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This story seems to play out a lot with the US govt. Likely due to the lack of any real long-term planning.
- Oh no China is taking some of our control over X
- Do nothing for a while
- Scramble to stop China from completely taking over X
- Waste billions on propaganda, cost everyone money via tariffs, sanctions, bans, etc
- Realize it was never going to work and give up
- Do nothing for a while
- Start at step 1 again
You forgot the massive step in between 5 and 6 where they commit terrorism somewhere in Asia or Africa to fuck with Chinese trade
Oh so like with the USSR
