Posted on 06/26/2005 6:47:52 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon officials.
U.S. defense and intelligence officials say all the signs point in one troubling direction: Beijing then will be forced to go to war with the United States, which has vowed to defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack.
China's military buildup includes an array of new high-technology weapons, such as warships, submarines, missiles and a maneuverable warhead designed to defeat U.S. missile defenses. Recent intelligence reports also show that China has stepped up military exercises involving amphibious assaults, viewed as another sign that it is preparing for an attack on Taiwan.
"There's a growing consensus that at some point in the mid-to-late '90s, there was a fundamental shift in the sophistication, breadth and re-sorting of Chinese defense planning," said Richard Lawless, a senior China-policy maker in the Pentagon. "And what we're seeing now is a manifestation of that change in the number of new systems that are being deployed, the sophistication of those systems and the interoperability of the systems."
China's economy has been growing at a rate of at least 10 percent for each of the past 10 years, providing the country's military with the needed funds for modernization.
The combination of a vibrant centralized economy, growing military and increasingly fervent nationalism has transformed China into what many defense officials view as a fascist state.
"We may be seeing in China the first true fascist society on the model of Nazi Germany, where you have this incredible resource base in a commercial economy with strong nationalism, which the military was able to reach into and ramp up incredible production," a senior defense official said.....
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What type of freedoms would Israel have today without the wall...?
Bttt!
Hmmmm... Lets see. Who was president of the United States in the mid-to-late '90s? Could it be... Bill Clinton!
I wonder if there might be some connection. /s
We can return to Nam but not Bubba.
Isreal has no freedom or rights.. merely gov't granted privileges.. Isreal is a democracy(Mob Rule).. like Canada, and most all URPean countrys..
My reading of scripture says that apostasy must happen and IS happening, and that apostasy is the cause of all this.. The only way to stop it is to stop the apostasy.. that ain't happening..
i.e it will get much much worse.. before it gets better..
And mankind has nothing to do with it getting better either..
Theres many versions of last time scenarios..(choose one)..
Actually there will be no revolution either.. sad to say in my opinion.. I like the shepard metaphor but I think if "Jesus" comes back.. hes goin to be really really pissed off.. and he ain't going to be "NICE"..
Metaphorically if he puts me on a proverbial horse.. "THEY" had better give their souls to God cause their ass is mine.. Crying won't faze me a bit..
They will wait until after the Olympics when nationalism will be at its zenith.
Please cite your source for this patently false assertion.
I believe that remnant (those that survive) can endrure through those horrific tribulations and hard times that are coming and be here to greet our Savior when He returns in the clouds.
...in addition, we do not know exactly when that will be, and thus, IMHO, are obliged to endure and keep trying in any case.
Great speaking with you.
Back at ya..
bump
http://www.worldwariihistory.info/WWII/Japan.html
Talks about the trade with Japan pre 39. We where their biggest partner, and when FDR began to shut it off is when Japan started to see the US as a threat.
My initial comment was pertinent to the wall. Today Israel is experiencing internal difficulties yet so are we. The media/television which is being forced to alter programming there is being "influenced" here as well. Our Constitution has been continually ruled meaningless, why have a wall here?
thanks, joanie & jeff, and bump.
China is building its military forces faster than U.S. intelligence and military analysts expected, prompting fears that Beijing will attack Taiwan in the next two years, according to Pentagon officials.
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FYI
The proximity of Australia is well within a few hours reach . .
Thanks
It may take me awhile.
Read the Communist Manifesto and you'll see the current political plans for America!
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