Anti-US Alliance Part 4: Egypt (North Korea, Japan, Venezuela & Russia)
EGYPT'S MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTH KOREA?
It would appear that the United States gives more visitor visas to Egyptians than any other African nationality. This, to me, shows that the US is by and large cool with Egypt. However, this does not appear to be a relationship based on Egypt being submissive to the West or feening for acceptance into the global community, as made by the Egyptian government's continued persecution of gays. It is an Islamic country, after all.A nation wanting to edify the prowess of its armed forces isn't usually a crime. But apparently, there are a number of international laws which prohibits like anyone from buying weapons from North Korea, especially considering, as the above video points out, this selfsame commerce is believed to be financially fueling Pyongyang's ultimate goal of nuclear-bombing the United States.
THE U.S., NORTH KOREA & JAPAN
In related news, if a nuclear missile were launched from the North Korean mainland, across the Pacific Ocean and aimed at, say, California, the projectible would first have to fly over Japan (as shown in the image above, via Express). Well Japan, supposedly one of America's strongest allies in Asia, recently released comments basically saying that as long as they don't deem an overhead missile as a threat to their own country, they're not going to shoot it down. The possibility of shooting down a missile is low to begin with. But I think logic would dictate that it would be easier to do so at a lower altitude, near its launch site, as opposed to, say, trying to hit it over the Pacific Ocean or when its approaching its target.That sentiment on behalf of the Japanese can be interpreted in a number of ways. First of all, I can't help but to feel that some factions in Japan still hold resentment against the United States for historically bombing TF out of them towards the end of World War II, The two atomic bombs the US dropped on Japan instantly killed over 100,000 people, in an act that some historians have argued was unnecessary.
Then, there's the fact that the nearby Korean War, which started only five years after World War II, resulted in the deaths of 5,000,000 people, most of them of course being Korean civilians. Japan and North Korea may not be cool with each other, but they are neighboring countries whose populations more or less look the same. And both have been victims of mass murder, so to speak, on the part of the US military.
RUSSIAN SUPPORT OF NORTH KOREA
Russia has also recently upped its support for North Korea by now handling over 50% of its internet traffic, which can be interpreted as a counter-response to cyberattacks by the US against Pyongyang. According to the above-linked article, internet access in North Korea seems to be expensive AF and something only the well-to-do can really enjoy. And most North Korean cyberattacks against the US are actually carried out via neighboring China. So the internet traffic that the Russians are now handling will primarily consist of the regular consumer variety. But this is still obviously a strong sign of Moscow's support for North Korea at a time when doing so isn't considered cool in the eyes of the international community.VENEZUELA STANDING STRONG AGAINST THE US
Despite going through a horrid internal economic situation, Venezuela still took time recently out of its busy schedule to counter-threaten the United States for a quote made by US President Donald Trump and economic sanctions recently imposed by the States. Some of the rhetoric, on Venezuela's part, is truly frightening.
Despite reportedly having more known oil reserves than any other country on Earth, Venezuela is still relatively-weak militarily and not a nation that could realistically threaten the States on its own. However, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
First is that Venezuela has a long-standing military cooperation with Russia. In fact a few years back, Russia sent a nuclear-powered warship to the Caribbean in a joint naval exercise with Venezuela. And although I can't find the article now, I remember reading back then that this was the closest a foreign nuclear vessel(s) had ever been to mainland America. And that brings up my second point, that Venezuela itself is pretty damn close to the United States (and Florida especially).
The only geographical obstructions between the United States and Venezuela is the Caribbean (Sea and islands). Puerto Rico, a country whose name you don't commonly hear in reference to a possible World War III, is a US Commonwealth whose citizens "have served in the U.S. armed forces in every conflict since World War I". It's also one of the closest prominent Caribbean nations to Venezuela.
President Trump was recently criticized for comments he made in reference to Puerto Rico's recent hurricane disaster. But he still showed them love by insinuating that the US will forgive most of the debt PR owes it. And I can't help but to believe this was partly inspired by what has to be the Trump administration's recognition of the strategic importance of Puerto Rico against Venezuela.
Cuba, the largest island directly between the United States and Venezuela, has historically had a frosty relationship with the US. This includes the Cubans being allies with Russia.
Former US President Barack Obama (2008-2016) went through great lengths to foster a better relationship with the Cubans. Doing so was likely rationalized by the potential advent of World War III, because at times Cuba has shown that it really doesn't give AF. But in typical Donald Trump fashion, that diplomatic progress is under threat of reversal under his administration.
Last edited on 17 June 2024
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