calling into question China\u2019s self-proclaimed \u2018Peaceful Rise\u2019.<\/a>\u00a0 Duh.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always enjoyed how Westerners adopted a sort of fourth quarter mentality over the years.\u00a0 This idea that the game was almost over, we\u2019d put away all that stupid tyranny, war, and oppression stuff, and all we needed to do was slap America into shape while the rest of the world eagerly waited to embrace the teachings of St. John Lennon.\u00a0 <\/p>\nDespite clear and overwhelming evidence, we continue to hold onto that narrative, and never fail to act shocked when it doesn\u2019t turn out the way we imagined.\u00a0 Nevertheless, we are always willing to give everyone else a second<\/strike> third<\/strike> fourth<\/strike> fifth<\/strike> continual series of chances.\u00a0It\u2019s not as if it was America we were dealing with!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So I\u2019ve seen several stories calling into question China\u2019s self-proclaimed \u2018Peaceful Rise\u2019.\u00a0 Duh.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always enjoyed how Westerners adopted a sort of fourth quarter mentality over the years.\u00a0 This idea that the game was almost over, we\u2019d put away all that stupid tyranny, war, and oppression stuff, and all we needed to do was slap […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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