So you know how in interviews you give a strategically selected weakness in case you are asked about it? Why wouldn't the same apply for nations.
Maybe some problems are never fixed or are created to focus rival resources on and stop them from noticing the real weakness or even having the budget to find them.
Example- Palestine is never set free so Iran has to forever focus on it meanwhile the Israelis already have the wall set up. It's a higher cost to Iran.
South China Sea. No country can claim the territory because all the other nearby nations would oppose it. Yet it also requires constant naval funding for any nation that wants to maintain its seashore sovereignty.
Proxy war in a weakened territory where you only invest enough in forces to require the rival to constantly expend more resources there.
BLM. Divides the country on racial lines. All rival nations try to fracture the race division further but don't realize at worst it becomes blacks vs everybody else in which case the economy continues to grow.
Territorial claims based on self defense. Russia says has to invade Ukraine because muh NATO too strong. Even Pakistan and Afghanistan (previous govt.) are NATO members. It literally doesn't give Ukraine any added ability to invade Russia. Only to defend itself incase of further invasion.
So what do you think are some other/more purposefully built/claimed weaknesses of nations around the world today?
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No.
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In 1937, Palestinians were offered 90% of Israel and they turned it down. Their leader instead chose to meet Hitler to find another solution to their problem. That obviously didn't work out for them. It only got worse for them over time. This happened long before Iran gave two shits about the Palestinians.
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I am talking about why Israel wouldn't free palestine today based on current geopolitical benefits instead of historical victimization.
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North Korea has to be the flagship example. Literally turned themselves into the world's biggest case of "you break it, you buy it". That plus nukes mean they are pretty much untouchable.
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Lol that's great. You break it you buy it how?
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The regime, infrastructure, and military of the country are so fragile that they'll all collapse almost immediately if they are ever invaded. During my undergrad I met some older retired dude in the smoke pit, this guy had retired from the NSA and fed me all sorts of hilarious anecdotes about their military. Anyways, this would then likely lead to one of the biggest refugee crisis in history, as millions try to move to China or South Korea. So anyone invading would be left holding the bag of literally rebuilding the country, building a new political system from scratch, dealing with the refugees, and likely also a lengthy occupation. Astronomical cost.
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So North Korea is too unstable to invade?
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Basically. Minimal upside, insane costs, and you'd piss off every country in the neighborhood.
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Left house today on Kellere's drugged recommendation. Sunlight brighter than I remember. Hurts eyes; skin. Paused to examine strange, Marsey-like creature lazing in next door garden, when elderly neighbour greeted me with "Good morning". A good sign: outside people growing increasingly woke on gussy question.
Before returning to attempted categorization of :marseygarden:, took opportunity to ask neighbour his thoughts Re: trains. In response he recommended an autism helpline, no doubt coyly referencing AGP phenomenon. Decided he was too much of a ruqqoid to be worth inviting to Taytay.life. Perhaps baitable? Will fetch cumjar and return to garden later.
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