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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God gave us our minds and our physical strengths. It is up to us to gear down and find the determination to eject the 435 current bunch in DC who keep shoving us to the cliff edge. I bet we'll re-elect more traitors than you can name at the next election!
A favorite scripture of mine and in line with your words.
IMHO, part of "His people" turning to God is "us" standing up for what is right, opening our mouths so His words can fill them, and then being involved.
He died on the cross for us once. He said it would be the last time He does it. So, anything that happens is up to us, the people, permiting or preventing it to occur.
I read on Drudge about the Chinese in a small town fighting and attacking the police - VERY unusual there!
Wow, Joanie. Great info. Do you have a list of references for the items mentioned in this reply...references that can be readily brought up from the internet?
Joanie, if you don't already have a reference list, don't create one on my account....was just wondering if you have one already.
Jeff, thanks for the ping. Very ominous. :(
HERE is another good thread. Lots of good naval info there.
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