding the ownership of Taiwan, I suggest bloggers to read more. Such an opinion is really ignorant. What’s funny is that ignorance still comes out to mislead people. The war was indirectly instigated by people like bloggers.

[@chandramoulisarkar2935]

Feels like a prologue to a dangerous multi generational conflict

[@giantsfan1259]

I think China is kinda fucked right now. They’re country is boxed in and they’re entire ocean is filled with western nukes.

[@forminecraftmultiplayeracc2583]

And my motherland is dangerously close, and will probably be involved in one of the US of A's shittyl conflicts

[@busetgadapet]

prologue ? it has been began since ww2, you are late to the party

[@larsbee]

china has been encircled just like Russia.... what happened to ukraine may happen to taiwan and I hope everyone remembers that IT IS THE US WHO AGREES to the ONE CHINA POLICY which stems from the carter era.... all this for the profits of the US oligarchy.... this stops when all the nukes r fired...

[@torinireland6526]

Or a two-day conflict that kills most of the Earth's population.

[@lekolikotoana5751]

You can't just condense this to a 20 minutes video. I think this needs a series.

[@suyapapi2298]

You can just go read about it it’s all happening right in front of us

[@leeargent58]

Ye that's like kinda really expensive to do but I think this kinda covers the we're well fucking screwed narrative

[@cenzala22]

Tldr: military industrial complex doesn't care if there is no world left, gotta keep fighting wars to make numbers go up

[@davidwavidshmavider]

We get the gist. Hopefully it steers ppl to realize the conflict at least. Then they can look into for themselves. But a series would be good imo.

[@mingyuhuang8944]

America will always destabilize what they consider to be a threat to their hegemony

[@user-cg9oq2vy7h]

Hey Johnny! Thank you for my new coffee cup! -melvin

[@rocsantana4468]

Amazing video.. I’m hooked

[@YG-nobody]

Hilariously, a villain traveled thousands of miles to hold another person's door with a gun, claiming that person threatened him.

[@SaintlySaavy]

This! 💯

[@frumencekaigai4030]

Very true Devil worshipers

[@usul573]

Not them really. The threat is to China's neighbors.

[@papi-sauce]

dont trigger the red necks now... everything America does is for freedom remember that haha

[@Direwolf9818]

Hilariously enough the so called “good guy” is bullying the other neutral guys so they ran to the “villain” for help.

[@kpnz01]

As a Polynesian living in the South Pacific- all this shit is absolutely terrifying: and especially because there's these dual narratives going on between these global superpowers that completely ignore the potential of collateral fallout into our region. The last thing we want is to be caught up someone elses war (again). Some of us feel less anxious about the rise of China compared to the current geopolitical status quo. History has shown us that the U.S and its interests are no more or less benign than the PRCs in this part of the world.

[@AD-wu2hj]

This is such an ignorant comment. Ask the democratic neighbours of the US how they like the US. Now do the same with China’s. I’m not saying the US are doing this out of the goodness of their hearts, but the two sides are FAR from the same and classifying them as such is extremely dangerous.

[@alexcollins3453]

​@@AD-wu2hjPretty sure Africa, Middle East which is 40-50% of the world think otherwise. America is a threat to them

[@koushikdas1992]

​@@kpnz01Ask India, Japan, South Korea. You know the population amount there.

[@blackirontarkus3156]

You can trust the Marines. They will demolish China and Russia (who have no equivalent to the Marines or even special forces for that matter). And aside from nukes, their arsenal of weaponry is a complete joke.

[@kpnz01]

@@koushikdas1992 that's an issue for those respective nations to deal with in their own backyard. My entire point was about the spillover into the segments of the Pacific that aren't involved in that geopolitical minefield at all but have had to deal with the consequences of the conflicts started in continental Asia or, worser still, carried over from Europe. Micronesians and Polynesians are sick and tired of foreign conflicts ending up in our territories, and especially exhausted by the justification consistently used by people from Asia and the west that our Sovereign populations lose our explicit human right to peace by virtue of being small in population density.

[@naderramadan5587]

America should prepare itself to be more economically competitive against China, but I don't think they should have plans to go to war with China, unless Beijing really wants war. I certainly hope that war won't happen because it won't benefit Americans or Chinese people.

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

Looking at what caused the Chinese to move in during the Korean War, I don't think the US is any smarter nowadays. Deterrence seem to base solely on self-serving assumptions and a clear disregard and lack of understanding of what the other side was thinking.

[@Jake0oo]

Exactly

[@brianization3874]

It's hard to say that the outcomes of the second world war hasn't benefited the United States, and by extension our allies, for the past 79 years.

[@gh-lz5oh]

看一看美国遍布世界的军事基地，我不觉得美国会为了和平放弃霸权地位。而且美国并不喜欢直接参与战争，它更喜欢促进目的地区战争的产生。

[@ryanlionisme]

war is not a option to be choose, economy problems lead to war

[@HarryNeelam]

Hello from Sydney Australia! I have been watching you for YEARS, but the clarity of your maps always gets me..... Thank you once again

[@mjmf1430]

As a Singaporean, I wish to correct you that our government has expressed directly/indirectly it would not be used by the Americans for their war or to contain China, it is not as what you suggested. In fact if you read our local news recently we have established many links with China not just economic ties but also including military cooperations. We wouldn't want to be used by America as proxy against China which is benefitting Asia.

[@jamesholden6142]

Then you will go down when China falls. China is NOT benefiting Asia, it is pillaging Asia. Singapore will side with America and her allies in the end or Singapore will die on the vine

[@DessertEagle77]

Agreed. Alot of youtubers are just propaganda machines for America. Their country only look good on the surface but if you look deeper, America society is struggling badly with drugs, unemployment, gun violence and racism.

[@gabelincoln3608]

We pay officials cash and they fold easily

[@tuongmac2263]

No countries should be in the situation of Ukraine right now because of the US

[@juntingiee2602]

many links with china and yet they still infringe on your land😂

[@eligreg99]

As an American I just want to live my life. I’m sure there are some Chinese natives who feel the same way. There would be no benefit in the two biggest world powers going head to head. Do we not learn from our past ever?

[@user-nt6xu1qz4p]

As a Chinese, I am puzzled why the United States deploys military bases and missiles near China? What would Americans think if China were to deploy bases and missiles in Cuba in the same situation?

[@user-kd8eq3sd4j]

Yes，as a Chinese i feel the same way. No war is the best 🙏

[@tylersoto7465]

Same here no one I know of wants to go to war with China etc , it's all politics doing

[@poros4588]

Except you yanks invade then play the victim. Remember what you did to the middle east? Yeah very peace loving people. Only sheeps love Americans

[@tylionn]

@@user-nt6xu1qz4p if that ever happens the United States would get really fucking pissed and yeah I can see where you are coming from. However China is acting like everything in the pacific is theirs so.

[@theamerican7408]

I’m a truck driver and I literally just watched 10.5 hours of your videos today and find you extremely credible and creative in your work! Thank you! I can’t wait until my next shift, I will be watching all of your content as I normally do with all the history channels I follow… great work!

[@YouPube_X]

Keep ur eyes on the road! 🚛😜😜

[@okinawanah3463]

must be a Texas run lol

[@Mezxxii]

This explanation is chilling as I sit in my airbnb looking up directly at the Taipei 101 building.

[@shootstackreload2823]

Man the editor & animator deserves a raise

[@Keykhosrau]

And the researcher should get fired too

[@koenignero]

They received it from Peking and Russia I assume as the video is full of Propaganda

[@TripleGrape]

@@Keykhosrau exactly, I feel like if this information were true then it would be classified and not available to the public.

[@LieutenantNuggets]

I have a friend that is a submariner in the RAN (Royal Australian Navy) based at HMAS Stirling in Perth and I can confirm that the HMAS Stirling base has grown a lot and will continue to grow a lot over the next few years in preparation for our new submarines

[@user-vc5zt9ci12]

Our US / UK subs are trick AF - highest militery asset you can have (if loaded with the bomb as well)

[@suckit758]

We cancelled your order unless you pay us with trained attack KANGAROOS

[@michael511128]

They always say war is good for jobs and the economy.

[@Booz2010]

Indoenshians: Please hold our BAJIGURs🍻in Bali🍺

[@LieutenantNuggets]

@@suckit758 shiiit, you can have as many kangaroos as you like, they are everywhere. We hunt them for sport

[@sandeshsomwarpet]

Great perspectives!...awesome Journalism!

[@haroong.c8906]

Great work 👏🏻👍🏻

[@GeorgeVgp]

I am a filipino living in the Philippines, the fact that our fishermen are threatened with violence every year and that our government is powerless to stop it is heartbreaking. This is totally wrong. It is scary to think that Philippines would potentially be a battleground from powerful countries.

[@Chinaxijingping8964]

Ever consider blaming the actual intruder?

[@watchit387]

Philippines is in a location that all big power countries want and it’s not gonna change

[@GeorgeVgp]

@@Chinaxijingping8964 who are you reffering to?

[@Caden-jg8he]

@@GeorgeVgp Hes a chinese bot, Ignore him.

[@Chinaxijingping8964]

@@GeorgeVgp China.

[@cks796]

Just a note, I lived in Guam for 12 years and Camp Blaz isn't RE-opening, it's the first NEW US Marine base to be built since (IIRC) the 50's. It was originally a Naval Station called NCTAMS (NCTS) but is being reformatted and expanded dramatically to house the Marines from Okinawa. (This is all public knowledge I've heard while living there, FYI).

[@AL-lh2ht]

Yea it’s a constant debate within japan to finally remove the US bases. To Guam is the replacement if that does happen.

[@suckit758]

Did Trump give you this classified information

[@whoelix]

@@suckit758tf you mean classified i know someone who lives there and everyone knows about it

[@maazkalim]

Rapacity and paranoia of fearing oppression( read losing mobster-cred) knows no bound,​"@@obscurewondering3162".

[@thegent8916]

Has Guam not tipped over yet from the increase in population?

[@vidasale5633]

Thenk you ,you always pick difficult topics,I love the McDonald's ice cream one of my favorites

[@DAOZHIJIAN]

As you said in your video, the US is putting too much pressure on China at sea, which makes China have to settle the issue with war

[@sebastianmuniz6867]

maybe china shouldn’t be bullying it’s neighbors and threatening to take over a sovereign country😭

[@xiangjunli4506]

Really? China never threatening any neighbors, and plus Taiwan IS part of China if you know China's history. Many htanks@@sebastianmuniz6867

[@user-mq8eb2xx3d]

@@sebastianmuniz6867 Which country in the world recognizes Taiwan as a sovereign country? Does the United States recognize it? Does Japan recognize it? Does South Korea admit it? Does the United Nations recognize it?

[@user-mq8eb2xx3d]

@@sebastianmuniz6867 Which country is China bullying? The Philippines? I suggest you learn about the history and the origin of the South China Sea issue.

[@sfguzmani]

@@user-mq8eb2xx3d No country that shares borders with China likes China including Hong Kong and Taiwan. I wonder why? oh well..

[@FatinAminan]

Citizen from Brunei here. We're already under the Chinese power since our economy heavily relies on oil and gas production, and China has provided a lot of capital and investment in that sector. The anxiety I feel about their hold over our tiny little country is palpable. I fear for what happens to us should things between the US and China come to a head.

[@ambientnature2023]

Crazy, I’ve been to Borneo and I never knew there was a country called Brunei. 🤦‍♂️

[@dare_me]

Bagaimana pula jirannya sarawak dan sabah laluan udara selalu diceeoboh china ? Mungkin us akan mainkan sentiment sulu di sabah dan kaum di sarawak untuk taklul pulau borneo di mana kaya dengan hasil bumi dan pelantar minyak.

[@user-vc9mk1gt9i]

If boycotting Made in China makes you feel better, start now.

[@pipiqiqi4010]

why you feel anxiety? they are not providing weapons instead of money.

[@vangvangvangtechsupport3001]

if your country doesnt had debt to china its fine

[@CentauriTTJ]

China may have the bing chilling god Zhong Xina but the U.S has Joe Rogan, and Japan has anime, and Taiwan has the (now very old) boyband F4. Ain’t no way China can win.

[@Theguineachannel]

War does not determine who is right, only who is left

[@marcdc6809]

I think it helps to 'ease the pain' if you think of war as an artform... it's just something we do, you might as well come to terms with it.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@Theguineachannel only the dead see the end of war

[@Drebin2293]

What a stupid comment. What's the alternative? Roll over and let a fascist country like China to dictate things for everyone? Yeah, no. We only have Clinton to blame for this nonsense.

[@remicaron3191]

Oh there’s always winners you just don’t know them. Why do you think we keep having wars, because no one wins? You seriously can’t be that naive.

[@Wieeii]

The whole South China Sea is also claimed by Taiwan too, and the only island with fresh water in the South China Sea is also owned/controlled by Taiwan.

[@mangamanatee2493]

Whats up with humans and war… i can’t understand it. Whats happening to the souls of the people in power that do not understand that we are all one.

[@dinosaursr]

James Fallows wrote about microchip production in Taiwan years ago. The concerns he raised over what a Sino conflict would do to chip supplies during a conflict were frightening. I spent time in Taiwan over twenty years ago and the scope of microchip production has to be seen to be believed. When in Seoul I also saw how many US Military personnel are in South Korea. A stark reminder that the Pacific theatre matters. Finally, I’d read somewhere that the waters off China tend to be relatively shallow which impedes warship manoeuvres. Security Dilemma indeed.

[@-wotiu_77]

US. Budget 50B for Tech' Redisbursment an Development in the U.S.

[@mingyuhuang8944]

America will always destabilize what they consider to be a threat to their hegemony😂😂

[@joseherrera2338]

@@mingyuhuang8944 And usually cause said problem by acting on short term goals, threats and impossible demands.

[@mwoo8820]

The United States can only brag! Don't even dare to go to war with Iran and Russia! It will only advocate war with China, this is the biggest joke I have ever seen! The United States thinks that this threat can borrow money from China? Stop fantasizing!

[@dinosaursr]

@@mingyuhuang8944 Make a choice, US or Chinese hegemony? Iranian hegemony? French or British colonialism/hegemony? Third Reich?

[@i.c.j6216]

“Japan a formerly known as a pacifist nation with a small military”….as of the last 75 years at least 😂

[@viravit]

Exactly! Ask the Pacific region of Asian countries how “Pacifist” Japan was around the time of WW2. Or specifically ask the Koreans how pacifist Japan was for the last few hundred years.

[@celizalde.c]

Japanese Unit 731 giving pacific r**ape

[@B-t2cz]

Johnny Harris has become the Tucker Carlson of liberals. There's so many skewed facts in this video. He boasts about how "wonderful" US military presence is in Asia. Hey Johnny, why don't you make a video about all the problems that came with it? (prostitution, rape, criminal behavior, drugs, smuggling, etc.) Oh wait you won't because you only want to tell one side of the story. "Independent" my @$$

[@perezengful]

Well don't give them your best weapons, Do you really think Japanese already forgot who drop the A-bombs on them, sure was not China. So is great the USA is "defending" other countries, when are they going to fix our streets. The number one thing people forget is that people within bring empires down, greed runs wild in America no patriot can survive that.

[@iainbreen7835]

Are you confused by the passage of time?

[@MessJB]

Funny how when other countries build military bases close to other countries, it's a bad thing.But when the US does it with or without consent, it's "alrighty bruv!" 😂

[@BooBat1960]

The USA didn’t build anything the locals didn’t want. We are there to help,our Allie’s who see China as a bully. China can control the situation by respecting people and the laws. They have a history of colonialism having once controlled almost all adjacent nations. To this day they still think in terms of being the big brother and have no respect for independence from their top down rule.

[@frankward8003]

Well all the country's near China that allow the US to setup bases must feel threatened by China and want the US to be there to protect them from China...the US isn't forcing any country to allow them there...the US is welcomed there.

[@kadehedrick9791]

The countries want them there

[@existentialbaby]

​@@kadehedrick9791oh the universal saviour

[@netwesker8955]

​@@existentialbabycall it what you want, the fact remains: those countries want or prefer them to be there

[@razabadass]

Thank you team Jonny :)

[@mentalbreakdown911]

As a Taiwanese born American, this video brings me immense anxiety. I understand the perspective of the Taiwanese, Chinese and also US. If a “conflict” aka war breaks out, I feel like my cultural identity and the identity of others like me will be so painful and conflicting. Not to mention the bloodshed. I’m scared. This video frightened me to the core of who I am.

[@RC-rg3vz]

The racism that comes with it too. If you have Chinese family I assume you are targeted for surveillance.

[@spade1974]

you dont have to worry,china is more interested in destroying the american forces at sea,go straight for the snake head and hope taiwan will surrender when they see the whole destruction of US armada???

[@arandomguy007]

Taiwan is China 🇨🇳

[@glebkotov1528]

Welcome to my world, I am Russian-Ukrainian) Russian citizen, living in Moscow almost entire life, but my childhood was in eastern Ukraine. You ever heard of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) ?)) That’s where my childhood was)

[@user-eq1wo9xy4q]

台湾加油！

[@ancientseamonster9499]

Imagine being a country that sold out almost its entire production capabilities for cheap labor in another country. Only to within 40 years turn around and be preparing for war with said country. 🤦‍♂️

[@EggEnjoyer]

Ending uni polarity speed run The west has no one to blame but itself for its downfall

[@TheKillbot555]

The US government didn’t sell the country’s production capabilities to the Chinese government. US companies moved manufacturing to China because of cheaper labor and looser labor laws. It was cheaper to produce goods in China and ship them to the US. On top of that the US is still the second largest manufacturer in the world. China makes 20% of the world’s manufactured goods and the US makes 18%.

[@EggEnjoyer]

@@TheKillbot555 And also the US gov and private internet are the same thing. The people who own these industries also work in government, or have tied to it. They’re all the same class of people who work in their own interests. This is why the US never did anything to protect its manufacturing base

[@Wha2les]

Well America is not well known for good foresight.

[@Axxidous]

I mean that doesn't sound as stupid as you seem to think it does. 40 years is a big difference. Totally different individuals. Different activities occurring. Different reactions.

[@natepeace1737]

Greatest channel known to mankind. I wish I could subscribe over, and over, and over again.

[@ThinkOfYourWords]

This is very much a situation where its better to have it and not need it... rather than need it and not have it. The risk of the containment move sparking the invasion of taiwan is nothing compared to the risk of them invading taiwan while we are not prepared.

[@mayonaissse]

As a SE Asian this development makes me nervous, but Western deterrence is better than nothing. We've seen how HK was treated.

[@Wvk5zc]

It's the west that's gonna screw up the peace in Asia, you doofus

[@ericktellez7632]

The westerners are the ones who put you in that position to begin with.

[@gdarren1850]

What happen in HK was a color revolution backed by CIA, if you don't like how it's "treated", then maybe your country deserve one, too.

[@vervetech9395]

The thing you smaller countries in Asia don't get is that your countries would be cannon folder in a war between China and US. You do realise how US is smartly using stupid Asians againsts other Asians away from their own land and people?

[@kaym7704]

@@abs5085is cuba in Asia?

[@IsraelMilitaryChannel]

What is left out is that Japan is upgrading its surface to surface and anti ship missiles to ranges up to 1,500 km. This would cover quite deep into China if deployed in Okinawa and smaller islands closer to China

[@Piss-Poor-Infantry]

That's assuming China doesn't sink those islands on the first day of the engagement, which they would..

[@jieli385]

If japan launch missile to mainland China there won’t be japan anymore

[@SleepyPaul]

⁠@@Piss-Poor-Infantrythat’s assuming they have the fire power and first strike capability to do so without retaliation. Unproven military rarely pulls off that sort of move on that scale.

[@Bk6346]

@@SleepyPaulThat is why China is increasing their nuclear arsenal chump. China will have 1500 nukes by 2030. USA win never win a war against China, it will be MAD mutually assured destruction.

[@chengxiong3821]

If Japan ever try to invade China again, the whole Jap Island is going to sink to the bottom of the sea.

[@dongjilim9561]

감사합니다, 패러프레이징 연습이 쉽지 않았는데 덕분에 체킹 받을 수 있다는게 큰 도움이 됩니다

[@brandonk8948]

Counteraction Arguement: China owns all major ports in Shri Lanka, Indonesia, and Australia. They have troops in Canada and Mexico training all the time near US borders. They own 98% of Africa via construction debts. They have been constructing man-made islands in the Pacific for literally decades... just saying, chicken or the egg argument here, who originally instigated the preliminary invasion first?

[@kz7822]

it's undeniable that the geopolitical landscape has been shaped by historical actions and military strategies. The United States, as a global power, has established numerous military bases worldwide, including in regions surrounding China. Over the past two centuries, the U.S. has been involved in various military engagements in the name of national security.

[@littlemiller6]

Nuclear proliferation and military presence has prevented WW3. World police baby.

[@patrickkirby6580]

Security is when you defend your own borders not threat to invade another country, This is exactly like Putin invading Ukraine over national security

[@gmarefan]

It's not really security in the sense of risk of attack. More so protecting the global order that keeps global trade open and everyone advancing.

[@hamud323]

@@gmarefan hilarious use of the word ”everyone”

[@Borisinvasion]

@@hamud323 "everyone" meaning the west and their ally (or more realistically vassal) states like Japan and SK lol. Of course this is how westerners view the "global community", it's just Europe and the Anglosphere, the third world may as well not exist for them. And before someone comes in with numbers about global poverty reduction, the standards for poverty by the IMF and World bank are hilariously low, and even still the reductions are almost entirely due to poverty reduction in China over the last few decades.

[@Luke_Sandy_High_Ground]

Blackadder: "You see, in order to prevent war in the Pacific, two superblocs developed: us, the Japanese, the Filipinos, and the Aussies on one side, and the Chinese and Russians on the other. The idea was to have two vast opposing navies, each acting as the other’s deterrent. That way there could never be a war." Baldrick: "But this is a sort of a war, isn’t it, sir?" Blackadder: "Yes, that’s right. You see, there was a tiny flaw in the plan." George: "What was that, sir?" Blackadder: "It was bollocks..."

[@matthewpollard8570]

I can hear this

[@218kq]

I can't imagine Atkinson and Sir Robinson suddenly became American, but Laurie can

[@michaelotieno6524]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@shurqeh]

We really really need a new season of Blackadder

[@TJSaw]

“Are you asking how did the war start?” 😂

[@boyiyelcham2630]

Great work

[@RyanSHoward]

Great overview thank you!

[@aungkha5868]

Johnny you should also map out the military bases of china (its allies) and their strategy for possible of invasion of Taiwan. This way we can access the strategies of both sides.

[@pushslice]

i was fully expecting this to be the next stanza of the video....then it ended. TBF, JH has done a separate Taiwan-invasion speculation video in the past; yet, this new one seems to presented in a stand-alone fashion, and with a decidedly now 'leaning to one side' tone. what has changed? hmmm.

[@marcusofranz1102]

@@pushsliceyeah like I get it china and US are both kind of doing the same shit… but he chalks it up to ideological differences which is true but chinas ideology (from my biased American perspective is objectively bad) and they would be the one initiating any future conflict. Idk why he’s trying to paint US as bad.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@pushsliceJH is a weird neo liberal that strange when compared to even most liberals. He does not make fact based videos, but instead propaganda pieces that is emotions based. Oh he also hates the government at a ideological level. Like he literally believes the government is evil. And I mean the entire government.

[@michael511128]

Good point but there are none. He mentioned a wall of missiles but they are coming from China. They haven’t fire one yet but pretty every single US and Japanese island bases is in range of Chinese high tech missiles.

[@TheDreadedRaider]

China hates water. Non threat. We train more every qtr than they do a year with technology they stole. China a non factor.

[@pablobeemax526]

Americans, just imagine the following mirror: China does the same you are doing but in Latam, or the Caribbean, circling the US with all these bases, troops and equipment. Just image a Chinese base in Venezuela or another Central America country. Or choking the Panama Canal. Or Brazil being armed with Chinese submarines. I wonder how would you react to this very hypothetical situation? Taking that into consideration, do you think CHINA is overreacting to Western presence ? Important disclaimer: I fully understand what the US is doing there, the historical and geopolitical reasons, I’m not taking a position here. But let’s put things into perspective as an theoretical exercise. Would love to know your comments bellow. (Great video Johnny, awesome work)

[@pfftnuffinpersonalkid1541]

We saw the reaction to the Solomons. The US and Australia are completely unrelentingly hypocritical.

[@amhendrickson93]

We don't have to imagine. That is the perk of being the top dog.

[@kaisasong1332]

@@amhendrickson93 man said USA bullying okay china bullying bad LMAO

[@amhendrickson93]

@@kaisasong1332 cry about it LMAO

[@kaisasong1332]

@@amhendrickson93 only person crying is you LMAO

[@StrikerCup79]

It is so sad that most of the people doesn't not know what might happen to them someday because of a war of interest. Tgose people who are just living peacefully at a mountain thinking life would be like that for the rest of their time but little do they know that a war could come anytime and anywhere.

[@mpoiya]

Start at 4:20 coz of advertisement, watching this is already supporting this platform

[@LipiokTan]

Viewer from Taiwan here, thanks for covering this topic once again. It's kind of a dilemma for Taiwan to choose whether to strengthen up our defence or not, but one thing certain, that the Taiwanese people won't want to see war on our loving island nation. Hope that China would just drop their weapons on invading Taiwan, although it seems impossible.

[@k-studio8112]

Isn't Taiwan also mirroring China's 9 dash line claim in South China Sea?

[@ME-xc1st]

If they don't want to see war why do they not reconcile with the mainland? All it takes is to first stop seeking independence that changes nothing in everyday life but creates constant aggression and fear for no reason and secondly not start a very nagging mass protesting over prisoner exchange law like in Hong Kong that ruined the two systems in place.

[@5ch4cht3l7]

@@ME-xc1st lol wtf "stop defending yourself"

[@ME-xc1st]

@@k-studio8112 Cause they still shared the history of their ancestor exploring and mapping the whole sea first.

[@ME-xc1st]

@@5ch4cht3l7 What did I defend? Isn't it the truth, a pointless mass protest over a prisoner exchange that made the mainland see Hong Kong as an annoying eyesore over such small changes which made the two systems disappear?

[@cathoderay305]

The Chinese started militarizing islands and turning shoals and sandbars into fortified bases, particularly in those areas belonging to other nations under international law and they did so before the US and Japan considered doing so.

[@llssff1]

Yes, because we are known for respecting the "areas belonging to other nations under international law"

[@verlax8956]

the title and opening seems to make it as if the us is starting this and the aggressor

[@adampgrm]

@@verlax8956 China started militarizing islands in 2013. In 2012, Obama announced a "pivot to Asia"

[@sonnyhe2002]

@@verlax8956 yes USA did start it. USA and China was friendly and was working with free trade. until USA realize China is making more money and becoming better than USA. The "help other island" narrative is just an excuse, just like "operation Iraqi Freedom" USA will still try stifle China even if china gets along with other Asian nation (which they do), USA was hindering China way before, where it is Don't buy Chinese phones to boycott china Olympics to don't buy chinese food because it has MSG. USA is aggressive all along

[@TheFireGiver]

​@llssff1 that is whataboutism. the US making mistakes does not justify China doing the something worse.

[@user-yb4vf2gv9w]

No comparison necessary. In case of all out war, the loser wil ultimately use nuclear ensuring nobody wins.

[@em-1704]

There is only one main reason, the Taiwan issue. If the United States really supports the One-China principle, rather than seeing China as a strategic competitive target, and the two major powers strengthen bilateral trade with each other, rather than seeing each other as a threat to their own position in the world or hegemony, I believe that both countries have a very good future.

[@johnmicheal5454]

Such days will never come back

[@longdream-mj2cz]

@@johnmicheal5454sobad

[@ryantomagan3590]

China is the only problem they provoking. If China obey the international law there will be no problem they think now that they're country are global power but in the end their no match in allied force.. There country will suffer

[@herosio270]

This is difficult, which means that many countries are no longer willing to pay for the randomly printed US dollars, when they have other choices. And the various high-tech products made in China will also squeeze the interests of American companies.

[@em-1704]

@@herosio270 You are right, I think this problem is unsolvable, at least for the present human society......

[@robertnolan5785]

I feel like India should have gotten a mention in this video as well, with them being a member of the QUAD alliance and the fact that America is trying real hard to get them on their side against China. Maybe that could be a whole video in itself.

[@Indian_Tovarisch]

Honestly not a single indian wants our nation to join USA in a future war with China and Taiwan at most we will vocally condemn them but will never invade china this is because it assured MAD for both, Indian population hotspots like UP,Bihar,Bengal and Assam are located very close to the border with China and some states have literal borders with China.

[@ajaykumarsingh702]

If you visit India even once, you will realize that India don't stand a chance against China. No matter who is aiding it in the war.

[@Von0101]

India will stay neutral.

[@roshanrajput7559]

​@@Von0101no

[@maheshex2]

@@Von0101 India won't, India needs to contain china as much as the US needs to

[@Klako-ls6yt]

Every country plans for war with enemies. The purpose of having a military general staff is to plan for wartime scenarios during peacetime. China has their own plans and preparations for what a conflict with the US would look like too.

[@kuzev]

True. But having your neighbours pointing guns they got from your enemy at you isn't de-escalation. It's the opposite.

[@Mr.Septon]

You are very correct. Being prepared is critical, especially depending on how large the threat and how that compares to how realistic the threat. Canada and the US have both had plans on how to invade each other, it just has no use in this day and age, but plans are out there.

[@Klako-ls6yt]

@@kuzev But that's on China, not the US. China's bellicose policies in the South China Sea, and other bullying of its neighbors has created a situation where many of China's neighbors are eager to align with China's enemies. The US is taking advantage of that to strengthen its own position against China. It's an old Cold War tactic.

[@AsymmetricalCrimes]

​@@kuzev China escalated first by pointing guns at their neighbors

[@aoeu256]

China has 1/10 of the military spending of the West, they just need to protect their access to the sea. Us says the Chinese government is undemocratic, but the approval rating is 30/82%. for local/central government vs America’s 65/38% for local/central government based on third party statistics.

[@KamranSher]

This strategy of chaining or encirclement depending on whose side you are could provoke the very conflict that it is trying to deter. What and ending, great work Johnny.❤

[@theblackdog2399]

It's better to be prepared for war than to be caught by surprise the way Israel was.

[@user-wo2gv4hr3z]

Very enlightening great job

[@WUSIGU]

The United States placed military bases in a circle around China to block various channels, and provided Australia with nuclear submarine technology, then said "China poses a threat". Reminder, most of these countries' first trading partners are China. If the United States wants to maintain its position, simply say it, without resorting to these absurd reasons.

[@herosio270]

They are just worried that one day the extra dollars printed out will no longer reap the wealth of the world's people.

[@ALLI3802]

As a Filipino, I would have sympathized with China if China is a good neighbor. The reason I see why China wanted the South China Sea for itself and fabricated the nine-dash line map is because there might be oil and gas deposits under the South China Sea. Our previous president had a joint exploration done with China in the area. Now they are saying that all of it was theirs, such a*holes.

[@abigailparaan9093]

Maybe just maybe china's aggressive move in the EEZ of other countries makes them resentful and cautious of China. Also maybe the oppressive government of China isn't ideal for other smaller nations. Maybe China not giving Taiwan indepence isnt ideal in a modern world? Mhmmmm

[@ddzen4307]

good

[@krashme997]

Xi is the one who said they would "reunite with Taiwan no matter what", not excluding military intervention. Taiwan does not want to reunite with China, and the more time passes, the less it will want it. And since it is a democracy, what people want takes precedence. So, in essence, China is saying that war will happen no matter what, and even had missiles flying above the island. All of that for what? Ideological reasons? China won't be better off with Taiwan as one of its provinces. The US, on the other hand, has never threatened military action on China.

[@scottgoodman8459]

The crazy thing is that everything Jonny said is PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. What about all the shit that is happening that we don't know?

[@AL-lh2ht]

Except he choices what bits of info he takes and leaves out others to better push his agenda

[@KingBobXVI]

@@AL-lh2ht - What agenda? And what publicly available info did he leave out that counters it? It's really easy to play contrarian without backing it up, but it's also really easy to dismiss contrarians who refuse to back anything up.

[@carsonw8223]

There isn't much. Everything important and pertinent about understanding this is public knowledge

[@HankMcMuk]

Is it not public knowledge that Taiwan is recognised by both the US and the UN as being part of China? How can a country “invade” itself?!

[@MrTaylork1]

@@carsonw8223found the npc

[@Hollowdude15]

Great video Johnny :]

[@beardeddog8215]

Very interesting point!

[@CliffSturgeon]

I normally listen to informative KZbin videos in the background, but your production value is so solid I hate not watching it and feel like I'm missing out.

[@AL-lh2ht]

It’s suck though he refused to hire a fact checker

[@donharry20]

@@AL-lh2ht yoo! you have been everywhere in the comments with the same comment. Care to explain to us the false facts he is stating?

[@Screeeeeeee]

@@AL-lh2ht You're going to need a ball checker after I get done smacking yours around

[@endfm]

@@donharry20 what do you get out of it? if he's stating he needs to hire a fact checker he needs to hire a fact checker.

[@TripleGrape]

@@endfm exactly. I feel like if any of this information is true, then he illegally gained access to classified information. People claim he is unbiased, but it seems like he's with China on this issue.

[@robsmithadventures1537]

A war that should absolutely be avoided at all costs.

[@lumiyogiwitch2081]

Honestly I think the diplomatic power of China is greater than the US, I don't think the US or China want to be seen as the monster so they will avoid starting anything, but this is the new cold war and China is going uuuup

[@lumiyogiwitch2081]

I really believe that if the war doesn't start for real China is more likely to become the most powerful country in the world because of it's increasing influence in the world

[@user-sg1dz1gm3n]

Unfortunately, the 200-year history of the United States is not enough to make it understand the value of peace.

[@wrestlingkid10]

The drums of war are already beating in the superpowers, its not just the US who is preparing, the big guys are preparing. Japan is preparing North Korea is preparing Poland is preparing US is preparing China is preparing Germany is preparing France is preparing... i'm sure there are some more that have not been public advertised

[@aminekarimou8841]

@@wrestlingkid10Not sure why Poland made your list 😂😂 but otherwise you’re right

[@alexnogues4246]

🇺🇸 To US citizens: all of those military bases cost lots of money. Think of them as the Universal Healthcare or free education you don't get because "it's too expensive". It actually works out as lots more expensive than the healthcare, but you get the idea.

[@ricardogarduno9369]

Great video.

[@uku4171]

Protecting fishing vessels from constant harrassment by China in their own waters is not "encirclement".

[@oopdi]

Youre naive if you think that the US is involving itself in the South China Sea to "protect fishing vessels".

[@lopezbiglos]

Bruh. You only talkin about one aspect of this….that doesn’t even tell the whole story.

[@MrCoolbanna]

China should start protecting vessels by Cuba

[@Pitt4825]

Ya it is

[@strongninjagaming9210]

While i do see your point in that it's natural to protect your country's sovereignty, that's only one aspect of the story, this is effectively a military encirclement plan to contain China.

[@dabidera7452]

Im from philipines and I enjoyed this video I can see whats happening out there and I can be ready if something happens or started im on my foot but I wish this never happen because... In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. -Neville Chamberlain

[@kimeli]

as long as us is containing china there will be WW3.

[@maggiema708]

The journalist did an amazing job creating a video that highlights how the US is using Taiwan to bear the brunt of any negative consequences.