[Disestablishmentarian]

Chinese might well feel they had no choice but to enter into a shooting war, even if they knew they were bound to lose. It would be kind of like a reverse opium war, in fact with the fentanyl that’s exactly what it would be.

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If the U.S. could clamp down and stop all our trade with China, both direct and indirect, and get substantial buy-in from many if not most of our allies (a big if!), then China would collapse rapidly and the communists would be driven from power.

Their hold on the country is already tenuous, as they have created massive unemployment and dislocations. The prosperity we see is strictly in the coastal regions.

Admittedly, China's military has teeth. The goal would be to collapse the communist system, like that of the USSR, without any direct military conflict.

Why now??

ANSWER: Because the problem will only get worse, year after year. Later might be too late.

Besides, Trump is "The chosen one," (historical not spiritual reference) to whom it has fallen to deal with China.

As he says: His predecessors should have dealt with the problem when it was much simpler.

But, OH YEAH ... Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama were all globalists----post-USSR Presidents who actively involved themselves in helping China become established as a formidable enemy of the USA.

[Bigg Red]

I read an article quite a few years ago by an expert on China. Big revelation to me was that the Chinese people do not view government authority the way that we do.

Whereas we operate on the principle of consent of the governed, the Chinese, according to this author,have a long tradition of being ruled by an emperor and do not expect the freedoms that we have. They take the absolute authority of the state as a matter of course.

I know nothing about the culture. Just wondering, based on what I read in that one article, if there would be a large group of people ready to throw off the communist yoke and establish a republic.

I hope things go well for the citizens.

[Bob Ireland]

***post-USSR Presidents who actively involved themselves in helping China become established as a formidable enemy of the USA***

Undeniably true... We watched - and did nothing - as W.J. Clintooon sold our nuclear and missile launch secrets to the PRC for his personal gain; his spouse does even better in that category. If Hildy was POTUS now I suspect we would be required to learn to read and speak Chinese - Mandarin?