5 Tweets Jan 14, 2023
The US government is publicly threatening the Solomon Islands, after it signed a security deal with China
Washington warned it would have "significant concerns and respond accordingly" if China builds a military base
The US has 800 foreign military bases
usnews.com
The US government: Ukraine must have the right to choose its security alliances and join our warmongering NATO cartel
Also the US government: *blatantly publicly threatens the Solomon Islands for signing a security agreement with China*
The US government refuses to rule out military action if the sovereign, democratically elected government of the Solomon Islands allows China to build a base there.
In other words, this is an indirect US military threat
theguardian.com
Neocolonialism: Western so-called "democracies" are threatening the sovereign country of the Solomon Islands with "intervention" (read: invasion) by Australia in order to overthrow its elected government, because it signed a security agreement with China
nationalinterest.org
This article (by a Canadian academic and military veteran who has worked for the US military) calling for Australia to invade Solomon Islands is so racist
He says it's a poor agricultural nation so can't be trusted, and imperialist "liberal democracies" must "save" it from China

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