Posted on 02/24/2021 12:18:34 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Ok. After reading your comment to another, I went and browsed the entirety of the slideshow.
My takeaway: Thank Nixon and every president since (sans Trump).
Rather than learning Mandarin - a DEFEATIST attitude - we’d be miles ahead if every gun owner took out a progressive in this country.
CHOOSE.
Can they at least spell “achievements?”
And you only have to sink one, not two.
My enemies are in the US, not China.
“Of course, China has been following versions of the same model for 3000 years, so they’ll come out of better than the US will.”
I’m not that concerned about the Gini coefficient but there will come a point...And Piketty was way off the mark...
That said, we as a nation will be crushed by Megacorps before they manage to sell us to the Chinese.
Something about selling the rope to hang us?
IIRC Xi is currently attempting to rein in his Megacorps.
While Bidet Joe is attempting to force-feed the Megacorps with tax dollars to be his friend.
“There are reasons those haven’t been made.”
Thank you that was very interesting.
My career Navy father often said, “Only believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear.”
I know nothing of the provenance of this article, I received from a friend.
Much of the internet is either bait or camouflage.
And it only gets worse.
The US has been *operating* aircraft carriers for over 100 years now. In that time we have learned some important lessons.
1) The ship doesn’t matter if you don’t have a capable and experienced crew to operate it.
2) The stabilizers are as vital as are the engines. One mistake and your ship flounders.
3) Damage control is as complicated and practiced as a symphony.
4) Flying things must be intercepted from hundreds of nautical miles out and that interception doesn’t stop as they get closer. Layered defense.
5) Without a capable fleet group, aircraft carriers are just a sitting duck.
China passes gas. That’s about it. Everything they produce is substandard stolen technology.
“always read where the article comes from”
As near as I can determine, it came out of Canada.
“They have money. We’re broke.”
True!
And we gave them much of our money.
Other than sailing downwind, Catamarans suck.
NO big disagreements from me.
Still on the fence about foreign ownership.
Years back when Japan was buying up NYC and much more, the common reply was “They can’t take it with them”.
So the question is, what are our strategic industries??
China could sail their navy right into the Port of Seattle and Biden would do nothing.
Keep your ChiCom fear porn. This is an OLD article, written by people who watch CCTV without ever going to China.
China passes gas. That’s about it. Everything they produce is substandard stolen technology.
Where was your iPhone made?
Lord in Heaven, I love You, but am so depressed.
Another example of why we’re so screwed because the U.S. has let China take over our supply structure, especially for technology which is all now made in China:
“Biden to Order Review of U.S. Supply Chains as Chip Shortage Hits Home”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFt9H0JJq5A
Maybe get a nuclear sub in the bargain.
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