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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Called this one
Date: 10/22/23 11:17 PM
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Dope: When America is weak, the world notices. Few weeks ago I predicted that the Chinese would step it up in the South China Sea vs. the Philippines. Here we go:

You are a dope, Dope. I lived On the island of Negros in the Philippines for 10 years an watched this up close for 10 years. This has been ongoing and shifts around. The Chinese have interfered with Fonops nearly every time. They've rammed fishing and coast guard vessels multiple times. Indonesia actually sunk a few Chinese fishing boats.

There''s a history of China invading Vietnam, and there are pictures of The Chinese strafing some Vietnamese troops hip deep in the water of a disputed island that is underwater part of the time. The Chinese lay claim to anything in the nine dash line and don't recognize anyone's claim there. According to them they own the South China Sea. We have Vietnam as an ally against China.

If anything the Chinese were very happy with Trump because he withdrew the US from the TPP, Trans Pacific Partnership, and they jumped in after that void to make deals with some of the Asian Nations. Chalk that one up to a Trump blunder. And as I recall, wasn't this so called prediction made by BMH anyway and not you?
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