China’s ambitions do not stop at the Philippines. Read up on China’s 2nd and 3rd Island Chains. Guam and Hawai’i are included.
China does love its children. In little easy-to-swallow pill form.
Okay. Still, China depends on us to buy their products for their GDP. Plus, they know we have Tridents and Los Angeles attack subs patrolling the seas. As wimpy as obambi is, the Chi-coms would not attack us.
Also, since they inherited Hong Kong, they have learned how successful capitalism is and how it increases their leadership power. This is from a guy who stood in opposition to the Chi-coms taking over the now defunct Naval Base in Long Beach. I have a long history with the Chi-coms, and I see them moderating.
That said, if they attack the Philippines as they bluster in recent days over some shoal, I think it all to be gamemanship due to Bambi's weakness. The wimp will stand down or whine to the UN and/or send Hillary to "negotiate".
I really don't care about some island/shoals dispute that China is talking about and I don't want one single American Marine, soldier, sailor, or airmen to defend some crap reef. Let them deal with that without our blood. I doubt China wants to go international warfare over such.
Plus, the PI kick us out. Let them defend themselves now. If they lose and China takes them over, so what? Why should we sacrifice our children? They are a third-world nation even after all the years of American dollars and support. Screw them. I am confident of our submariners on the Tridents to keep China from going further.
The real threat to our nation is Iran, and to a lessor extent, the Norks. They are the crazies...