Remind me how many years that Little Marco spent in the military? CIA? State Department? DIA?
Vying for McCain’s post as principal NeoCon warmonger?
Rubio is late to the party. He is trying to replace his friend John McCain as a hawkish voice in the Senate.
Obama and his defense team ceded to China that turf long ago.
Trade is where the war was lost long ago....the military part is simply the end result.
Rubio had to say something stupid to get his name in the news. Our alliances are fine in the sense that no one there wants to become the next Chinese province, and most are doing their best to secure Uncle Sam’s help in case China decides to replicate Japan’s grand tour in the 30’s and 40’s. The real problem is that few of these countries are ramping up defense spending sufficiently to ward off China while the cavalry is getting ready to come to the rescue. American expeditionary forces take time to assemble, given the width of the Pacific, whereas the Chinese threat is right next door.
Rubio is a stupid and despicable Neocon.
I’m in belief in an extra strong military. Second to none...but when Rubio speaks I just yawn
I thought Rubio said he hated being a Senator
I think we need to listen to Rubio and watch China carefully
They will never be our “friends”
Russia is closer to our cultural mindset than China ever will be
And it’s going to come down to a tripatite world power balancing act
US - Russia - China
with Europe caught between US and Russia
We are such fools to keep driving Russia toward China
Remember all the Marines who died at Tarawa..?
That’s in the Gilbert Islands, KIRIBATI.
The Chinese are soaking them in snazzy infratructure they don’t need, trapping them in loans, building a huge pier/warph they don’t need.
GOSH I WONDER WHY:
Basically they’re fighting the future war NOW:
With MONEY.
Rubio Who????
He’s pretty much right.
Two things to do:
1. Punish China economically. Keep their goods out of our market. Make it illegal for US-based companies to cooperate with the Chinese regime or any of its state-owned or supported companies.
2. Build up our military strength. And build up Taiwan, Japan, and the ANZAC countries. Make sure they have missile defense. Establish a presence in the Couth China Sea.
It;s an updated version of President Reagan’s anti-Soviet strategy. It worked then; it could work now.
Like with the Wall, Trump will make the Chinese pay for it .
Advice to anyone out there - start investing in Indai now and disposing of any business you do with the ChiComs
So what does little Rubio propose as a solution?
He’s as useless as Geraldo Rivera! They are both Hispanic racists.
I thought Democrats were the stupid ones.
Rubio ranks right up there.
““They are on the verge of achieving their goal of destroying our alliances in the Indo-Pacific by making keeping our defense commitments too costly to keep,””
All the more reason to even out the trade imbalances and get rid of business killing regulations so we can grow the economy.