China has released a new documentary about the army’s preparation to attack Taiwan and showcasing soldiers pledging to give up their lives if needed as Beijing continues to ramp up its rhetoric against the self-ruled island.
“If war broke out and the conditions were too difficult to safely remove the naval mines in actual combat, we would use our own bodies to clear a safe pathway for our (landing) forces,” Zuo Feng, a frogman with the PLA Navy’s minesweeper unit, said in a testimonial.
Delusional
It might be a script, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were honest
faced with the choice of maybe getting blown up by a mine… or definitely getting blown up by a mine and everyone you loved maybe getting added to the PLA navy minesweeper unit and maybe getting blown up by mines…
well, yeah. sounds like their minesweeper unit is gonna have a lot of casualties.
This reeks so badly of desperation that I don’t even feel comfortable saying that they are grasping for straws because that might imply there’s anything within reach. Capable militaries tend to follow the whole “speak softly and carry a big stick” principle and leave the saber rattling for the also-rans. They are just simply FAR more interested in propaganda than any sort of actual invasion.
Children, the word of the day is bellicose.
Sure Jan…
Xinnie the Poo attempts, once again, to fellate himself.
Nobody, once again, cares.
The technocrats continue to lose to the jingoists. Jingoistic propaganda is a problem because it makes your population demand what you promised. When you don’t, you get shit like Tiananmen square or a world war that you never wanted in the first place (and I promise you, the leaders don’t want this war).
