Alien Sideboob

Alien Sideboob

The Tao of Pooh.

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John Birmingham
May 10, 2021
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In 1990 Deng Xiaoping is supposed to have said, “Hide your strength, bide your time,” which has caused an entire generation of western military planners to squirt a thin but constant stream of panic wee-wee into their tactical underpants. It’s the hot new yellow peril. But Deng wasn’t advocating a secret military build up. It was kind of the opposite, a…

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