[Keflavik76]

Latest issue of Imprimis published by Hillsdale College with article by Victor Davis Hanson is very good. Looks at the history of empires and how the elite rulers eventual destroy themselves by their lust for power. 

Notable quotes:

The greatest empires have always been maritime. The Mediterranean, which the Romans referred to as mare nostrum or “our sea,” has been the seat of empires throughout history because of its geography—it is a convenient sea for imperialists in the middle of three land masses. 

Reminds me of how China has claimed the South China Sea.

Imperialism: Lessons From History - Imprimis (hillsdale.edu)

[WildHighlander57]

Keflavik76 wrote:

“
Latest issue of Imprimis published by Hillsdale College with article by Victor Davis Hanson is very good. Looks at the history of empires and how the elite rulers eventual destroy themselves by their lust for power.
Notable quotes:

The greatest empires have always been maritime. The Mediterranean, which the Romans referred to as mare nostrum or “our sea,” has been the seat of empires throughout history because of its geography—it is a convenient sea for imperialists in the middle of three land masses.

Reminds me of how China has claimed the South China Sea.

Imperialism: Lessons From History - Imprimis (hillsdale.edu)
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And anyone controlling the “gates” of the sea lanes (whether natural or manmade) such as Gibraltar, Suez, Panama, Torres Straits, Malacca Straits, etc will be in the same ‘drivers seat’.

[LonePalm]

Reminds me of how China has claimed the South China Sea.

There is a BIG difference between claiming a thing and making it so.

There are Navies and then there are Navies. The eleven US nuclear carriers displace more that the entire Chinese Navy (PLAN). All told the US Navy displaces about 3.5 times as much as the PLAN.

In a war at sea it would be a race between our subs and our carriers as to who would sink more.

WWG1WGA

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