[seowulf]

I suspect they are a major terror sponsor too.

I've thought this for a long time as well. They are probably sponsoring or at least supplying Islamic terrorists around the world. We know they have provided nuclear assistance to Iran, probably Pakistan. They are not interested in "helping" with North Korea because it is a useful distraction.

China wants Taiwan. China's population is getting older and they will have a depopulation bomb in the next few decades as the results of the one child policy come about. So, they need to make their move soon.

The economic war is also part of the picture. They control the Panama canal and are making common cause with the South American socialist wackos of Brazil and Venezuela. Take the money, spend it on building the military, man it with young men while they're still young, take Taiwan and control the Pacific. In the mean time sap the strength of your only rival with distractions.

[combat_boots]

IIRC, the Libyan cache/arsenal now in the US included plans in Chinese.

[kellynla]

according to what I heard this a.m., the explosives used in the London bombing attempt last week were Chinese...
no wonder they didn't go off.
The Chicoms should stick to what they know...firecrackers! LOL

[gooleyman]

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.