[crocodile tears] China Rips $770 Billion U.S. Defense Bill as 'Political Manipulation'

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President Joe Biden signed off on the $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which will fund the U.S. Department of Defense and chart a path forward as to where the nation will focus its military resources in the year ahead.


Among the bill's priorities include a $7.1 billion carveout for the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, a program that will bolster U.S. defense operations in the Pacific region and in invest in alliances aimed to counter China.

In addition to this measure, the NDAA's actions aimed to rein in the influence of China include a statement of congressional support for the defense of Taiwan and a ban on the Department of Defense purchasing products made in Uyghur forced labor camps in the country's Xinjiang region.

China did not take kindly to the measures, with Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian decrying the new China-focused actions as "political manipulation" that reflected an "obsolete Cold War" mentality.

"We firmly oppose the US slipping in negative content concerning China or making an issue out of China for political manipulation," Zhao said during a Tuesday press conference. "We urge it to discard the obsolete Cold War zero-sum mentality and ideological bias and look at China's development and China-US relations in an objective and rational light."



While China has always had a presence in the South Pacific, over the past two decades it has steadily expanded its influence. The Brookings Institutionwrites that "many" see the rate of China's expansion in the region as moving faster than would be "considered a natural reflection of China's growing economic and geopolitical clout."

In addition to providing a massive amount of foreign aid to Pacific Island nations, China has looked to establish foreign naval bases in the region and has moved to increase the size of its navy, resulting in the country now boasting naval forces larger than that of the U.S.

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The threat of China's expansion has allowed it to exert greater influence in the region, leading it to make stronger pushes toward securing its interests, as can be seen in its moves to exert military influence over Taiwan, which it views as a breakaway province. Taiwan's president, in turn, sees the island as an independent state, and while the U.S. does not officially recognize it as so, Biden has said the U.S. would protect it if China were to invade.

China Rips $770 Billion U.S. Defense Bill as 'Political Manipulation'

"We urge [the U.S.] to discard the obsolete Cold War zero-sum mentality and ideological bias," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said.

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Wonder how they can afford that, print more money out of air ???

 

[Get Ya Wig Split]

Wonder how they can afford that, print more money out of air ???

Keep crying

 

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Keep crying

Inflation

 

[ARMalik]

Wonder how they can afford that, print more money out of air ???

No print money out of their behinds on toilet paper.

 

[S10]

It's important that China does not get drawn into an arms race. I rather China has a smaller modernized military than a bloated military industrial complex.

 

[F-22Raptor]

It's important that China does not get drawn into an arms race. I rather China has a smaller modernized military than a bloated military industrial complex.

The US is not even close to spending what it was in the 1980s as a percentage of GDP on defense. The US could comfortably spend another $500-600B on defense. IMO, the US should be spending at least $1T.

 

[S10]

The US is not even close to spending what it was in the 1980s as a percentage of GDP on defense. The US could comfortably spend another $500-600B on defense. IMO, the US should be spending at least $1T.

Please write to your congress and senate rep to increase it to $1 trillion. In fact, the more the better.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

It's important that China does not get drawn into an arms race. I rather China has a smaller modernized military than a bloated military industrial complex.

the easiest way to avoid overspending on the military is to avoid getting into small wars. building weapons isn't too expensive compared to using them or forward deploying them. only use them in pursuit of critical national objectives rather than just for flexing.

 

[ARMalik]

You fellows are putting too much emphasis on $770-Billion. In fact $770 Billion for US is VERY SMALL !!

Here is an example, Chinese Type-71 LPD has same specifications and characteristics as US St Antonio Class LPD. Now hold your breath - US St Antonio Class LPD costs $2-Billion dollars. Whereas Chinese Type 71 costs $200-million or ten times less than the US !!!!!!!!

US is an over-blown, fat, expensive place with little Industrial output or productivity.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

When a plumber charges 400 dollars to change a tap, the purchasing power of 700 billion doesn't go a long way.

The institutionalized corruption inherent In western democracy will ear it up like a black hole.

 

[AZMwi]

Keep crying

 

[SaadH]

The US is not even close to spending what it was in the 1980s as a percentage of GDP on defense. The US could comfortably spend another $500-600B on defense. IMO, the US should be spending at least $1T.

Where will we get the money from? Oh my bad I thought we were talking about giving healthcare to all americans (numero uno reason for americans to go bankrupt btw). There is infinite money in America when it comes to giving tax cut to the rich, bailing out failed corporations and military industrial complex.

But when it comes to providing universal healthcare to all americans just like all civilized/industrialized countries, there is no money, there's only rugged individualism for the poor, needy and working class and socialism for the rich, the corporations and the military.

 

[Han Patriot]

The US is not even close to spending what it was in the 1980s as a percentage of GDP on defense. The US could comfortably spend another $500-600B on defense. IMO, the US should be spending at least $1T.

And yet they have no money to fix their infrastructure. Now we know why. Lol

 

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Crocodile tears (or superficial sympathy) is a false, insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief.