Guam: The America that Americans forget • Hacker News Board

lucasban wrote: post #46

thaumasiotes wrote: post #21

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> I'd be happy [if China] were the ones keeping shipping lanes for their own exports open and not us History's not on your side for that one. You're talking about the country that, plagued by pirates disturbing its coastal shipping, went to massive expense to construct an enormous system of inland canals running parallel to the coast that the pirates couldn't reach. If Chinese merchants wanted the sea kept clear, say…

I hardly think the situation a few hundred years ago is relevant to their ability to secure their modern shipping lines

They had the ability then. It just wasn't something they were interested in doing.

Re: Guam: The America that Americans forget

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Post by zirgs » Sat, Jul 15, 2023, 3:04 PM UTC

actionfromafar wrote: post #208

zirgs wrote: post #183

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So if the USSR were to attack Sweden then what would the USA do exactly?

I don’t know. Most of it is still classified, but whatever it was, it was enough to assure Swedish governments of the time. (70s - early 90s)

Interesting that Sweden sees modern Russia as a bigger threat than the USSR. Whatever there was before is not enough now and they want a full NATO membership instead.