I'm half expecting them to go into Siberia, a la Clancy's novel.
I'm half expecting them to go into Siberia, a la Clancy's novel.
No, China & Russia are allies. They signed a Military defense treaty in the early summer of 2001. The United States is in serious peril. You have the internal enemies, traitors in this country (MSM, Democrats, RINOS) trying to divide the country over Iraq & other issues. Also, the latest Supreme Court decision regarding the expansion of Eminent Domain makes all Private land available for public use, think COLLECTIVIZATION. Externally, are enemies are encircling us. Russia, with its technology has formed an alliance with China, Brazil, Venezuela & Islam vast human resources. Russia also has a military alliance with Iran.
The Chinese are now lightyears ahead of the United States with regards to influence in the region.
"I'm half expecting them to go into Siberia, a la Clancy's novel."
actually i completely agree
think about the fundamentals here - they have a surplus of men, still a so so Navy and a huge swath of land just north of their border relatively undefended. Lots of resources etc etc etc. Now it would depend on who the Chicomms have as their leader and whether or not they will risk nuke retaliation or not but it is not outside the realm of possibility.
They want Taiwan, that is the publiccly believed thing, but China has a nasty habit of doing what the world least expects, and Russia I doubt expects that to happen, so I would put them and Mongolia on the likely ChiCom target list.
Likely scenario...
Red China will take the Spratly and Paracel Island chains for their oil resources (unless we take them first)..
Phillipines will protest, when they do the Chinese will rattle sabers at them, perhaps give aid to muslim insurgents there (more than already--perhaps to aid a takeover)... China will come in a police action to restore order..
They will then surprise the Russians by taking the "northeastern resource region" (Chicom codespeak for Siberia) from Vladivostok to as far west as the Kazakh border and Ural mtns, but more likely to the Lena river.
As a observer of the Partnership for Peace (an umbrella org for those not in NATO but wishing to lean westward), Russia will invoke the alliance, poising the USA to come to its aid...
now invasion of Taiwan.. circling the island now, any initial taking would be met valiantly, but in the end futilely by the Taiwanese government/military. The US will then invoke the Taiwan relations act, and we will be at war with China...
we clean china's clocks, shelves at wal mart grow empty, end of Chicoms, end of story...