When countries are threatened and dropping bombs relieves that threat instead of increases it, then they do. It's just that right now violent escalation doesn't benefit China, so it stays in the realm of sabre rattling

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, if you know literally nothing about the military industrial complex and government capture and its role in creating war, and you want to buy into the propaganda that the US only attacks when it feels threatened.

When countries are threatened and dropping bombs relieves that threat instead of increases it, then they do.

Settler-brained-as-fuck idea about how conflict works

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 day ago

This was not a defense of the USA you braindead idiot. I did not offer "feeling threatened" as an excuse for the USAs behaviour. The USA is threatened by the mere existence of successful countries that are not hypercapitalist (although tbf the tool used in this case is usually a coup, rather than bombs).

Not all countries consider the same things to be threats.