All that Vietnam is trying to do is strike the best balance of interests possible whereby it maximally benefits from all parties without harming any of their interests, and it should be praised by the Alt-Media Community for this noble pursuit, not faulted.
"...should be praise[d by the Alt-Media Community for this noble pursuit], not fault[ed]...."
Fair enough.
"...let [sanctions] violations slide..."
But it's still OK to notice hypocrisy from the Exceptional, like a willingness to ignore their own rules (-based order) when it suits them?
'I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning. It smells like...'
"...losing control..."
Could it have something to do with hypocrisy making 'partners' less reliable, dependable?
How can you trust (depend) on someone, when you don't know if they're aware of their own lies — the delusion they need to avoid seeing their own hypocrisy?
"...without any risk to themselves."
Until suddenly they discover there was quite some risk, after all: they've been stitched up, suckered.
"The same can be said for the gradual growth of Vietnamese-US military ties..."
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"The annual release of its standard map was China’s sovereign right..."
Maybe, but it's turned out to be a real dog's-bollocks mistake in diplomatic terms. Maybe it will all work out for the best in the long run, but the short term effects seem as unfortunate as they were easily-avoidable.
"...should be praise[d by the Alt-Media Community for this noble pursuit], not fault[ed]...."
Fair enough.
"...let [sanctions] violations slide..."
But it's still OK to notice hypocrisy from the Exceptional, like a willingness to ignore their own rules (-based order) when it suits them?
'I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning. It smells like...'
"...losing control..."
Could it have something to do with hypocrisy making 'partners' less reliable, dependable?
How can you trust (depend) on someone, when you don't know if they're aware of their own lies — the delusion they need to avoid seeing their own hypocrisy?
"...without any risk to themselves."
Until suddenly they discover there was quite some risk, after all: they've been stitched up, suckered.
"The same can be said for the gradual growth of Vietnamese-US military ties..."
!
"The annual release of its standard map was China’s sovereign right..."
Maybe, but it's turned out to be a real dog's-bollocks mistake in diplomatic terms. Maybe it will all work out for the best in the long run, but the short term effects seem as unfortunate as they were easily-avoidable.