Posted on 06/30/2005 11:15:49 PM PDT by Jeff Head
FYI.
I give it about three minutes before some smart ass drops by to remind folks that China is "so far behind us'.
In truth, they don't have what we do. In truth they could give us a major headache with what they will soon have.
FYI, thought there may be some interest.
Jeff Head, one of the reasons I come to FR. Well done.
Thanks!
Truly, China is building a target-rich environment.
The Red Chinese are rapidly building up...astonishingly rapidly. The pictures do not lie and the amount of activity in their naval shipyards is truly astounding.
We have been cutting back severely in numbers of major comnbatants...I think we are going to need them back.
The ChiComms are not doing this as some kind of hobby.
Yes they are...but it will not be a pushover if it comes to that. We need to dry up their funding ASAP IMHO. Painful to do so at this point...but not as painful as what they have in store if we let it go according to their time table.
You are welcome.
The Uncle let me off early today...so I came home and got this done because I have so many honey-do's for tomorrow and Saturday.
You bet it does...and we are going to need them.
Just so you won't miss this post.
Did you ever think you'd see the day when we would agree to that?
You're right. The one theater theory of military preparedness is going to bite us on the butt hard. "Oh, we had no idea this could happen." Can't wait to hear it.
I have do's ....the honey will have to wait.......:o)
I look forward to going back to work to rest !
Awesome thread...ping for later read. Stay safe !
But, if we can move them towards meanigful reform, and keep them out of the Red Chinese camp while fostering emnity between the two communist countries...then good. We should not be overly optimistic or trustful...but if we could get the naval base at Cam Ranh Bay back in operation with those things in mind, that would be a good thing.
I don't know how one overcomes the financial wellsprings on their side, better to taint it or as you say dry it up.
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Just a personal aside.
China;s history is its own worse enemy, not its people but its leaders air of invincibility and inevitability in the belief that they will outsurvive their opponents thru superior firepower and numbers alone.
It has worked before, and will work again, or so they have come to believe.
Recent developments both disaster and protest-wise may have some influence or near-term impact as to how quickly they can close the deal, re: Taiwan and beyond.
I don't know that they have the overall talent to make all the pieces of their new technical navies and armies play well in a real world mixup.
I hope I'm right, it won't matter if wrong.
Thanks....you can't sleep either....Now I'll never get to sleep....
But what are the North Korean doing? /sarc
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