Perhaps China is about to move on Taiwan. Could also explain Russian mobilization, they could take advantage of us being tied down in the Pacific to invade the Baltics.
Also, supporting the theory, I would suggest you don’t have to be an economic super-power to militarize. It helps, but look at Germany in the 30s. Their economy was in shambles, and they actually used nationalized industry to ramp things up, sorta like the ‘New Deal’ in the US but far more military-centric.
all they need to do is stand by and laugh as we self-destruct....
China is not on the threshold of decline. Its in free fall. They are not a military threat to the US. Its a coin toss if they can take Taiwan. More likely they would try a blockade.
It looks like there’s a good chance Xi is consolidating power right now and in a fight with the CCP who are trying to get rid of him. With luck he may get rid of them.
We've never had a more brain damaged imbecile as we have now! And they know that even the lefties are beginning to hate his guts.
;>)
Kinetic war maybe
But fact is , they have been at war with us from the minute the commies took control .
And they have not so stealth anymore weapons deployed in all parts of our nation including the Oval office.
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One of the reasons that WW I started when it did was that Germany estimated that it’s relative military power versus France and Russia was as good as it was going to get and would likely decline.
Well that’d be one way to cancel our big dept to China.
They would get more real estate with less loss of life by liberating Siberia. Since Russia has become an international pariah nation, now would be a good time for China to make its move.
US neocons and deep-staters have got us into a two-front war, with Russia and China.
Well done.
Fear Porn article.
Why War With America not much of it they don’t already own or control friends like Joe can go a long way.
China does not have enough amphibious ships to invade Taiwan. They are converting civilian ships but those ships will only be useful if they capture a port. If they build more amphibious ships they will have too many after a Taiwan invasion. It must be tough for China to have Taiwan and TSMC so close yet so far away...
Xi Jinping might need to to shore up his shaky economy.
China doesn’t want war with America, we are far and away their biggest customer. They want us to collapse from within, via Civil War, and turn into a socialist state.
They will covertly work towards this, just as they covertly absorbed Honk Kong, and will eventually absorb Taiwan covertly as well.
We are told by the ‘expurts’ that China has no chance to cross a 100 mile strait to invade Taiwan and those same ‘expurts’ now claim China is ready to cross clear across the globe to invade the continental US. Yeah, ummm NO!
And destroy their biggest retail market/customer?
Wal-Market, Harbor Freight and the Dollar Store hit hardest...
The ChiComs took the Solomons without firing a shot.
They bought it.
See where I’m going with this...?
We’ve followed it here at FR since 1998.
Russia began building them up in the 90’s, selling and transferring tech.
As for the genesis, Kissinger’s negative impact on the world can’t be overstated.