Well put - cogent. Right now we are at the top of the global heap - but we have vulnerabilities. We don't need to squash China, but we don't have to continue the surrender of the past few decades either. The Democraps are offering nothing right now; the Chinese are not that stupid. They will try to retain as much of an advantage as they can. I am sure DSers and elites have encouraged China to play politics and wait DJT out to 2020... China cannot afford to cling to that hope very much; as you say, they risk collapse.
Chinese militaristic talk of sinking two American aircraft carriers is just bluster. China does not want war with the US... They might flex their muscles tho. To my thinking the answer to a Chinese attempt at a hegemony in the South China Sea is to sail allied naval convoys (US, Brit, Aus, Japan, etc.) through there - repeatedly.
Chinese militaristic talk of sinking two American aircraft carriers is just bluster. China does not want war with the US... They might flex their muscles tho. To my thinking the answer to a Chinese attempt at a hegemony in the South China Sea is to sail allied naval convoys (US, Brit, Aus, Japan, etc.) through there - repeatedly.
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Bluster that reveals what they would really like to do, if they thought they could get away with it. Bluster and Jokes are like that-revealing of inner motivations.
Still whatever plans they may have had, the planes in Hawaii on 24/7 watch should cool their jets.