Posted on 09/26/2022 6:18:33 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
In other words, it’s far from fated that China’s rise will track forever upward. The United States and China may never reach the crossover point envisioned by exponents of the “Thucydides Trap”—the point beyond which Chinese power outstrips American, giving Beijing the upper hand in the Western Pacific. But Brands and Beckley argue rightly that an impending stall in China’s rise doesn’t mean the coming years will be free from U.S.-China conflict. In fact, the opposite could well be true.
A China on the threshold of decline is a dangerous China—as Clausewitz might prophesy were he among the quick today.
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Perhaps China is about to move on Taiwan. Could also explain Russian mobilization, they could take advantage of us being tied down in the Pacific to invade the Baltics.
Also, supporting the theory, I would suggest you don’t have to be an economic super-power to militarize. It helps, but look at Germany in the 30s. Their economy was in shambles, and they actually used nationalized industry to ramp things up, sorta like the ‘New Deal’ in the US but far more military-centric.
all they need to do is stand by and laugh as we self-destruct....
China is not on the threshold of decline. Its in free fall. They are not a military threat to the US. Its a coin toss if they can take Taiwan. More likely they would try a blockade.
It looks like there’s a good chance Xi is consolidating power right now and in a fight with the CCP who are trying to get rid of him. With luck he may get rid of them.
We've never had a more brain damaged imbecile as we have now! And they know that even the lefties are beginning to hate his guts.
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Kinetic war maybe
But fact is , they have been at war with us from the minute the commies took control .
And they have not so stealth anymore weapons deployed in all parts of our nation including the Oval office.
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One of the reasons that WW I started when it did was that Germany estimated that it’s relative military power versus France and Russia was as good as it was going to get and would likely decline.
Very true. “Let’s hit ‘em now, while we still got the muscle.”
Well that’d be one way to cancel our big dept to China.
The leaders of China could be delusional enough.
But China prospered while the west saw them as friendly.
Hard to see them seeing an advantage in kinetic warfare, while their influence and commercial ties to Taiwan are on the rise...
They would get more real estate with less loss of life by liberating Siberia. Since Russia has become an international pariah nation, now would be a good time for China to make its move.
US neocons and deep-staters have got us into a two-front war, with Russia and China.
Well done.
Fear Porn article.
We’ve never had a more brain damaged imbecile as we have now!
With our weakened military, we lose a couple of battles and our buffoon in chief surrenders to the enemy. Constitution is null and void and we are owned by foreigners.
Three fronts counting the fifth column in the US.
Why War With America not much of it they don’t already own or control friends like Joe can go a long way.
China does not have enough amphibious ships to invade Taiwan. They are converting civilian ships but those ships will only be useful if they capture a port. If they build more amphibious ships they will have too many after a Taiwan invasion. It must be tough for China to have Taiwan and TSMC so close yet so far away...
Three fronts counting the fifth column in the US.
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It would be 4 fronts if their Afghanistan policy was still in place.
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