Posted on 04/04/2025 5:50:10 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The Asia-Pacific sits restless—China’s shadow stretches long and heavy across the region, yet the headlines skim past it like it’s nothing. Ukraine’s grind chews up column inches day after day, Middle East flares snatch the cameras with every burst, but Beijing’s stacking chips steady—too steady to brush aside. A military officer’s eye catches one truth cold as steel: threats don’t always shout loud; they simmer low, and this one’s simmering hotter than most notice. This isn’t some dusty old tale—it’s a slow fuse burning under the world’s clamor, coiled tight, ready to catch fire if ignored too long.
China’s running heavy drills near Taiwan—navy and air force swarming north, south, east, nearly 20 ships cutting the water, an untested carrier hugging the coast so close it’s a dare. Taipei shoves warships back quickly, steel meeting steel, as Beijing slams “separatists” and mislabels Taiwan’s president a “parasite” on their sovereignty. This isn’t a one-off stunt—the People’s Liberation Army drills a rhythm of menace, testing a chokehold on the strait with quiet, calculated grit. X (Twitter) flickers with unease: “war prep,” one post calls it. Taiwan’s defense chief warns they’re poised to flip practice into a real fight, no hesitation in their stance. When carriers prowl that tightly—jets overhead, destroyers in tow—it’s no empty flex; it’s a signal whispering through the din, barely caught.
Noise drowns it—why does it fade so easily? Ukraine’s toll runs brutal—cash pours out, gear ships east, lives stack up in a daily drumbeat that won’t quit. Middle East chaos locks focus—Yemen’s Houthis fire on tankers, Israel’s push flares hot and bright—cameras can’t look away. Stateside, the border mess spills over loud, election roar drowns everything else—the Pacific signal’s a faint murmur lost in the static. Defense Sec. Hegseth tours our Far East allies, vowing counter moves
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One thing is sure, China can’t buy Trump like they did with Biden.
I was listening to Sarah Paine talk about WWII and how each side’s culture dictated what they did. The actions of the various parties are, to us, totally illogical. But internally, they make perfect sense. My read on Chinese culture is, either they subjugate everyone else, or they are on “death’s ground.” (She’ll define that for you. Ain’t pretty.) China, according to their CCP culture, must destroy the US and Japan. The only way we can prevent that is to be wildly more capable than we are. The CCP, like WWII Japan, believes they can wipe the US off the board on one bold, opening strike. Link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znk5QINe01A
This is the cost of our land wars in Asia. We have all the wrong forces and command structure unless you want the guys in the kill chain running our not winning strategy in Ukraine running our Pacific war. This is what globalists rather than an America first in consort with our genuine allies brings us.
The problem is restructuring all of our maritime defense forces including long-range strike because we cannot count on being able to operate carriers in what will be highly contested airspace. IOW 23 years of defense investment wasted on the wrong kind of war.
The main reason for our weakness is that our educational system has us bleeding from the throat. Strategically, that system needs an upheaval. I don't see one yet.
The tactical key is whether we can move sufficient outsourcing from China to India (which goes completely unmentioned in that gush of fear mongering) AND rebuild domestic manufacturing. Cutting off Chinese cash flow will foster currently throttled internal strife.
Agree, our students as a whole are not being taught and trained properly. We need a FULL overhaul of the public schools. Kids need to be taught how to excel in their fields of choice including the trades right up to advanced science and engineering. We also need to stop worshipping climate in schools and start worshipping a higher authority so kids get some ethics and morals.
Also India and China are long-time adversaries. Having better relations with India could put a check on China’s expansionist goals.
How might Greenland respond to an aggressive overture from China to sign on with their Belt and Road Initiative?
Would it be a better deal than what the DK has been parceling out to them for years?
Could the USA offer a substantially better deal instead?
Is Canada too “advanced” to benefit from China’s Belt and Road initiative or might they use it to expand road and rail routes Northward and deploy energy plants such as modular nuclear types to power future infrastructure and population settlementd nearer the Arctic?
One thing can be done right now: if you start to buy something that you KNOW is made in Chynah, seek an alternative or do without.
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