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John Cena Shows ‘Gutlessness’ In Apology To China, Critics Say
Movie star and pro wrestler John Cena was taken to the mat by critics Tuesday for apologizing to China after he called Taiwan a country in an interview.
Cena told Taiwanese media that Taiwan would be the first “country” to be able to see his new “Fast and Furious” film “F9,” prompting backlash in China, which considers the self-ruled democratic island nation its own territory, The Associated Press reported. China often takes suggestions of Taiwan independence as an insult.
“In one interview, I made a mistake,” Cena said in Mandarin in a video posted Tuesday to Chinese social media, per AP. “I need to say now that this is very, very, very, very, very important. I love and respect China and the Chinese people. I’m very, very sorry. As for my mistake, I really apologize for it.”
Video of John Cena apologizing in Mandarin.
Taiwan vs. West Taiwan.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 27 2021, @04:54AM
Oh would they? Do, pray tell, share how you see this playing out.
Have you not been paying attention to the past 70 years of history? The US has gradually become incapable of winning wars. We lost Vietnam, we drew in South Korea, we're losing Afghanistan, and even in places like Iraq our "victory" comes down to having our forces huddled into tiny ultra-fortified green-zones that can never step outside of them without outside of heavily armed convoys because, otherwise, that trip out is going to be a one way affair. And that was against an enemy with next to no defenses.
And that is with conventional war. In practice the US would likely never attack China, because of Russia. Russia would immediately join with China, as would a number of other nations and continents including Africa and the Mideast. The US, in turn, would be joined by the UK and Australia. Europe and India would likely remain mostly neutral simply because in this war there would be no winner, only losers. If either power came viably close to victory, nukes would come into play. And both powers would be turned into rubble.
Military spending != military power.