Posted on 07/23/2005 6:58:04 AM PDT by kellynla
This year's Pentagon report on China's military power is somewhat tougher than in previous years. Released Tuesday, the report concludes that China could threaten not just its smaller neighbors, like Taiwan, but in time "modern militaries operating in the region," which is Pentagon-speak for the United States. "The pace and scope of China's military are, already, such as to put regional military balances at risk," the Pentagon concludes. This report is a needed wake-up call following by a week the threat, since disavowed, by a ranking Chinese general that China would hit "hundreds" of U.S. cities with nuclear weapons if the United States should intervene if Beijing attacks Taiwan.
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I know it might take an extra effort on everyone's part, but folks can still purchase merchandise MADE IN USA and if not certainly products made outside of China.
"We are developing alot of skills in doing our battles."
Good point, especially with intel. And intel is increasingly important.
We cannot compete, in the long run, with China on land. Our military would best fight China the way the Mongels did, with rapid mobility. Holding land over a vast continent takes a back seat to wiping out enemy forces, even with the numbers China boasts. The mongels proved that quality can beat quantity if there is enough room to maneuver.
But here is something we need to bear in mind: Japan is now patenting more inventions than the US. In the long run, we may be dependent on Japan as our high-tech ally. That bothers me. But remaining an ally with Japan is not the end of the world, as things look right now.
I have thought of an end-run around the 'free traders' of China: large, red tags that say "MADE IN CHINA". That would be more difficult to argue with than talk of higher tariffs, wouldn't it?
"The Chinese have enough dollars to throw us into a depression were they to suddendly dump them"
If we went into a depression there would be no one left to purchase their $10 dollar products. They can't have it all.
Well, being a ally with Japan is good and bad, in dealing with China.
The problem is the fact that Japan invaded China years ago and China hasn't forgotten that. I see that as a reason for payback in the future.
"The problem is the fact that Japan invaded China years ago and China hasn't forgotten that. I see that as a reason for payback in the future."
In the long run, the most important thing to remember is this: 200 million dragons will one day rise up to devour Israel, when the Euphrates dries up.
Also, in the long run, technology will count more than numbers. The inventers will have the technology. We had best encourage inventions more, here in the US. Short of that, we best have clever allies.
The idea of larger "made in China" labels is a great wedge issue. Choice and freedom are hardly threatened, while it would hurt China's exports. FRegards....
Here are the amazingly prophetic scriptures I'm referring to regarding China's future invasion across the Euphrates. Note that John saw guns:
Revelation, chapter 16
"12": And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Revelation 9:
15": And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
"16": And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
"17": And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
[Fire, smoke and brimstone: gun powder. The mouths would be the muzzles of guns. Also bear in mind his difficulty comprehending what he saw. It must have been mind boggling for a man, two thousand years ago, to see such things.]
"18": By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
"19": For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
[The tail may well have been the barrel of the gun... a tail that is like unto a serpent! And the power would appear to come from the mouth.]
[and notice this prediction]
Revelation, chapter 14
"20": And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
...and then foreclose.
With all this talk of "China taking over the world" we ought to remember...
...they have a BILLION mouths to feed. Not so hard to take out their foodstocks and/or shipping ports, is it?
Cheers!
This is what the Pentagon's base realignment is all about. The military is reorienting to face the Pacific. Reducing Eielson AFB and Galena to warm status is part of this plan, as north and interior Alaska are European theater while Greeley and Anchorage are Pacific theater.
I'm starting to look, and if it is made in China, but a government that surpresses free speech and freedom of religion, I don't buy.
I said we (U.S.) would go into a depression not them (Chinese) LOL. They'd still have enough currency to buy all the commodities and critical resources they need and with a stronger YUAN everything (for them) would be cheaper.
China may need to yank the NKORs per our perception, but they play by theirs. As long as KI Sung is a thorn/threat in our side, this serves China's interest completely.
Sorry to say, there won't be any yanking soon; unless we grow some stones and preemptively burrow some hi-tech payload into those NK underground bases.
"unless we grow some stones and preemptively burrow some hi-tech payload into those NK underground bases."
no need.
NK needs China and China needs us for their exports
we tell the Chicoms to get their dog "back on the porch" or else...
very elementary my dear, Watson.
Quote: Funny I never hear of any terror attacks in China. Normally you don't bite the hand that's feeding you.
chine does not allow the greaseballs to settle there in the first place. Gotta give that to them for smarts.
I'm sure they are disapointed that we don't really have a quagmire in Iraq and Afghanistan. It would be nice for them if we then had wars in Syria, Iran AND North Korea to boot. Then they'd simply call up Taiwan and say we're coming to visit and stay a while. We couldn't do a thing. As it is, we could pull well over half our troops out of Iraq if we absolutely needed to. That's probably the plan. Mark my words (I guess I just did) one day the press will ask, "When are our boys coming home?" And the answer will be, "They are home. We just didn't tell you. We're down to 20,000 troops there"
But the quagmire didn't happen. And it won't happen that way as long as we have a Commander In Chief who let's the military make the battlefield decisions.
We taught them all a lesson about messing with us. I think we set China's plans back a few years. I believe they would have tried their Taiwan takeover by now if Iraq and Afghanistan had either never happened or if they had gone sour like our media wanted them to.
One thing that came out in all the media's attempts to make George Bush look bad is that we not only had a plan to invade Iraq, but we HAVE a plan for every country on the face of the earth....including CHINA. Let'em put that in their pipes and smoke it. Of course we won't do it, but one of my favorite Freeper taglines reads something like this. "Be kind and considerate, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet." I'll never forget that one. Apparently our military lives by that one too.
you prove my point; you approach this as we do in the West - the Chinese do not think like that. They gain political status being seen as a "peace broker", & gain erosion of we, their enemy, through this continued crisis. Said crisis, mind you, brought upon us by a near-treasonous democrat administration, and one that affects all Americans regardless of political leaning.
Let's assume that we have some kind of breakdown in relations that doesn't approach military confrontation, but results in a trade/economic war. Do you really think - in a 1.2 billion dictatorship - that the marxists who venerate Mao - the same Mao who killed 30 million or so with his schemes - would give a hoot about the hardships such an economic war would inflict?
Remember, my friend, in many parts of the world folks do not value life like we of the West do... and in China, it's held cheaper than most.
"I said we (U.S.) would go into a depression not them (Chinese) LOL. They'd still have enough currency to buy all the commodities and critical resources they need and with a stronger YUAN everything (for them) would be cheaper."
I realize that. My point was about America being put into a depression is America would stop buying then. By and large America is the largest "consumer" of products over any other country. It was a generalization about China's manufacturing vs. American consumerism of those products.
Ah yes, the American consumer has now become the U.S. critical financial weapon. Well the EU is a bigger market than the U.S. and the Chinese are well aware of what the American consumer means to them.
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