1/ Have appreciation, emapthy and undersattnding for our VETERANS right now.
The ‘decision’ to “withdraw” from Afghanistan is causing heartwrenching pain suffering, frustration, anger—so many sacrificed SO MUCH (and many sacrificed ALL from limbs to life)…
2/ The US / Pentagon could never admit this overtly
failed state in Afghanistan under Taliban will foment violent extremists as it has
and yet now China = greater U.S. priority
History shows nation fighting two fronts often flails
Crazy 💭Our enemy’s enemy may be our “friend”
3/ CCP may recognize Taliban if Kabul fails
But will Taliban? They need
-Opium trade to China
-there are 1M muslims in concentration camps on Afghanistan border
What if US “decision” was not haphazard but calculated
“Enough—make this China’s problem on the Western front”
4/ I’d like to believe that US fight in Afghanistan was NOT for naught
It kept stabilized an unstable region that was always a powder keg
And at a time when China is on OFFENSE
this is a strategic move to threaten their Central Asia interests
and distract them on western front
5/ IF intentional
its a MUCH better strategy (Clausewitz x Sun Tzu)
at time when China facing global alliances focused on Taiwan in the EAST
and improbably may have to deploy troops to WEST
support for Taliban to liberate oppressed Uighurs
would be improbale insane plot twist
6/ highlights of Biden speech today on Afghanistan.
8/ UPDATE:
ISIS-K challenging Taliban, ‘declares war on China’
9/ UPDATE 2:
“…Now, as ISIS entrenches itself in Afghanistan, the group appears to be exploiting existing divisions to challenge neighboring countries, with China high on the list.” newsweek.com/isis-put-china…
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China’s playbook isn’t war in the open—it’s war in the seams.
They target the gaps between state & federal, public & private, markets & security.
America must 'armor up' 🧵...
2/ The CCP’s strategy?
Hollow out U.S. strength from within.
Critical infrastructure? Infiltrated.
Universities? Compromised.
State pension funds? Financing China’s military tech.
3/ While America focused on the War on Terror, China waged a war on us—a silent siege of intellectual property theft, capital capture, and digital espionage.
If you were fly on wall in Qatar's strategy meetings you’d hear their not so secret strategy
i) keep up economic relations w/Iran (esp w shared gas reserves)
ii) support Islamist groups (esp Muslim Brotherhood) + use the masses as pawns for political leverage..
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iii) assert distinct identity in MidEast geopolitics as a ‘mediator’
iv) religious mafia style––foment fervent believers (funding Al Jazeera propoganda + mosques/ Imams to rule over other country populations) grow geopolitical power depsite tiny size (and no real military)
3/ The ties to Iran + Turkey in particular who leverage terrorism, religious extremism are the greatest threat to Mideast regional peace
especially with moderate + modernizing + peace + prosperity seeking UAE + Saudi (on cusp on Israel normalzied relations) and Sunni…
2/ this technical paper from Apple published year ago not widely discussed was the breadcrumb clue and the inspiration I have shared with many friends since....
3/ The paper introduces 2 methods called “windowing” + “row-column bundling” which allow devices to run models up to 2x DRAM size by storing model parameters in flash + loading them into DRAM as needed.